text: Corson also served on NACA"s Special Committee on Space Technology also called the Stever Committee, named after its chairman.  It was a special steering committee that was formed with the mandate to coordinate various branches of the Federal government, private companies as well as universities within the United States with NACA's objectives and also harness their expertise in order to develop a space program. Dr. Corson therefore played a pivotal role in the process of establishing the nascent United States space program.