Buy this book on-line JESCO VON PUTTKAMER et al : 1960s FASCINATING, ORIGINAL GROUP OF DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN AND COMPILED BY AN EMINENT SATURN AND APOLLO ROCKET SCIENTIST RECRUITED BY WERNHER VON BRAUN
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. On offer is fascinating archive of documents, letters, data etc. originally held by Apollo rocket scientist Jesco Von Puttkamer who was personally recruited by Wernher Von Braun to work on the Saturn and Apollo rocket programs. Included in the group housed in a 3 and almost a half inch thick binder is a notebook crammed with internal NASA reports on the Saturn Flight Evaluation Group, including many formerly "Classified" documents which were later declassified. There are many NASA Saturn/Apollo executive memorandums, fold out charts, copies of letters and some hand-written notes by Puttkamer on the subject of rocket booster recovery (much on this subject and launch vehicle recovery). There are proposals for experiments to be undertaken on Saturn rockets, personal papers of Puttkamer regarding training, etc., and much, much more. Many of the documents are dated or date-stamped 1964 and 1965 making for a superb insider's peek into the internal workings of NASA and the Apollo program. Overall VG.. Manuscript. Book Condition: Very Good Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of JESCO VON PUTTKAMER et al : 1960s FASCINATING, ORIGINAL GROUP OF DOCUMENTS, LETTERS AND EPHEMERA HANDWRITTEN AND COMPILED BY AN EMINENT SATURN AND APOLLO ROCKET SCIENTIST RECRUITED BY WERNHER VON BRAUN. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres illustrées, livres rares, livres anciens, collectables and out-of-print books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |