US Presidents and the Militarization of Space, 1946-1967

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments The฀completion฀of฀this฀book฀pr oject฀brings฀with฀it฀the฀need฀to฀thank฀a฀diverse ฀group฀of฀people฀who฀have฀assisted฀me฀along฀the฀way .฀First฀and฀foremost,฀ I฀need฀to฀offer฀a฀hearty฀thank฀you฀to฀Donald฀J.฀Mrozek,฀who฀served฀as฀my฀ mentor.฀In฀addition฀to฀providing฀advice,฀words฀of฀encouragement,฀and฀guidance ,฀he฀always฀made฀sur e฀that฀I฀took฀time฀to฀appr eciate฀the฀fi฀ner฀points฀ of฀life.฀For฀his฀expert฀guidance฀and฀hospitable฀friendship ,฀I฀will฀always฀be฀ grateful. While฀at฀Kansas฀State฀University,฀I฀had฀the฀pleasure฀of฀working฀with฀an฀ outstanding฀group฀of฀professors฀who฀offered฀insightful฀advice฀and฀helpful฀ comments.฀Thank฀you฀to฀Dr.฀Jack฀M.฀Holl,฀Dr.฀Mark฀Parillo,฀Dr.฀David฀ Stone,฀and฀Dr.฀Joseph฀K.฀Unekis฀for฀seeing฀the฀potential฀of฀this฀book. In฀addition฀to฀my฀professors,฀I฀must฀thank฀several฀institutions฀for฀providing ฀fi ฀nancial฀support฀for฀my฀research:฀the฀Harry฀S.฀Truman฀Library฀Foundation ,฀the฀John฀F.฀Kennedy฀Library฀Foundation,฀the฀Lyndon฀Baines฀Johnson฀ Library฀ Foundation,฀ the฀I nstitute฀ for฀M ilitary฀ History฀ and฀ Twentieth-฀ Century฀Studies฀at฀Kansas฀S tate฀University,฀and฀NASA’s฀History฀Office.฀ While฀researching฀at฀various฀archives฀and฀presidential฀libraries,฀I฀had฀the ฀ privilege฀of฀working฀with฀many฀dedicated฀and฀generous฀individuals,฀including ฀Stephen฀J.฀Graber,฀Colin฀Fries,฀and฀Jane฀Odom฀from฀NASA’s฀History฀ Office,฀Dennis฀Bilger฀from฀the฀Harry฀S.฀Truman฀Presidential฀Library,฀David฀ Haight฀and฀Barbara฀Constable฀of฀the฀Dwight฀D.฀Eisenhower฀Presidential฀Library ,฀Sharon฀Kelly฀from฀the฀John฀F.฀Kennedy฀Presidential฀Library,฀and฀Tina฀ Houston฀from฀the฀Lyndon฀Baines฀Johnson฀Presidential฀Library. In฀addition฀to฀these฀fi฀ne฀institutions฀and฀their฀dedicated฀people,฀I฀also฀ need฀to฀thank฀M ary฀Lenn฀Dixon,฀฀ editor-฀ in-฀ chief,฀Texas฀A&M฀University฀ Press,฀for฀her฀support฀and฀encouragement฀throughout฀the฀process.฀Copy฀editor ฀Chris฀Dodge,฀I฀truly฀appreciate฀your฀insightful฀assistance.฀Lastly,฀I฀need฀ to฀thank฀all฀my฀colleagues฀in฀the฀Department฀of฀Military฀History฀at฀the฀US฀ Army’s฀Command฀and฀General฀Staff฀College,฀especially฀Dr.฀James฀H.฀Willbanks ,฀for฀your฀camaraderie฀and฀support฀during฀this฀project.฀It฀is฀a฀privilege฀ to฀work฀with฀professionals฀like฀you. I฀have฀also฀benefi ฀ted฀from฀the฀support฀and฀love฀of฀friends฀and฀family.฀To฀ the฀members฀of฀Blue฀Valley฀Yacht฀Club,฀especially฀Henry฀Otto,฀thank฀you฀ for฀providing฀me฀with฀countless฀opportunities฀to฀hone฀my฀sailing฀skills฀and฀ make฀sure฀that฀I฀did฀not฀su ffer฀the฀typically฀pasty฀skin฀of฀an฀academic.฀ To฀ xii acknowledgments the฀crew฀of฀Line฀Drive,฀Randy฀Zelenka฀and฀Ken฀Hays,฀thank฀you฀for฀keeping ฀me฀humble฀by฀always฀allowing฀me฀to฀serve฀as฀your฀bowman.฀It฀has฀been฀ a฀great฀few฀years฀on฀the฀“fastest฀Antrim฀27฀in฀the฀Midwest.”฀In฀addition฀to฀ this฀colorful฀cast฀of฀sailors,฀I฀must฀also฀ackno wledge฀the฀love฀and฀support฀ of฀my฀family.฀To฀my฀parents,฀Denny฀and฀Sandy฀Kalic,฀thank฀you฀for฀always฀ believing฀in฀my฀abilities฀and฀pushing฀me฀to฀achieve฀my฀goals.฀Your฀love฀and฀ support฀can฀never฀be฀repaid,฀but฀it฀has฀always฀been฀deeply฀appreciated.฀I฀am฀ also฀indebted฀to฀my฀brother฀Jon฀Kalic฀and฀his฀wife฀Jolee฀and฀their฀children,฀ Cameron฀and฀Jillian,฀for฀providing฀humor฀and฀support฀during฀years฀of฀work฀ on฀this฀book.฀Thanks฀for฀helping฀me฀keep฀ev erything฀in฀perspective.฀I฀am฀ also฀fortunate฀to฀have฀the฀support฀of฀my฀in-฀ laws,฀John฀and฀Peggy฀Brine,฀who฀ not฀only฀allowed฀me฀to฀mo ve฀their฀daughter฀to฀faraway฀Kansas,฀but฀also ฀ always฀provided฀words฀of฀encouragement. Finally,฀I฀could฀not฀have฀completed฀this฀project฀without฀the฀love฀of฀my฀ wonderful฀wife,฀Tracie.฀She฀served฀as฀my฀editor,฀travel฀companion,฀fi ฀nancier,฀ best฀friend,฀soul฀mate,฀and฀chief฀suppor ter.฀Thank฀you฀for฀putting฀up฀with฀ me฀and฀providing฀me฀with฀a฀wonderful฀life.฀I฀have฀also฀had฀the฀joy฀and฀pleasure ฀of฀our฀daughter฀Kather yn,฀who฀came฀along฀w ell฀into฀the฀project,฀and฀ has฀been฀a฀great฀distraction.฀I฀love฀you฀both฀and฀I฀could฀not฀have฀done฀this฀ without฀my฀ladies.฀And฀I฀need฀to฀thank฀our฀dogs฀N igel฀and฀Murphy฀who฀ always฀seemed฀to฀know฀when฀I฀needed฀to฀take฀a฀break฀and฀go฀for฀a฀walk. US฀Presidents฀and฀the฀Militarization฀of฀Space,฀ 1946–1967 ...