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Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword, by Lt. Gen. Forrest S. McCartney, USAF, Retired xi Preface xv Introduction 3 “Goldstone Has the Bird!” 1 The Inescapable Premise 9 Inventing Satellite Command and Control 2 Of Vital Strategic Importance 31 Developing a Satellite Command and Control System 3 Getting Off Dead Center 63 Innovating for a Single Customer 4 Too Many Fingers in the Pie 91 Growing into a Satellite Control System 5 Unbounded Faith 116 The Technological Style of the Air Force Satellite Control Facility 6 The Pressure Cooker 140 Overcoming Momentum Conclusion 158 Inveniemus Viam vel Faciemus Glossary of Acronyms 169 Notes 173 Bibliography 193 Index 203 ...

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