Document 1
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United States Information
Agency, "World Opinion and the Soviet Satellite: A Preliminary Evaluation,"
October 17, 1957
Document 2
( PDF file, 160K)
James R. Killian, Jr., "Memorandum
on Organizational Alternatives for Space Research and Development," December
30, 1957
Document 3
( PDF file, 96K)
L.A. Minnich, Jr., "Legislative
Leadership Meeting, Supplementary Notes," February 4, 1958
Document 4
( PDF file, 512K)
S. Paul Johnston, Memorandum
for Dr. J. R. Killian, Jr., "Activities," February 21, 1958, with
attached: Memorandum for Dr. J. R. Killian, Jr., "Preliminary Observations
on the Organization for the Exploitation of Outer Space," February 21,
1958
Document 5
( PDF file, 576K)
James R. Killian, Jr., Special
Assistant for Science and Technology; Percival Brundage, Director, Bureau of
the Budget; and Nelson A. Rockefeller, Chairman, President's Advisory Committee
on Government Organization, Memorandum for the President, "Organization
for Civil Space Programs," March 5, 1958, with attached: "Summary
of Advantages and Disadvantages of Alternative Organizational Arrangements"
Document 6
( PDF file, 800K)
The President's Science Advisory
Committee, "Introduction to Outer Space," March 26, 1958
Document 7
( PDF file, 128K)
"Main Problems in the
Senate Bill Establishing a Federal Space Agency," July 7, 1958
Document 8
( PDF file, 608K)
"National Aeronautics
and Space Act of 1958," Public Law 85568, 72 Stat. 426, signed by
President Eisenhower on July 29, 1958
Document 9
( PDF file, 672K)
Special Committee on Space
Technology, "Recommendations to the NASA Regarding a National Civil Space
Program," October 28, 1958