The report entitled “Habitable Planets for Man” (dated March 1964) was written by Stephen Dole. It was sponsored by the US Air Force under Project RAND (Contract Number AF 49 (638) 700).
Web Resources
Complete images of Dole’s report available to download as a 169 page PDF document on the
http://www.rand.org/pubs/reports/R414/
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Book References
For discussion see the following:
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Asimov, Isaac in “Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence : The First Encounter” (1976) (edited by James L Christian) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 48-49 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Of Life Beyond : Man’s Age-Old Speculations”) of the Prometheus Books softcover edition. |
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Berry, Adrian in his “The Next Ten Thousand Years” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 132, 133 (in Chapter 10) of the Coronet paperback edition. |
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Gallant, Roy A in “Beyond Earth : The Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-141 (in Chapter 11), 183 (in the Books For Further Reading) of the Four Winds hardback edition. |
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Harrison, Albert A in his “Spacefaring : The Human Dimension” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 242 (in Chapter 14) of the |
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Lunan, Duncan in his “Man and the Stars” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages ix, 3 (in the Introduction) of the Souvenir Press hardback edition, at pages xi, 3 of the Corgi paperback edition. |
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Mallove, Eugene F and Matloff, Gregory L in their “The Starflight Handbook” (1989) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 109 (in Chapter 7) of the Wiley hardback edition. |
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Powers, Robert M in his “The Coattails of God: The Trip to the Stars” (1981) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 103-104 (in Chapter 6) of the Warner paperback edition. |
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Salisbury, Frank in his “The Utah UFO Display: A Biologist’s Report” (1974) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 232 (in the Appendix entitled “Annotated Bibliography”) of the Devin Adair hardback edition. |
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