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S-IVB, Saturn IB Manager

Early days of rocket development in Germany. V-2 development at Peenenuende.

Sid Johnston describes his career path from industrial management in private industry to NASA’s Saturn program office, where he became deeply involved in managing the Saturn V launch vehicle effort. He explains that Saturn program management was…

Pegasus Project

Pegasus Project

Development of the V2 at Peenemuende during WW II. Problems encountered in ccmpoents testing, qualificatiion and missile weight reduction.

General Saturn development and problems and the contributions of the Computation Lab.

Involvement in US Army Ordnance Technical Inteligence work during latter years of WW II. Interesting insights into the personaties of the various members of the von Braun team. Comments on American industrial psychology at the the end of the war. His…