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02153aam a2200349Ii 4500 001 F4864452172C11EA8B64444297128E48 003 SILO 005 20191205010028 008 190716s2019 vaua e b f001 0 eng d 010 $a 2019410946 020 $a 1937219240 020 $a 9781937219246 035 $a (OCoLC)1108755341 040 $a OEK $b eng $e rda $c OEK $d GZN $d HLS $d NUI $d NHS $d CNO $d GPO $d OCLCF $d DLC $d CTU $d IXA $d FUG $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Homer, Courtney V. K., $e author. 245 10 $a Spies in space : $b reflections on national reconnaissance and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory / $c by Courtney V.K. Homer. 246 30 $a Reflections on national reconnaissance and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory 264 1 $a Chantilly, Virginia : $b Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance, $c 2019. 300 $a xii, 104 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm. 490 1 $a In the words of those who served 500 $a "May 2019." 500 $a Shipping List number: 2019-0258-P. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The genesis & beginnings of MOL -- The MOL pilots -- MOL up and running -- The end of MOL. 520 $a In 1963, the Air Force annouced it was developing a program to increase the Defense Department efforts to determine military usefulness in space. This program was called MOL (Manned Orbiting Laboratory). The program also held a highly classified component called "Dorian," managed by the National Reconnaissance Office. When the NRO declassified all its files on the Dorian and MOL programs in 2015, five astronauts (James Abrahamson, Karol Bobko, Albert Crews, Bob Crippen, and Richard Truly) and the program's technical director, Michael Yarymovych, shared their experiences and insight of being trained to be America's spies in space during the Cold War. 710 2 $a Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance (U.S.), $e issuing body. 830 0 $a In the words of those who served. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191210030423.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20191205011455.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F4864452172C11EA8B64444297128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search