| Description | Contains copies of letters from Thomas Gold to Robert A Hefner III, Sep 1991, regarding his views on the Space Station, and to Senator Walter F Mondale, regarding his his views on the proposed space shuttle, Jul 1970, Jun 1971. Also contains papers by Thomas Gold: 'Space flight: manned or unmanned?', Jul 1971; 'The US future in space: the need for a rational program', [1972]; 'The space shuttle program', Apr 1972. Also includes a copy of the 'Congressional Digest', Jun-Jul 1972, featuring an article by Thomas Gold supporting the curtailment of future US manned space flight programs, and a statement by Thomas Gold before a press conference in Washington, DC, Oct 1970. There is a testimony by Thomas Gold before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Development - Space and Science of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Jun 1971, and a statement by Thomas Gold before the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Apr 1973. There are also press articles about the NASA manned space flight program, varying in date from Sep 1970 to Oct 1991, and various reports e.g. report by the Space Science and Technology Panel of the President's Science Advisory Committee, 'The biomedical foundations of manned space flight', Nov 1969; Space Task Group report to the President, 'The post-Apollo space program: directions for the future', Sep 1969. |