CONTENTS
Volume 16, AAS History Series
Out from Behind the Eight-Ball: A History of Project Echo

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Foreword vii

Preface ix

Chapter 1.  The Genesis of a Balloon Satellite 1

Chapter 2.  The Impact of Sputnik 21

Chapter 3.  A Pivotal Year 41

Chapter 4.  The Technology Puzzle 59

Chapter 5.  Final Tests 77

Chapter 6.  Echo in Orbit 99

Chapter 7.  The Politics of Space 121

Epilogue 141

Selected Bibliography 147

Index 157