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  "Repository index of engineering reports and procedures."

  This index is an inventory of engineering reports and procedures available in Repository files. The Repository files contain various headquarters, MSFC, MSC, KSC and contractor prepared documents related to the overall MSFC, Apollo Program Requirements. V.C. Sorensen, Chief Management Services Office.; Published quarterly with monthly supplements by: Document Repository Branch; Management Services Office; Marshall Space Flight Center.
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  "Request for approval to man the Apollo Saturn V Vehicle."

  The purpose of this memorandum is to obtaln your approval to fly manned missions on the Saturn V launch vehicle beginning with Apollo-Saturn vehicle #503 currently scheduled for launch in December 1968.
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  "Research grants and contracts awarded to 25 : NASA news."

  Press-release detailing 27 research grants sent to numerous universities.
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  "Response to any news media queries concerning MSFC S-II stage."

  Letter to answer any incoming questions from the media regarding the MSFC-II stage and any briefed on Seal Beach.
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  "Resume - Werner K. Gengelbach."

  Letter vouching for the expertise and past accomplishments of Werner K. Gengelbach
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  "Rocket engine selection criteria."

  This paper considers many of the factors and criteria which have to be considered and evaluated when selecting a specific rocket engine for a given vehicle application. The lists of criteria can be helpful as checklists in design and systems engineering of a rocket propulsion device. About ten different applications are examined to illustrate the relative importance of some of these selection criteria. There will be groupings of our major types of criteria; namely, performance, operational, economic and so-called judgment criteria. In many cases the last three categories are equally or more important than the performance criteria in selecting one of several rocket engines for a specific application. The actual selection usually is a compromise to make the rocket engine responsive to several important criteria.
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  "Rocket engine turbo pumps for space travel."

  Finding the turbopump arrangement which is best suited for a given rocket engine - space travel applications - constitutes an important task. The arrangement depends upon a large variety of different factors, such as, the engine cycle, weight, the liquids to be pumped, the cavitation performance, the bearings and their lubrication, the seals and the turbine. In this report these factors and their influence on the turbopump configuration are discussed. It is shown that three of them: weight, propellants to be pumped and obtainable suction performance have the largest influence on the selection of the turbopump. A systematic approach is outlines for the design process, which allows to arrive at a turbopump arrangement best suited for a given application.
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  "Rocket exhaust effects on radio frequency transmission."

  Presented by Olen P. Ely, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama and R. W. Hockenberger, International Business Machines. Paper that explores the effects of rocket-engine exhaust on radio-signals.
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  "Rocket motor" material list photograph.

  8 x 10 inch black and white photograph of a rocket motor material list. The weight of the material is measured in pounds.
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  "S-IC heat shield illustration."

  The drawing gives information about the honeycomb and edge rolled construction of a heat-shield plate.