Reminiscences of California Institute of Technology Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, GALCIT No.1 later JPL : memo from Melba Nead to Kyky Chapman, 5 Nov 1991.

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Reminiscences of California Institute of Technology Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory, GALCIT No.1 later JPL : memo from Melba Nead to Kyky Chapman, 5 Nov 1991.

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