Marshall Institute Publishes Compendium of NSC Documents on Space
The George C. Marshall Institute has created a compendium of National Security Council directives on the space program from 1955-2002. The two-volume set publishes the public versions of these statements and associated press releases and fact sheets where possible. The directives span civil and military space, international cooperation, and missile defense. While many are widely available already, others would be more difficult to find easily, especially those from the very early days of the Space Age such as:
- NSC 5520 Statement of Policy on U.S. Scientific Satellite Program, 20 May 1955 (Eisenhower)
- NSC 5814 Preliminary U.S. Policy on Outer Space, 18 August 1958 (Eisenhower)
- NSC 5918/1 U.S. Policy on Outer Space, 26 January 1960 (Eisenhower)
- NSAM 50 Official Announcements of Launching into Space of Systems Involving Nuclear Power in Any Form, 12 May 1961 (Kennedy)
- NSAM 129 U.S.-U.S.S.R. Cooperation in the Exploration of Space, 23 February 1962 (Kennedy)
- NSAM 192 Separate Arms Control Measures for Outer Space, 2 October 1962 (Kennedy)
- NSAM 338 Policy Concerning U.S. Assistance in the Development of Foreign Communications Satellite Capabilities, 15 September 1965 (Johnson)
The set is available for a modest sum by contacting the Marshall Institute at info@marshall.org.
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