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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (1989)

Description

Science, Technology and Society Program.

Lectures entitled: Communications Satellites as a Trade Issue; Space Commercialization: Myth and Reality; Getting into Space: Rockets and Shuttle; A New Launch Vehicle for Space?; The Rocky Road to Communication Satellites; Towards a New Space Policy; and Is There a Future for Communication Satellites?

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1917-2013.
Call number
mssWheelon
Creator
Wheelon, Albert D (1929-2013)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Gift of Cicely Wheelon, 2014.
Restrictions
Approximately 1.5 linear feet of classified documents require further review by the Information Security Oversight Office (ISOO). These documents will be added to the collection, and the finding aid updated, if and when they are declassified.
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