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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

SPACE SCIENCE BOARD

October 16, 1959

To; Masers. H. Eeffex Hartline and Joshua Lederberg

Frou: Hugh Qdishey //.’

Raclosed is a somewhat revised agenda prepared today in consul-
tation with Dr. Berkner, Your attention is particularly called to
item 3 of the agenda, where you are listed to make a presentation.
What is desired in this presentation is a summary of space science
problems and objectives, as you and your Board and committee associates
now see them, based especially upon (1) past 8SB recommendations to
the goverment, (2) recent deliberations of your committee, and (3)
the studies for the 883 document. While you may be able to make
efdective use of the material in the document now under preparation
by the Board, please de act report on the decument es such: rather,
utilise any auch ififormation, as well as all other, to strike con-
eretely at the kind of presentation suggested above,

| We are most reluctant to burden you in this way at ao late a
date. However, recent developments suggest that this kind of approach,
coupted with other related activity in the course of the coming
meeting, may be inmeasurably productive. 680 we hope you can bear with
us on this request and do the best that can be done in the short time
available te you,

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