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It was clear from the outset that the STG was going to need many more people than the original Core Team. According to a memorandum from Robert Gilruth dated January 26, 1959 – barely four months after the creation of NASA and three months after the creation of the STG – there were only 71 people in the entire organization; including six recently assigned military officers. Ten of the 71 were secretaries and file clerks on the administrative side and several more ladies were in computer support.
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von Ehrenfried, M.“. (2016). The Need for More People. In: The Birth of NASA. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28428-6_11
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