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    <title>American Rocket Company records, 1958-1991 (bulk 1981-1984)</title>
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  <abstract>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.</abstract>
  <note>Open to research.</note>
  <note>First company to privately develop a rocket for commercial use, thus beginning the commercial space industry in the U.S.</note>
  <note>Collection material in English.</note>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Space industrialization</topic>
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      <title>Space Enterprise Consultants records. 1981-1984</title>
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      <namePart>Space Enterprise Consultants.</namePart>
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      <title>Starstruck Corporation records. 1978-1985</title>
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