Oral History interview with Ernst H. Krause, 1983 July 1.

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Oral History interview with Ernst H. Krause, 1983 July 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/154305607

This interview concerns Krause's tenure at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), discussing and identifying a series of news clippings, correspondence, reports, and photographs which document Krause's activities. The discussion focuses primarily on V-2 rocket and cosmic ray experimentation. Also discussed briefly are post-war rocket activities at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, CalTech, and NRL. Other contacts and affiliations identified include: William Pickering, Fritz Zwicky, Marcel Schein, Michael Dennis, and the book titled "Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship.

Transcript: 39 pages.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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