Interviews

The following interviews were conducted in the framework of this project and have been transcribed and lodged in the NASA Historical Reference Collection, NASA HQ, Washington, DC.

Richard Barnes, with John Krige, Washington, DC, March 27, 2007

Richard Barnes, with Ashok Maharaj, Washington, DC, April 28, 2008

Karin Barbance, with John Krige, Paris, June 22, 2007

Jacques Blamont, with John Krige, CNES, Paris, July 4, 2007

John Casani, with John Krige, Pasadena, May 18, 2009

Lynn Cline, with John Krige, NASA HQ, Washington, DC, March 30, 2009

Peter Creola, with John Krige, Berne, May 25, 2007

Charles Elachi, with John Krige, Pasadena, June 10, 2009

Margaret Finarelli, with John Krige, Washington, DC, April 20, 2010

Arnold Frutkin with John Krige, accompanied by Angelina Long and Ashok

Maharaj, Virginia, August 19, 2007

Roy Gibson, with John Krige, Montpelier, June 15, 2007

Andre Lebeau, with John Krige, Paris, June 4, 2007

Reinhardt Loosch, with John Krige, Bonn, June 29, 2007

Fernando de Mendon^a, with Ashok Maharaj, Washington, DC,

April 28, 2008

Robert Mitchell, with John Krige, Pasadena, June 19, 2009 Michael O’Brien, with John Krige, NASA HQ, Washington, DC,

March 30, 2009

Karl Reuter, with John Krige, Munich, June 17, 2007 John Schumacher, with John Krige, Washington, DC, April 19, 2010 David Southwood, with John Krige, ESA, Paris, July 16, 2007 Substantial informal exchanges were also had with the following persons:

With John Krige Wolfgang Finke, Bonn

Doug Millar, NASA HQ, Washington, DC With Ashok Maharaj

Binod C. Agrawal, Anthropologist, ISRO, SITE Project

Prof. Asnani, Senior Scientist, ISRO, Remote Sensing, based in Pune,

near Bombay

Dr. Bhatia, Retired Scientist, ISRO, based in Ahmedabad Prof. Bhavsar, Retired Scientist, ISRO, based in Ahmedabad Jacques Blamont, CNES, Paris

Chandrasekhar, Former Scientist, ISRO, based in Bangalore E. V. Chitnis, Former Director of Space Application Center, ISRO, based in Pune

Padmanabh Joshi, Retired Scientist, ISRO, based in Ahmedabad Abdul Kalam, Former Director of ISRO, Former President of India, based in Delhi

Pramod Kale, Former Director of Space Application Center, ISRO, based in Pune

K. Kasturirangan, Former Director of ISRO, currently Member of the Parliament (MP, upper house), based in New Delhi Yash Pal, Retired Scientist, ISRO, based in Delhi N. Pant, Retired Scientist, ISRO

Radhakrishnan, Retired Scientist/Payload Specialist, ISRO

Gopal Raj, Senior Science Correspondent, The Hindu, Trivandrum, Kerala

Manoranjan Rao, Retired Scientist, ISRO, Official Historian of ISRO

U. R. Rao, Former Chairman of ISRO

Prof. Vasagam, Project Leader for Apple Satellite, ISRO