Dr. Abe Silverstein, National Aeronautics and Space Administration director of space flight programs, is being flooded with messages of congratulations from all parts of the country, in connection with the successful launching this week-end of Echo I, the 100-foot-diameter satellite as tall as a ten-story building, which heralds a new communications era, it was reported here today.
Dr. Silverstein, a 52-year old American-born scientist and expert on aeronautics has a key role in implementation of the N.A.S.A. time-table for space exploration. This includes the scheduled initial orbiting of an astronaut next year and the landing of a man on the moon within the next decade.
Dr. Silverstein was born in Indiana and received his early scientific training at the Rose Polytechnic Institute in Terre Haute, his home city. He represented the U. S. at international meetings on aeronautical sciences and contributed scientific papers on aerodynamics, engine cooling and power plant installations.
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