Irene Willhite, Curator/Archivist for the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, AL, was the guest for this Space Show program. We started the discussion with an overview of the US Space and Rocket Center, Marshall Spaceflight Center, and army locations nearby in Huntsville. From there, we started discussing the cataloging and archiving of the papers and historical documents pertaining to Wernher Von Braun. We spent most of the show discussing Von Braun, his work, attitudes, faith, education, the cold war, space, Mars, and just about everything you can think of regarding his work and the times he was part of re developing space. We discussed Vanguard and the Navy program, the Army with the Jupiter and Redstone rockets, politics and much more. If you ever wanted to know about Von Braun, this is the show to listen to. The book that Irene has just written which has been published by Apogee, "The Voice of Dr. Wernher von Braun" was highlighted during the show as it contains 48 of his approximately 500 speeches. Irene took us through the highlights of many of the speeches in a humorous and informative way. We also talked about space camp for kids and adults, artifacts that the museum obtains, and the von Braun sci fi book, "Project Mars." You can ask questions or send comments to Irene Willhite at irenew@spacecamp.com. You can call the book store at the Rocket Center and order both books autographed by Irene. Just tell them you heard about it on The Space Show. Their website is http://www.spacecamp.com/
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