Early Attempts To form a Space Agency
(or Space Science Agency)

prepared by Peter Forsyth

This material was distributed to the participants at the time of the workshop, and was referred to during the workshop in the course of the discussion on DRTE and related subjects.

No. Author(s) Date Title To:
I D.C.Rose July 1961 A Proposal for a Space Research Organization in Canada President NRC
II W.M Auld
P.A. Forsyth
I.I. Glass
W.J. Heikkila
P.A. Lapp
D.C. Rose
R. Whitehead		 July 1963 Space Research in Canada
(Proposal for an integrated program of space research, and an agency to manage it.)		 President NRC
III J.H. Chapman
P.A. Forsyth
P.A. Lapp
G.N. Patterson 		January 1967 The Central Organization of Space Activities in Canada
(A Proposal for a Space Agency in Canada)		 Science Secretariat
IV J.H.Chapman
P.A. Forsyth
P.A. Lapp
G.N. Patterson		 February 1967 Upper Atmosphere and Space Programs in Canada
(Proposal for total science/applications program of space activity, and an agency to manage it.)
Science Secretariat Special Study No. 1		 Science Secretariat
V P.A. Forsyth May 1967 Upper Atmosphere and Space Physics
(Consisting largely of the physics related material of report IV, above) Section 2 of "Physics in Canada, Survey and Outlook"
Science Secretariat Special Study No.2		 Science Secretariat
VI P.A. Forsyth
with:
T.R. Hartz
D.J. McEwen
G.G.Shepherd		 November 1975 Canadian Research Opportunities in Space
(Proposal for an integrated program of space research, and an agency to manage it.)		 Associate Committee
on Space Research,
NRC