[2] He was a pioneer in oral history, and interviewed Lord Dowding of the British Royal Air Force, Field Marshal Erhard Milch at Landsberg Prison in 1952, and Dwight D.
Emme had to address the challenges of obtaining solid support within NASA for historical research while developing scholars who would establish the basis for documenting and interpreting aerospace history, a new discipline that would largely rely on material from NASA programs.
[4] The book lays out the timeline of developments in rocket and satellite technology from ancient times, with many photographs.
However, the book added little information that was not already publicly available, and avoided discussion of controversies such as the decision by President John F. Kennedy to ignore his advisers and send a crewed flight to the Moon.
[5] Emme became co-chair of the history committee of the International Academy of Astronautics, and in this role attended congresses in Paris, Warsaw, Madrid, Constance, Vienna and Moscow.
It was through his efforts that the National Space Club set up its Goddard Historical Essay Award.
[7] Publications include: Emme wrote many other books for NASA and the History Series of the American Astronautical Society.