The file contains: working documents such as reports, curriculum vitae, notes, membership lists of meetings held on 19-20/02/1979, 25-26/06/1979 and 15-16/04/1980 (Paris), minutes of NAS/ESF Advisory Committee on the Space Telescope planning meetings held on 25/07/1977 and 09/08/1977 (Washington), (chairman Harrie Massey).

Topics discussed include: Report to the Board of the meeting in London with the ESF ad hoc Committee on Space Science (16-17/10/1978); Future project studies such as X-Ray Timing and Transient/Spectroscopy missions, Space Astronomy and Astrophysics of the US Space Science Board; Memorandum of understanding between National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and European Space Agency (ESA) concerning cooperation in the Space Telescope programme; Radio communication requirements to search for extraterrestrial life; Draft discussion paper by van de Hulst and Geiss on long-term European Space Science.

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