HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 927

A BILL TO AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE NATIONAL

AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION FOR RESEARCH

AND DEVELOPMENT, CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES AND

ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

MARCH 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, AND 15, 1965

PART 1

SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PROGRAMS AND

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

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CONTENTS

Opening session, March 8, 1965:

Opening statement, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman_..

Text of-

Letter to the Vice President from National Aeronautics and

Space Administration dated January 25, 1965___

S. 927, a bill to authorize appropriations to National Aeronautics

and Space Administration for fiscal year 1966-

Sectional analysis of the bill..

Opening statement, Senator Margaret Chase Smith_

Testimony of James E. Webb, Ädministrator, National Aeronautics

and Space Administration_.

Afternoon session, March 8, 1965:

Testimony of—

Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator, National Aero-

nautics and Space Administration..

Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration: accompanied by

Earl D. Hilburn, Deputy Associate Administrator, National

Aeronautics and Space Administration. -

Morning session, March 9, 1965:

Opening statement, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman_.

Testimony of Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, Chairman, Atomic Energy Com-

mission; accompanied by James T. Ramey, Commissioner; Gerald

F. Tape, Commissioner; Dr. John A. Swartout, Assistant General

Manager for Reactors; Dr. A. J. Vander Weyden, Deputy Assistant

General Manager for Reactors; Nelson Sievering, Jr., Division of

Reactor Development and Technology; Harold B. Finger, Manager,

Space-Nuclear Propulsion Office; Dr. Arnold R. Fritsch, Special

Assistant to the Chairman; and John J. Burke, Director for Con-

gressional Relations___.

Morning session, March 10, 1965:

Opening statement, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman...

Testimony of Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for

Manned Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Adminis-

tration; accompanied by William E. Lilly, Director, Manned Space

Flight Program Control, NASA..

Afternoon session, March 10, 1965:

Testimony of Dr. George E. Mueller (resumed)..

Morning session, March 11, 1965:

Opening statement, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman_.

Testimony of Dr. Raymond L. Bisplinghoff, Associate Administrator

for Advanced Research and Technology, National Aeronautics and

Space Administration..

144, 215

259

289

290, 318

Testimony of Harold B. Finger, Manager, Space Nuclear Propulsion

Office, AEC-NASA; Director, Nuclear Systems and Space Power,

National Aeronautics and Space Administration...

354, 367

Morning session, March 12, 1965:

Opening statement, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman____
Testimony of

387

Dr. Robert White, Chief of the Weather Bureau_ -

393

David Johnson, Director, National Weather Satellite Center. 402, 408