The National Space Program

It has been the custom of the Society for a number of years to invite a distinguished guest to the Fall Convention to address the Convention on Awards Night on some phase of engineering, not necessarily directly concerned with motion pictures or television, but of great general interest. In view of the rapid expansion of photographic instrumentation in space technology it seemed particularly apropos that Edgar M. Cortright, Chief of Advanced Technology Programs of the National Aeronautics Space Administration, be invited to address the 1959 Fall Convention. Mr. Cortright's talk on the National Space Program proved of such wide interest and the developments he described are so important that it has been decided to publish the major part of his address in order that it may be read by those who could not hear him and also for documentation for future reference.—Glenn E. Matthews, Editorial Vice-President.

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Published
1960-01
Content type
Original Research
DOI
10.5594/J00036