FIRST STEPS TOWARD SPACE - Smithsonian Institution Libraries

SMITHSONIAN ANNALS OF FLIGHT
Through the resources of the National Air and Space Museum's documentary
files and library, it has been possible to add original source references for statements
in a number of the papers.
We wish to gratefully acknowledge the assistance and dedication of Frank H.
Winter, Research Historian of the National Air and Space Museum, in the preparation
of the index. In addition, special appreciation is expressed to the staff
editor, John S. Lea, and the Series Production Manager, Charles L. Shaffer, of the
Smithsonian Institution Press, for their devoted efforts and assistance throughout
the many stages of a uniquely difficult manuscript.
It is our hope that this volume will be useful to those persons interested in
learning how the first steps were taken to advance the technologies that have
opened new avenues of exploration to the Moon and beyond.
Washington, DC
August 1973
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