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Acknowledgements

A special thanks to the many scientists who helped me to gather information and data for my investigation. My friend, Vladimir G. Kurt, especially opened the door for me by generously giving of his time. Russian scientists who have helped include: Alexander Basilevsky, Yuri Gektin, Viktor Kerzhanovich, Sergei Khrushchev, Vladimir Krasnopolsky, Leonid Ksanfomality, Vladimir Kurt, Arkady Kuzmin, Leonid Lazutin, Igor Lissov, Mikhail Marov, Vasily Moroz, Basil Pivovarov, Eduard Projdakov, Oleg Rzhiga, Arnold Selivanov, Vladimir, Semenov, Kseniya Shapkina, Kira Shingareva, Valerii Styazhkin, Yuri Surkov, Alexander Zaitsev and Alexander Zakharov.

Western experts who have helped include: Michael Allison, Andrew J. Ball, Richard Braastad, James Burke, Don Davis, Karl Dodenhoff, Michael Dorffler, Peter Ford, Steve Gabriel, Slava Gerovitch, David Grinspoon, Allan Harvey, Jim Head, Sven Grahn, Phil Karn, Sven Knudson, Piotr Masek, James Oberg, Steve Pratt, Christopher Russell, Andy Salmon, Asif Siddiqi, Ed Stone, Phil Stooke, Ted Stryk, Fred Taylor, Larry Travis, Paolo Ulivi, Adrienne Wasserman, Dave Williams, and Anatoly Zak.

Web Sites of Special Interest

Don Davis, Space Images
Sven Grahn, Sven's Space Place
Asif Siddiqi, Soviet Web Space
VideoCosmos and Novosti Kosmonavtiki
Mark Wade, Encyclodedia Astronautica
Dr. David R. Williams, Chronology of Lunar and Planetary Exploration
Anatoly Zak, Russian Space Web

Russian Space Institutes

ASC Astro Space Center of the Lebedev Physical Institute
GEOKhI Vernadskii Institute of Geochemistry and Analystical Chemistry
IKI Space Research Institute
IRE Institute of Radioengineering and Electronics
IZMIRAN Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propogation
KeRC Keldysh Research Center (former NII-TP)
KIAE Kurchatov Institute
KIAM Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics
MIIGAiK Moscow State University of Geodesy and Cartography
NII AP Piliugin Center of Automatics and Instrument Making
NPO Lavochkin S.A. Lavochkin Scientific Production Association
OKB MEI Moscow Energy Institute
PRAO Pushchino Radio Astronomy Observatory
RAN Russian Academy of Science
RKK Energiia Energiia Cosmic Rocket Corporation (former OKB-1)
RNII KP Russian Institute of Space Device Engineering
SAI Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow University
SAO Special Astrophysical Observatory (BTA & RATAN-600)
SNPI Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, MSU
TsNII-MASH Central Research Institute for Machine Building
TsAGI Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute
VNII TRANSMASH Mobile Vehicle Engineering Institute

Awards

Griffith Observatory Star Award

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