[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; 1964 support of LBJ; John Macy appointment as acting administrator; Geo. Mueller; Homer Newell; FY70 NASA budget; contacts and meeting with LBJ; Apollo 8 launch; LBJ’s reaction to the success; ceremony and party plans after the mission; LBJ’s interest in the technical details of space flight; LBJ never attended a launch; Lady Bird’s concerns for benefits of space program to man on the street; relationship with HHH; consultant to HUD; The Space Act; transition to the new administration; Bob Seamans.
Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by T.H. Baker
Citation
Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by T.H. Baker, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed September 4, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-painet-19690325-1-74-231-a