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Robert Pearlman
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posted 10-13-2015 08:27 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Historian and space policy analyst Dwayne Day writes for The Space Review about the CIA's recent release of thousands of previously classified "President's Daily Brief" newsletters from the Kennedy and Johnson administrations and the references they contain to the Soviet efforts to challenge Apollo.
The Soviets never publicly discussed their large lunar rocket and thus only classified information about it existed until the end of the Cold War. What the newly-released President’s Daily Briefs demonstrate is that this information reached the President of the United States, providing him a running commentary on the progress of the race to the Moon.

chris_petty
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posted 11-12-2015 12:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for chris_petty     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It's impressive how much they were able to derive from the PHOTINT. Regarding the N-1, I recently wrote this article on the N-1/L3 programme.

Glint
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posted 11-12-2015 04:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Glint   Click Here to Email Glint     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Absolutely superb graphics by Nick Stevens. Very lifelike.

chris_petty
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posted 11-12-2015 05:20 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for chris_petty     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, his work on the N-1 is amazing. I'm extremely fortunate that he allowed me to use some of it. There is a link at the foot of the article to the N-1 book he worked on.

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