"House Committee on Science and Astronautics Erectable and Inflatable Structures in Space"
Northfield, Minnesota: May 24, 1961.
Price: $300.00
About the item
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 in the manufacture of Echo II.
