"A pioneering work. David has performed a herculean task by pullingtogether for the first time hundreds of formerly classified documents totell the fascinating story of NASA's intimate and extremely sensitiverelations with the CIA and other branches of the intelligence communityover the past fifty-plus years."--Matthew M. Aid, author of Intel Wars: The Secret History of the Fight against Terror "Revealsthe long, complicated, and fascinating relationship between NASA, theDepartment of Defense, and the intelligence community."--Jeffrey T.Richelson, author of Defusing Armageddon "Casts light ona hitherto deeply shadowed portion of America's spaceflighthistory."--Rick W. Sturdevant, deputy director of history, USAF SpaceCommand at Peterson AFB "Everyone who's interested in spacehistory has always known there was a relationship between the U.

S.defense community and NASA. The shuttle era was the heyday of thatrelationship. For the first time, this book really captures just howdeep that relationship was even before the shuttle era and how thedefense and intelligence communities cooperated with and influencedNASA."--David Christopher Arnold, editor of Quest: The History of Spaceflight Quarterly.