title: The making of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory: the project scientist's perspective.
abstract: The history of the development of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory is reviewed from a personal perspective. This review is necessarily biased and limited by space because it attempts to cover a time span approaching five decades.
authors.affiliation: National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL 35805, USA. martin.c.weisskopf@nasa.gov
authors.forename: Martin C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Weisskopf