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... out as B-24s, they flew a mission or two, I think, but then they converted them to B-17s. When I got there, we were all B-17s. Okay. Let ... up to NASA headquarters D. Brainerd Holmes ? Anyway, eventually we sat down with Doc Draper and the Doc agreed there would come a time when all of the inertial hardware, the gyros ... to be the manager, he wanted Ralph Ragan, because he had headed the Polaris. But Doc Draper picked Trageser, because he was sort of a genius-type guy. Big. When we ...

... produce the airplanes for the war, and they took over the General Motors plant and converted it to Eastern Aircraft. All right. Now, there’s some connections here. George Titterton was ... now.” So I said, “Take me to the meeting.” We got in the meeting and Doc Tripp had his engineering team there to go ahead and make this change. Grumman didn ... by the people who want to make that change. Do you have a better idea?” Doc said, “Yes.” He said, “When can you brief me?” He said, “Tomorrow morning. I’ll ...

... these big chairs. And Wamsley was ready to go. He was going to tell the doc to take care of me, and he would watch the vehicle. So we came along ... what you were supposed to do. I went down, and Wamsley said to this other doc, I can't remember his name right now, sent him over to take care of ... in psi. You weren't reading 80 percent or 20 percent and then had to convert it over to say, okay, 20 percent is equal to 1200 psi. So here we ...

... the latest count of the number of detected exoplanets see http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/docs/counts_detail.html). Exoplanets come in a large variety of sizes and orbits. At first ... in space are reflectors, and the primary collecting surface is usually parabolic in shape to convert a parallel beam of radiation to a single, sharply focused spot of light. The size ... the detector. These use scintillators or solid-state detectors to detect a gamma ray and convert it into an electronic signal. Another class of detectors is based on the nature of ...

... based on technology developed in its Tiros , Nimbus, and Applications Technology Satellite programs-for DOC's operational program. Follow-on GOES spacecraft were being planned. Goddard Space Flight Center ... ground equipment for calibration and testing, and would develop a software data package to convert satellite data to temperature profiles. The microwave sounder would be designed to measure ...

... continue the advancement of science and technology.” ‘‘(Text, CR, 1/24/66,861; Pres. Doc., 1/31/66, 88-9)’’ President Johnson sent FY 1967 budget request to ... difficulties that might occur.” ‘‘(Transcript)’’ NASA had begun contract negotiations with TRW Systems to convert the prototype Orbiting Geophysical Observatory ( Orbiting Geophysical Observatory OGO ) into a flight observatory. ...

... achieve orbit, on a European tour in October 1965. ‘‘(Pres. Doc., 2/21/66, 221; NYT, 2/16/66, 54)’’ NASA converted its contract with Grumman Aircraft Engineering Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corp ...

... . A tripod-legged arrangement of cameras, antennas, and other equipment which used solar cells to convert sun's energy into electric power for operation on lunar surface, SURVEYOR I had a ... have proposed to cover these matters and hope that progress can be made rapidly." ''(Pres. Doc., 6/6/66, 728)'' NASA SURVEYOR I 's successful soft-landing on the moon received ...

... in the target date of the moon schedule, if you are talking about that." ''(Pres. Doc., 12/5/66, 1741; Transcript, NYT, 11/30/66, 18)'' X.15 No. 3 was ... ; this would inevitably require sending military men into space. With advances in technology, US. must convert from "throwaway" hardware concept to use of maneuverable reentry vehicles and recoverable boosters, he added ...

... major nation that had failed to convert to metric system and urged Congress to effect conversion within 10 yrs. ''(AP, B Sun, 7/30/71, Al; DOC MO)'' July 29-August 4 ...

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