DL/A-Z//FRAS - [Correspondence with John Frassanito]

DL/A-Z//FRAS

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[Correspondence with John Frassanito]

04/12/1989-19/11/1998

2 Letters (typescript)
1 Drawings

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the

Frassanito, John

[1989]

001 is a letter from John Frassanito of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Doris Lessing, written following a visit by Lessing to the NASA headquarters. Frassanito updates Lessing on the progress of a planned mission to the Moon and Mars, and encloses drawings of vehicle concepts that he thinks she will enjoy.

002 is a set of drawings of NASA vehicles and equipment intended to be used in an excursion to Mars. The drawings comprise a stapled set with 9 loose pages.

003 is a photocopy of an article, "Next Steps in Space", an interview with John Aaron by Timothy Willard and Andrew Lawler from The Futurist, May-June 1988.

004 is a photocopy of a paper, "SETI and Serendipity" by Jill C. Tarter, from Acta Astronautica Vol. 11, No. 7-7, 1984.

[1998]

005 is a letter from Frassanito to Lessing enclosing recent graphic work regarding the NASA Interstellar Missions to Alpha Centauri. He also invites Lessing to contribute to a forthcoming exhibition, 2001 Architecture and Design for Space: Vision and Reality, enclosing a description of the show for Lessing's review. Lessing hand writes "No. Apologetic letter 2.[illegible].99"