Dec 13 1957

From The Space Library

The Air Force order of December 10 creating a Directorate of Astronantics under Brig. Gen. Homer A. Boushey was suspended by Secretary William H. Douglas, as creation of such a group before establishment of the proposed Advanced Research Projects Agency was considered premature.

A group of 27 scientists submit a proposal for the formation of a new civilian space agency to be formed with a budget of $1 Bn per annum. Names on the proposal include Wernher von Braun, Kurt Stehling, Krafft Ehricke, James van Allen, William H. Pickering, Ernst Stuhlinger, Hubertus Strughold and Homer Newell. New York Times