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Description
Photograph caption dated November 6, 1963 reads "MARS is an appropriate name for the space age component being examined by Rep. James Corman (center), 22nd Congressional District. The miniature attitude reference system, or one like it, may someday be employed in interplanetary travel. MARS was developed and is being built in the Valley by Whittaker Controls and Guidance Division of Telecomputing Corporation. Corman is a member of the Congressional Committee on Science and Astronautics. Flanking him are the Division's general manager, David Kimball, right, and engineering section chief, Richard Rasmussen."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Identifier
00140540 Valley Times Collection HCNVT_d048_f21_i11 CARL0005708209 http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/69297
Subject
Corman, James C.--(James Charles),--1920-2000 Telecomputing Corporation of America--Employees Men--California--San Fernando Valley Legislators--United States Celestial reference systems Aerospace industries--California--San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs