HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON NASA OVERSIGHT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SECOND SESSION Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Astronautics U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1964 32-445 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS GEORGE P. MILLER, California, Chairman OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas JOSEPH W. MARTIN, JR., Massachusetts JOSEPH E. KARTH, Minnesota JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania KEN HECHLER, West Virginia J. EDGAR CHENOWETH, Colorado EMILIO Q. DADDARIO, Connecticut WILLIAM K. VAN PELT, Wisconsin J. EDWARD ROUSH, Indiana R. WALTER RIEHLMAN, New York THOMAS G. MORRIS, New Mexico CHARLES A. MOSHER, Ohio BOB CASEY, Texas RICHARD L. ROUDEBUSH, Indiana WILLIAM J. RANDALL, Missouri ALPHONZO BELL, California JOHN W. DAVIS, Georgia THOMAS M. PELLY, Washington WILLIAM F. RYAN, New York DONALD RUMSFELD, Illinois THOMAS N. DOWNING, Virginia JAMES D. WEAVER, Pennsylvania JOHN W. WYDLER, New York CHARLES F. DUCANDER, Executive Director and Chief Counsel PHILIP B. YEAGER, Counsel RICHARD P. HInes, Staff Consultant SUBCOMMITTEE ON NASA OVERSIGHT OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas, Chairman JOSEPH E. KARTH, Minnesota Acting Chairman KEN HECHLER, West Virginia JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania RICHARD L. ROUDEBUSH, Indiana NOTE.--The chairman of the full committee and the ranking minority member, Hon. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., are ex officio members of all subcommittees. I CONTENTS Dr. Homer E. Newell, Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, NASA, accompanied by Edgar M. Cortright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, Afternoon session, April 27, 1964: Oran W. Nicks, Director, Lunar and Planetary Programs, Office of Space Science and Applications, NASA, accompanied by N. W. Cunningham, Ranger Program Manager, NASA, and H. M. Schurmeier, Ranger Project Manager, JPL.--- Oran W. Nicks, Director, Lunar and Planetary Programs, Office of Space Science and Applications, NASA, accompanied by Edgar M. Cortright, Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Science and Dr. William H. Pickering, Director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, accompanied by Robert J. Parks, Assistant Laboratory Director for Lunar and Planetary Projects, and Harris M. Schurmeier, Barton Kreuzer, division vice president and general manager, Astro- Richard E. Horner, senior vice president (technical), Northrop Corp., James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA, and Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Appendix A. Ranger VI failure analysis and supporting investigations, "Jet Propulsion Laboratory------ Appendix B. Flight performance reports and failure analyses for Ranger III, IV, and V flights, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Appendix C. Ranger block III, project development plan, Jet Propul- |