1978 NASA Authorization: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 2221 ... |
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... solar sailing ( slide 6 ) . Here we can take advantage of the Sun's free energy to literally " sail " within our solar system , " tacking " through space . Basically , it would use the Sun's rays , much the same as the wind on a sailboat ...
... solar sailing ( slide 6 ) . Here we can take advantage of the Sun's free energy to literally " sail " within our solar system , " tacking " through space . Basically , it would use the Sun's rays , much the same as the wind on a sailboat ...
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... solar sailing is still in the conceptual stage , the fiscal year 1978 authorization provides for a next major step in the systematic exploration of the solar system . This is the Jupiter Orbiter Probe mission ( slide 7 ) for a ...
... solar sailing is still in the conceptual stage , the fiscal year 1978 authorization provides for a next major step in the systematic exploration of the solar system . This is the Jupiter Orbiter Probe mission ( slide 7 ) for a ...
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... solar sail and that it moved through the solar system . Is this to supplement such techniques as electric propulsion or other advanced systems , or is it going to replace the efforts going on in electric propulsion ? Dr. FLETCHER . At ...
... solar sail and that it moved through the solar system . Is this to supplement such techniques as electric propulsion or other advanced systems , or is it going to replace the efforts going on in electric propulsion ? Dr. FLETCHER . At ...
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... Solar Sail to move through the Solar System . Do you expect this type device to supplant such techniques as electric propulsion or other advanced propulsion system ? Does Solar Sailing replace other techniques for propulsion in space ...
... Solar Sail to move through the Solar System . Do you expect this type device to supplant such techniques as electric propulsion or other advanced propulsion system ? Does Solar Sailing replace other techniques for propulsion in space ...
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... solar sail or an advanced solar electric propulsion system to accomplish the rendezvous . 2 . A Mars follow - on mission in the 1984 launch opportunity , capitalizing on the results of the extremely successful Viking missions . Some of ...
... solar sail or an advanced solar electric propulsion system to accomplish the rendezvous . 2 . A Mars follow - on mission in the 1984 launch opportunity , capitalizing on the results of the extremely successful Viking missions . Some of ...
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1978 Budget Request activities additional adjustments Aeronautics and Space agencies aircraft amount ANSWER Applications Astronomy awards to business business firms Clause construction Cont'd Contractor cost dollars effort electrical energy equipment estimated evaluation Expendable Launch Vehicles experiments facilities Fiscal Year 1976 follow-on funding FY 1978 Budget Government included increase JAN JUN Johnson Space Center Kennedy Space Center Langley Research Center LaRC Lunar million Modification multi-spectral scanner NASA NASA's National Aeronautics Negotiated Noncompetitive Operating Plan Orbiter outage payload payment percent performance period personnel Planetary prior procurements proposed Propulsion QUESTION reduction Rehabilitation RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Research Center satellite schedule Science Small Business solar solar sailing Space Administration Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Program spacecraft Spacelab specific studies TDRSS technical termination TIROS-N Total Tracking and Data Transonic users Value of Awards Western Union Wind Tunnel
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Page 540 - Laboratory The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Government-owned research and development facility, operated for NASA by the California Institute of Technology. The Laboratory carries out research programs and flight projects...
Page 277 - FY 1988 budget request: a. original Center request to NASA Headquarters b. the adjustments made c. brief comments on adjustments made d.
Page 492 - Approximately 81 percent of the net dollar value was placed directly with business firms, 5 percent with educational and other non-profit institutions...
Page 542 - The extensive procurements through the Department of Defense reflect NASA's policy to avoid duplication of effort and to achieve the most effective and economic utilization of DoD and NASA resources. NASA procures through DoD those items which the military departments, because of their own programs, can most economically contract from industry. B.
Page 492 - In addition to the direct contract awards made by NASA procurement offices, approximately 90 percent of the dollar value of procurement requests placed by NASA with other Government agencies, chiefly the Department of Defense, resulted in contracts awarded to business firms in behalf of NASA. Also, about...
Page 295 - Please provide a tabulation of projected total costs of all major programs including: (please include initial estimates for budgeted new starts) a. original estimate date and amount b. current estimate, and c. NASA's estimate of what portion of any increased cost may be due to inflation calculation ANSWER: See attached chart. 61-213 0-80-68 "! s ? :. II \ ®03» an oooo > o iii i ~iiiiiii ' irii • el
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