Editing Silverstein Committee (section)

== Members and Directive ==
At the request of the Associate Administrator of NASA in November of 1959, the Director of Space Flight Development formed an inter-agency study group composed of members of NASA, the Directorate of Defense Research and Engineering, ARPA, ABMA, and the Air Force. These members were Abe Silverstein (NASA) as Chairman, then Col. N. Appold (USAF), A. Hyatt (NASA), T. C. Muse (ODDR&E), G. P. Sutton (ARPA), W. von Braun (ABMA), and E. Hall (NASA) as Secretary.

The request was for the group to formulate recommendations for the development of the Saturn rocket, specifically concerning selection of the upper stage configurations. The study was additionally tasked with focusing on four primary areas: determine the desired missions and payloads, identify potential problems with technical development, determine the cost and development time, and compare future growth in vehicle performance.<ref name=":0">{{Citation|title=Semiannual Technical Summary Report on ARPA Orders 14-59 and 47-59|date=February 25, 1960|url=https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD0341745|pages=201–213|format=PDF}}</ref>{{ref label|id1|Note 1|none}}