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  "A Program plan for earth orbital space astronomy."

  Manned space flight offers the opportunity to couple the astronaut/scientist's ability to select and process data and to calibrate, modify and repair instruments with the vantage point for astronomical observations provided by a platform located above the Earth's atmosphere. This paper briefly examines the role which manned space flight may play in the 1970-1990 time period in meeting astronomy research needs. The instruments and facilities which appear feasible for that period are described.; Paper presented by J. R. Olivier, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, George C. Marshall Space Flight Center and H. L. Wolbers, Ph.D, McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company - Western Division, Advance Space and Launch Systems.
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  Program Planning and Control : Saturn S-II program Organizational Chart."

  Saturn S-II Program organizational chart of 1968.
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  "Procurement programs of Marshall Space Flight Center as related to DOD procurement and Space Administration support by DOD activities."

  "Speech presented by Col. John R. McCombs regarding administrative conduct and how they should handle contracts.
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  "Problems experienced in program management."

  Letter to "management" detailing problems identified in management's handling of projects.
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  "Problems associated with large scale high pressure testing."

  Paper detailing the problems identfified in high pressure testing.
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  "The U.S. manned space flight program: Mercury, Gemini, Apollo."

  Exerpt from George E. Mueller giving a statement to Congress.
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  "Press release 931A : Saturn S-IV first firing."

  Following is text of Douglas release on successful first firing of clustered P&W RL10 engines. Occurred at 11:12 A.M. PDT, August 17. Santa Monica, California.; "Sacramento, Calif,--Man's effort to reach the moon moved nearer reality today with the successful first firing here of the six liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen fueled engines of the Saturn S-IV.
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  "Douglas Aircraft Company Press release."

  Press release covering the static firing of the S-IV rocket for a full seven minutes.
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  "Press release : NASA starts development on ATM."

  Press release describing NASA's plans to begin manned missions set to begin in 1968.
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  Preservation, shipment & recovery of the Saturn booster.

  The purpose of this report is to present the shipping and recovery procedures for the Saturn booster.
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  "Preliminary study of an unmanned lunar soft landing vehicle (Scientific Application)."

  Report to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Working Group on Lunar and Planetary Surfaces.
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  "Pratt & Whitney Aircraft RL10 liquid hydrogen rocket engine."

  Photograph of a liquid hydrogen rocket engine.
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  "Practicalities in automated manufacturing checkout."

  This paper presents a number of solutions to a number of unanswered questions regarding the Saturn projects.
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  "The potential bio-medical applications of Saturn nondestructive test methods."

  A brief history and purpose of nondestructive methods followed by a discussion of those methods.
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  "Pogo analysis of the Saturn Propulsion System."

  Report that contians images of graphs, photographs and diagrams.
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  "Plastics in space flight programs."

  Article aimed at improving the NASA's ability to complete its projects."
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  "Planning for strategic deterrence in the 1970s."

  Article discussing money-resources and the budget.
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  "Philosophy and practices of reliability as applied in the design of the Saturn Instrumentation System."

  The basic engineering approach used in the Saturn instrumentation system has evolved to provide a highly reliable design for short periods of operation. The airborne measuring and telemetry systems including preflight tests, inspection, documentation, and feedback between the users and designers are discussed. The apparent differences between the practice and theory of reliability are rationalized. Some consideration is given to new problems in designing systems that must operate in hostile environments for long periods. The potential contribution of redundancy as a design concept is discussed.; This paper is concerned with the airborne measuring and telemetry systems; it does not attempt to treat the entire Saturn instrumentation system which consists of tracking devices including optical, radar, and Doppler, plus television, film cameras, and a myriad of instruments connected with factory checkout, ground test, and launch.
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  "Pesco progress."

  Article covering the development of cryogenic pumps.
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  "Reliability engineering program provisions for Space System contractors. Revision 2."

  This document was cited in the Saturn contracts before NPC-250-1 was written. The sense of this document is the backbone of NASA reliability today and has become a generally accepted element of engineering rationale.