Interview with Robertson Stevens / by Hallie Poore, 1974 Aug 1.

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Interview with Robertson Stevens / by Hallie Poore, 1974 Aug 1.

Robertson Stevens describes the development of Microlock, precursor to the Deep Space Network (DSN). He describes the personalities of the men developing the system and compares it to other competing systems.

transcript : 17 pages.audio cassettes : analog, mono.

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