House Committee on Science and Astronautics Erectable and Inflatable Structures in Space

by Nasa, G. T Schjeldahl

$300 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller · No longer available

7, 1 pp, with 12 photographic plates and Echo II foil sample sheet. 4to. Brad bound in report folder, Very good. Item #317493 A report by the G.T. Shjeldahl company-- the maker of the first communications satellites, Echo I and Echo II, launched by NASA in 1960 and 1964-- on the promise of the use of inflatable structures in space. Includes several photographic plates showing such structures, as well as a sample sheet of the foil material used

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