Developments in Space Research: Highlights of USRA's Achievements. Essays by David Cummings

by David Cummings, Jeffrey A. Isaacson (foreword)

At the beginning of 1966, James Webb, the administrator of NASA, began to act on his desire to more thoroughly engage the university community in the activities of NASA. One of Webb’s initiatives was to contact Dr. Frederick Seitz, President of the National Academy of Sciences, to discuss how NASA might involve the university community in the analyses of samples soon to be returned from the moon. That discussion led to considerations of how NASA might collaborate with the university research community as the agency undertook explorations in a broad range of space related disciplines.

236 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2019