Back: VIEW OF DOWNTOWN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA Looking from Big Springs Park - Seen are the new buildings in the Municipal Center and the Madison County Court House.
A conversation between Lieutenant General Austin W. Betts, Colonel Henk, and Colonel Wahle, published as a part fo the US Army Military History Research Collection. This conversation details the "Army versus the Air Force difficulties in the late '50's" during the transfer of the missile and space program. This program switch was the basis of the case United States v. Colonel John C. Nickerson, Jr. as Nickerson was in charge of the program. This document contain only the portion relative to Colonel Nickerson.
These two articles describe the initial issues that struck Skylab 1 upon launch, the undeployed solar panels, and the missing meteoroid shield. The articles also describe how the crew aboard Skylab 2 resolved those issues upon arriving at the space habitat.