Dr Homer E Newell from Washington, DC: "I'm helping to develop the first American space satellite"
This quote is almost certainly not accurate, but it's hard to garner details from the brief newspaper article we found There is no shortage of information about Newell, however He was a leading figure in the early years of the US space program. His work predates the formation of NASA, which in fact he helped establish. Newell's work is primarily concerned with the scientific research that the satellites could perform. Here, he brings a model of the proposed satellite to show what it would look like and how it would operate in space. For our purposes, this appears to be the first of what would be many I've Got A Secret segments having to do with space exploration.
Special guest Marisa Pavan
Pavan is the twin sister of actress
Pier Angeli (
E195)
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