02246cpcaa2200373 a 4500 mm2008085410 DLC 20260227111731.0 cr ||||||||||| 080610|||||||||||| eng mm2008085410 DLC DLC dacs DLC S lcmd American Rocket Company. American Rocket Company records, 1958-1991 (bulk 1981-1984). 6,000 items. 17 containers. 6.8 linear feet. Open to research. Correspondence, meeting minutes and notes, reports, technical papers, business plans, legal records, legislative material, financial records, printed matter, and other records relating to the commercial use of space by a private company. Documents the development of a national policy for the transition from government and military control of space to private commercial uses. Materials pertain to launch safety and insurance, government agency oversight, licensing procedures, and fair pricing systems. Includes records of several companies which preceded the American Rocket Company: Space Enterprise Consultants, ARC Technologies, and Starstruck Corporation. First company to privately develop a rocket for commercial use, thus beginning the commercial space industry in the U.S. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011084 Aeronautics, Commercial. Aeronautics Safety measures. Space industrialization. ARC Technologies. ARC Technologies records. 1961-1984. Space Enterprise Consultants. Space Enterprise Consultants records. 1981-1984. Starstruck Corporation. Starstruck Corporation records. 1978-1985. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011084 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011084.3 44781 44781