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Gilmore Tilmen Schjeldahl

Erectable and Inflatable Structures in Space

G.T. Shjeldahl Company

1961

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A report by the House Committee on Science and Astronautics

of G.T. Schjeldahl company on Erectable and Inflatable Structures in Space.

  • Gilmore Tilmen Schjeldahl (American).
  • Northfield, Minnesota: May 24, 1961.
  • 7, [1] pages.
  • Quarto.
  • 12 photographic plates and Echo II foil sample sheet.
  • Brad bound in report folder.


A report by the G.T. Schjeldahl company—the maker of the first communications satellites, Echo I and Echo II, launched by NASA in 1960 and 1964—on the promise of the use of inflatable structures in space. Includes several photographic plates showing such structures, as well as a sample sheet of the foil material used in the manufacture of Echo II.

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Some toning.

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First Edition

Language

English

Subject

Astronomy, Science, Modern first editions

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