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Don Brevik- Rocketdyne engineer.

"Space and the working woman."

Memorandum prepared for the honoring Amelia Earhart by the Zonta Club, Birmingham, Alabama.

"Automatic Saturn V Page Test System."

The abstract notes, "This paper describes the Automatic Saturn V Page Test System. The system is used to evaluate microminiature Unit Logic Device (ULD) circuits. A page is an assembly consisting of a magnesium- lithium frame, an input-output connector, test points, and multilateral printed circuit boards that interconnect the IUDs into logic circuits. The test system automatically performs tests for shorted voltages and shorted diodes, static logic function, and pulse function."

"The role of the NASA-MSFC Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory in the development of space projects."

For presentation at the Aerospace Industries Association of America (AIA) Manufacturing Engineering Committee Meeting. Discusses the role the NASA Engineering Laboratory has had on NASA projects in the form of vehicles and smaller projects.

Letter to Colonel John C. Nickerson, Jr. from Colonel Robert C. Works.

Works expresses sympathy toward Nickerson and the situation he is in asking, "�what's happening to the Army?" Works offers a character witness or any deposition or testimony that would help his case.

Final Apollo 11 Lunar Surface Operations Plan.

Prepared by the Lunar Surface Operations Office, Mission Operations Branch, Flight Crew Support Division.

"Purchasing and contracting at the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center."

This is a speech given to fellow purchasing agent regarding purchasing and contracting.

"Flight Software Development Laboratory."

A man-in-the-loop computer facility has been created using a digital computer, display terminal,and space vehicle flight computer to enable programmers to check out flight programs in a simulated space flight environment. The simulation requires a real time multi-programmed environment, which is supplied by a control system capable of scheduling programs on 32 levels of priority interrupt as well as answering demands for service at the display terminal. A special interface device permits visibility and control of the flight program as it executes in the flight computer. On-line inputs from the programmer at the display terminal and outputs from data collection and reduction routines to the display screen are executed in real time. The Flight Software Development Laboratory has proved to be very useful in reducing program preparation time and increasing flight program confidence.

"Saturn and the future."

Presentation with its main focus on the competitive and humanitarian goals of the Saturn project.

Skylab Articles: "The 18,000-M.P.H." and "Spinnaker."

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.

Tags Skylab 50th Anniversary

Letter to Colonel John C. Nickerson, Jr. from Mayor Ralph M. Wiltsie.

Mayor Wiltsie writes to Nickerson in his defense, asking if he can be of any help in the trial such as testifying or giving a character witness.

Letter to Honorable James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration from W. K. Wilson, Jr.

Letter to James Webb from W. K. Wilson regarding one of his studies.

"Welding for aerospace application : a panel discussion."

Original is a photocopy; W. A. Wilson, Chairman; Russell Meredith, North American Aviation; Robert Hackman, Linde Company; Frank Wallace, Pratt-Whitney Aircraft; P.G. Parks, NASA, MSFC; G. O. Hoglund, Aluminum Company of America.

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"Fulfilling the Aerospace Engineer's Responsibility for Product Reliability."

The management techniques described in the paper support the Saturn S-IVB Program which is being conducted for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Marshall Space Flight Center.

"A Prime Contractor's Reliability Program for Components/Parts for the Douglas S-IVB Stage Project."

This paper, presented at the fifth annual Reliability and Maintainability Conference in New York City, contains a "prime contractor's reliability program for components/parts for the Douglas S-IVB stage project." These parts include special flight critical items and their complementary reliability engineering program plan is outlined in this paper.

Letter to Robert K. Bell from attorney Jack Wilson.

Wilson writes to Bell to congratulate him on the Nickerson case and states that he has been "avidly reading the newspaper accounts of the Nickerson trial" but still believes that Bell did a "terrific" job defending Colonel Nickerson.

"Saturn base heating review."

The Saturn I booster which is powered by a cluster of eight rocket engines has been successfully flown on four successive flights. The early success of this large launch vehicle is a strong indication of the soundness of its base heating program. This paper summarizes the thinking that went into the design of our base configuration. Flight test results indicate that pressures, temperatures and heating rates were generally as expected. New techniques have been investigated for generating design data. It has been found experimentally that pressure and thermal fields establish themselves in one to three milliseconds and that data from the "short duration" technique compare favorably with "long duration" type tests. As a result, the new "short duration" technique has become the standard for generating design data for the Saturn vehicle.

"Development of Separable Connectors for the Saturn S-IV Stage."

The purpose of this paper is to present information, in the area of separable connectors as they pertain to the Saturn S-IV Program.

"Corrosion problems associated with the Saturn space vehicles."

Corrosion problems associated with space vehicles, in general, are discussed as contrasted to those problems experienced with structures in an earth atmosphere. Primary emphasis is placed on structural alloys in this discussion, although some corrosion failures experienced in various mechanical components are described. General corrosion prevention measures are indicated, and solutions to specific corrosion failures described. Major failures experienced have been attributed to stress corrosion cracking, rather than general or galvanic type corrosion. Most such failures have occurred with only five different materials: three aluminum alloys - 7075-T6, 7079-T6, and 2024-T6; and two precipitation hardening stainless steels - 17-7PH and AM 355. Corrective actions were different in each case, but involved either a complete change to another material, a change to a different temper of the same alloy, or a modification of the heat treatment and/or general processing techniques. General conclusions are that the types of failures described could be avoided by: a more suitable selection of alloys in the initial design, a realistic review of the environments that could be encountered in the service lifetime of the component, lowering stresses, improving process controls, and effecting better familiarization of design personnel with the with the overall stress corrosion problem in an effort to reduce human error.; Preprint 18e.; Materials for re-entry and spacecraft systems - spacecraft materials.; Materials Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 31 - April 4, 1968.

"Saturn S-II facilities organization."

Organizational chart for the Saturn II facilities.

"Marshall in the Space Effort."

Presentation reviewing the complex engineering undertaken at NASA and the mathmatical problems that need to be solved regarding the space program.

"Saturn S-II stage program plan."

This documents outlines the S & ID plan to fulfill the requirements of Contracts NAS7-80 and NAS7-200 for the design, development and manufacture of the Saturn S-II stage.; APPROVED by R E. Greer, Vice President and S-II Program Manager.; This reissue supersedes all previous issues of this report.; FOREWORD: The S-II stage is 81.5 feet in length and 33 feet in diameter, with a usable propellant capacity of 970,000 pounds, The S-II propellants are fully cryogenic-liquid oxygen at -279 F and liquid hydrogen at -423 F. Its five-engine cluster provides one million pounds of thrust. The stage is a cylindrical structure of relatively light weight with a shell designed to resist all loads without the use of stiffening members. Its skin is of welded aluminum panels, as are the elliptical bulkheads of the fuel and oxidizer tanks. Unique to its design is the common bulkhead that separates the -423 F liquid hydrogen from the -247 F liquid oxygen. The common bulkhead - a sandwich of two 33-foot diameter aluminum domes separated by an insulating filler of honeycomb - eliminates the weight penalty that would be imposed by the second bulkhead in more conventional design. This document describes the S & ID program plan for development of the S-II stage and associated a support equipment.

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"Letter to Professor John M. Logsdon."

Letter to Professor Logsdon from E. C. Welcsh denying Logsdon's request to quote Wernher von Braun and President Kennedy from their memorandums.

"Letter to Dr. Wernher von Braun."

Letter to Wernher von Braun from E.C. Welsch thanking Braun for his letter on June 20th regarding his thoughts on communication and meteorological satilites.

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"Letter to Professor John M. Logsdon."

Correspondance between Professor Logsdon and Welsh regarding Logsdon quoting Wernher von Braun's memorandum.

Letter to Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson from J. Bancroft Webster.

Webster writes saying he thinks Wilson does a good job running the nation's defense system and because of that, Webster asks Wilson to evaluate Nickerson's performance of duty and would feel "thoroughly disillusioned to see such a 1st class officer sacked."

Letters from J. Bancroft Webster.

Webster sends three copies of the same letter to Congressman Frederic Coudert, Jr., Senator Irving M. Ives, and Secretary of the Army Wilber M. Brucker, asking them to take "an immediate active interest in the pending army court martial" of Colonel John C. Nickerson. He testifies to Nickerson's character and his value to the national defense system.

Handwritten letter to Robert K. Bell from J. B. Webster.

Webster writes to wish Bell and Nickerson good luck in the case and send copies of letters that may have information useful to the defense of Nickerson.

"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.

"Saturn IB/V instrument unit."

This brochure provides some basic, general information about the lnstrument Unit, a very important part of the Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicles. These launch vehicles are being developed primarily for the Apollo program for manned lunar exploration but will also be used for future space missions.

Congressional inquiry regarding the S-II-T accident at the Mississippi Test Facility : letter to the honorable Clinton P. Anderson, Committee on Aeronautical and Space Science, United States Senate from James E. Webb, Administrator.

Archive copy is a photocopy.; Includes memorandum and information from George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight. Letter contains handwritten editing and notes.

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