NASA OPERATING PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 1970 HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS Opening statement, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman_ Statement of Dr. Thomas O. Paine, Administrator of NASA. NASA reprograming letter on fiscal year 1970 budget__ Aeronautical budget of fiscal year 1971. Satellite use for air traffic control.. Domestic communications satellites. Space activities in New England area. Apollo spacecraft production... Cost estimates of Viking missions.. Statement by Senator Goldwater... Summary of Bureau of Budget cuts- Sustaining university programs. Earth resources survey project_ - Lunar and planetary exploration project.... Construction of facilities funds.. JPL work in isotope thermoelectric systems.. Scientific aspects of manned flights. Lunar exploration, strategy for research 1967-75- Figure: ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Financing summary of fiscal year 1971 budget.. 4. Total employment of NASA programs 5. Research and development programs budget plan. 8. Planetary expedition missions_ 9. Space applications mission_ 10. Aeronautical budget summary TABLES Reprograming actions of fiscal year 1970 budget plan.. Summary of fiscal year 1971 budget_ Space activities in New England area. Summary of budget authority requested and final allowance_ Construction of facilities funds. Space Science Board studies on lunar exploration Claims outstanding against NASA.. 3, 4, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 46. 50, 51, 52, NASA OPERATING PLAN FOR FISCAL YEAR 1970 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1970 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES, Washingon, D.C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room 235, Old Senate Office Building, Senator Clinton P. Anderson (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Anderson (presiding), Stennis, Young, Cannon, Holland, Smith of Maine, and Curtis. Also present: James J. Gehrig, staff director; Everard H. Smith, Jr., Dr. Glen P. Wilson, Craig Voorhees, and William Parker, professional staff members; Sam Bouchard, assistant chief clerk; Donald H. Brennan, research assistant; and Mary Rita Robbins, clerical assistant. Present from NASA: Dr. Thomas O. Paine, Administrator; Dr. Homer E. Newell, Associate Administrator; Willis H. Shapley, Associate Deputy Administrator; Spencer Beresford, General Counsel; Dale D. Myers, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight; Dr. John E. Naugle, Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications; Oran Nicks, Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology; Gerald Truszynski, Associate Administrator for Tracking and Data Acquisition; William E. Lilly, Assistant Administrator for Administration; Charles W. Harper, Deputy Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology; Milton Klein, Manager, NASA-AEC Nuclear Propulsion Office. OPENING STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN The CHAIRMAN. The committee will be in order. Today we have with us Dr. Thomas O. Paine, the Administrator of NASA, and his associates to present the NASA operating plan for fiscal year 1970. Dr. Paine will also discuss the relationship between the fiscal year 1970 operating plan and the fiscal year 1971 budget request. It is my understanding that reductions in the fiscal year 1971 budget have had considerable impact on the fiscal year 1970 plan. Normally, we hold this review earlier in the fiscal year; however, the availability of appropriated funds and the significant program changes resulting from fiscal year 1971 budget decisions precluded a meaningful earlier hearing. |