George Mueller (NASA) - Apollo Applications and Skylab

Apollo Applications and Skylab

Even while Apollo was progressing Mueller and others were pushing for an aggressive post-Apollo program. He established the Apollo Applications Office in 1965. The Applications were extensive involving a manned lunar base, an earth-orbiting space station, Apollo telescope, the Grand Tour of the Outer Solar System, and the original "Voyager program" of Mars Lander probes.

Faced with Congressional disapproval and in-fighting within NASA the ambitious Apollo Applications Program was cut back time and time again until just Skylab remained.