RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND RADIATION
JOINT COMMITTEE ON ATOMIC ENERGY CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
EIGHTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS
NUCLEAR ENERGY FOR SPACE PROPULSION
AND AUXILIARY POWER
Printed for the use of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Pittman, Frank K., Director, Division of Reactor Development..
Finger, Harold B., Manager, Space Nuclear Propulsion Office-
Merkle, Dr. T. C., Associate Director, Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.
Ogle, Dr. William E., Alternate J Division Leader, Los Alamos Scientific
Laboratory.
Schreiber, Dr. R. E., N Division Leader, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory-
OTHER WITNESSES (BY ORGANIZATION OR AFFILIATION)
Aerojet General Corp., William House, director of Nerva operations....
Air Force:
McMillan, H. B., Assistant Secretary for Research and Development_
Thorne, Col. Olá P., Assistant deputy Chief of Staff, Research and
Technology for Atomic Energy-
Bergen, William B., president, the Martin Co., to John A. McCone, Chair-
man, AEC, dated June 24, 1960, concerning the establishing of national
goals and policies for the use of radioisotopes as a source of energy-
Luedecke, Gen. A. R., General Manager, AEC, to Congressman Craig
Hosmer, dated September 19, 1961, on the exchange of information
between the SNAP reactor and radioisotope program contractors----
Luedecke, Gen. A. R., General Manager, AEC, to James T. Ramey, execu-
tive director, JCAE, dated October 11, 1961, commenting on the report
of Maj. John Poulson on reasons why a SNAP radioisotope unit should
not be considered for the first five Vela Hotel satellites..
Poulson, Maj. John A., U.S. Air Force, letter dated September 11, 1961,
to Congressman Holifield, regarding utilization of radioistope (SNAP)
power sources for the Vela Hotel experimental satellites. -
Price, Congressman Melvin, chairman, Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation, to Dr. Harold Brown, Director, Defense
Research and Engineering, DOD, dated August 7, 1961, relating to the
hearings on the Pluto nuclear ramjet project... –
Price, Congressman Melvin, chairman, Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation, JCAE, to Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chair-
man, AEC, dated August 7, 1961, announcing public hearings on the
Rover, SNAP, and Pluto programs.
Price, Congressman Melvin, chairman, Subcommittee on Research,
Development, and Radiation, to James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA,
dated August 7, 1961, announcing the hearings on the Rover project.--
Ramey, James T., executive director, JCAE, to Gen. A. R. Luedecke,
General Manager, AEC, dated September 14, 1961, asking for comment
on an evaluation of the use of SÑAP for Vela Hotel satellites by Maj.
John A. Poulson of ARPA..
Ramey, James T., executive director, JCAE, to Eugene M. Zuckert, Secre-
tary of the Air Force, dated April 4, 1961, concerning the plans of the
Air Force for carrying the nuclear ramjet development project through
to completion....
Ramey, James T., executive director, JCAE, to Eugene M. Zuckert, Secre-
tary of the Air Force, dated May 15, 1961, requesting a copy of the new
proposal on the Pluto nuclear ramjet by the Air Force Systems Com-
mand
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL INSERTED IN THE RECORD
Press release No. 328, dated August 13, 1961, from the JCAE announcing
the nuclear rocket hearings..
Press release No. 329, dated August 20, 1961, from the JCAE, announcing
the witnesses for the hearings on the Rover nuclear rocket__
Roster of Ad Hoc Group for Evaluation of Nuclear Ramjet, list of studies,
and summary of correspondence concerning the nuclear ramjet... - - - -
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