Steeljaw Scribe

John Hattendorf’s latest edited volume — "U.S. Naval Strategy in the 1970s: Selected Documents"  — has just been posted in .pdf format on the Naval War College’s website. It is currently at the printer and hard copies will be available at a date to be announced.
See http://www.nwc.navy.mil/press/newportpapers/documents/NP30JH.pdf
This new 1970s volume reproduces 5 documents verbatim and [...]

On this Date (3 Oct):

Sixty-two years ago: As the initial attempt to establish an earth satellite program, the Bureau of Aeronautics established a committee to evaluate the feasibility of space rocketry.  This would lead to the Vanguard project.

Forty-five years ago: Sigma 7, Commander Walter M. Schirra pilot was launched into orbit by a Mercury-Atlas rocket [...]