SPACE PROGRAM BENEFITS

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

UNITED STATES SENATE
NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

APRIL 6, 1970

WASHINGTON, D.C.

COMMITTEE ON AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

CLINTON P. ANDERSON, New Mexico, Chairman RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia

MARGARET CHASE SMITH, Maine WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington CARL T. CURTIS, Nebraska STUART SYMINGTON, Missouri

MARK O. HATFIELD, Oregon JOHN STENNIS, Mississippi

BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio

WILLIAM B. SAXBE, Ohio
THOMAS J. DODD, Connecticut

RALPH T. SMITH, Illinois
HOWARD W. CANNON, Nevada
SPESSARD L. HOLLAND, Florida

JAMES J. GEHRIG, Staff Director
EVERARD H. SMITH, Jr., Professional Staf Member
Dr. GLEN P. WILSON, Professional Staf Member

CRAIG VOORHEES, Professional Staf Member
WILLIAM PARKER, Professional Staf Member

SAM BOUCHARD, A88istant Chief Clerk
DONALD H. BRENNAN, Research Assistant

CONTENTS

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Monday, April 6, 1970:

Opening statement by Senator Howard W. Cannon, presiding------

Testimony of Dr. Thomas 0. Paine, Administrator, National Aero-

nautics and Space Administration ; accompanied by Dr. George M.

Low, Deputy Administrator; Willis H. Shapley, Associate Deputy

Administrator; Robert F. Allnutt, Assistant Administrator for

Legislative Affairs; Dr. John E. Naugle, Associate Administrator

for Space Science and Applications; and Leonard Jaffe, Deputy

Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications.

1. Impact on Society--

2. Impact on Technology ----

3. Science Program----

4. Impact on Meteorology -------

5. Impact on Communications---

6. Impact on Management.

7. Information Flow Processes---

8. Examples of NASA Technology Transfer---

9. Future Promise of Space Program------------

Attachments to Dr. Paine's statement------------

Appendix 1, NASA Technology Utilization Program.

Appendix 2, NASA Scientific and Technical Publicati

Appendix 3, Impact of Space Program on Education.-

Appendix 4, University Research Facilities---

Appendix 5, Public Interest in the Space Program----

Appendix 6, News Media Coverage of Space Program--

Appendix 7, NASA Reliability and Quality Assurance Program--

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