Part II
Research and Development Phase of Project Mercury
1958 (Cont.)
October 3-7
Studies and plans of the manned satellite project were presented to Advanced Research Projects Agency on October 3 and to Dr. T. Keith Glennan, NASA Administrator, on October 7. On October 7, 1958; Dr. Glennan approved the project by saying, in effect, "Let’s get on with it." (See fig. 2)[1]
Figure 2.—Mercury Spacecraft in Orbit: Artist’s Conception.
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- ↑ Memo, Warren J. North to NASA Administrator, subject: Background of Project Mercury Schedules, Aug. 14, 1960.
