HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON

AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE SCIENCES UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 2446

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

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

Opening session, March 4, 1964:

A

Text of S. 2446, a bill to authorize appropriations to NASA for Page fiscal year 1965_.

Sectional analysis of S. 2446_.

Opening statement, Senator Clinton P. Anderson, chairman_.
Testimony of—

James E. Webb, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; accompanied by Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy
Administrator, and Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate
Administrator

Statement of Senator Margaret Chase Smith__
Morning session, March 5, 1964:

Testimony of—

Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator, National Aero-
nautics and Space Administration___

Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator, NASA___.
Morning session, March 6, 1964:
Testimony of—

Walter L. Lingle, Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration; accompanied by John
D. Young, Deputy Associate Administrator for Administration__
Dr. George L. Simpson, Jr., Assistant Administrator for Tech-
nology, Utilization, and Policy Planning, NASA; accompanied
by James T. Dennison, special assistant to Dr. Simpson; Louis
B. C. Fong, Director, Technology Utilization Division; and
Melvin S. Day, Director, Scientific and Technical Information
Division

Morning session, March 9, 1964:

Testimony of

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Dr. Harold Brown, Director of Defense Research and Engineering,
Department of Defense; Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, commander,
Air Force Systems Command, and Dr. Albert C. Hall, Deputy
Director (Space), Office of the Director of Defense Research
and Engineering, Department of Defense--

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Testimony of—

Morning session, March 16, 1964:

Dr. George E. Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned
Space Flight, National Aeronautics and Space Administration__
Morning session, March 17, 1964:
Testimony of—

Homer E. Newell, Associate Administrator for Space Science
and Applications; accompanied by Edgar M. Cortright, Deputy
Director, Office of Space Science and Applications, and Robert
F. Garbarini, Director of Applications, Office of Space Science
and Applications---

Morning session, March 18, 1964:
Testimony of-

Dr. Raymond L. Bisplinghoff, Associate Administrator for Ad-
vanced Research and Technology, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration; accompanied by Boyd C. Myers II,
Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA__.

Edmond C. Buckley, Director, Office of Tracking and Data
Acquisition, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
accompanied by Gerald M. Truszynski, Deputy Director, Office
of Tracking and Data Acquisition, NASA....

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Appendix A-Space activities of the U.S. Government_
Appendix B-Space programs of the Atomic Energy Commission__.
Appendix B-Space program of the U.S. Weather Bureau__.
Appendix D-Additional material submitted for the record..
Index..

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ALPHABETICAL LIST OF WITNESSES

Bisplinghoff, Dr. Raymond L., Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology, NASA..

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Brown, Dr. Harold, Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense---

437

Buckley, Edmond C., Director, Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition,
NASA.

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Cortright, Edgar M., Deputy Director, Office of Space Sciences and Applications, NASA.......

547

Day, Melvin S., Director, Scientific and Technical Information Division,
NASA----

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Dennison, James T., special assistant to Dr. Simpson_
Dryden, Dr. Hugh L., Deputy Administrator, NASA_

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Fong, Louis B. C., Director, Technology Utilization Division, NASA____ Garbarini, Robert F., Director of Applications, Office of Space Sciences and Applications, NASA___

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Hall, Dr. Albert C., Deputy Director (Space) Office of the Director of
Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense..
Lingle, Walter L., Jr., Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA_.
Mueller, Dr. George E., Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight,
NASA..

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404

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Myers, Boyd C., II, Deputy Associate Administrator, NASA..

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Newell, Homer E., Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, NASA__

547

Schriever, Gen. Bernard A., commander, Air Force Systems Command,
Andrews Air Force Base..

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Seamans, Dr. Robert C., Jr., Associate Administrator, NASA-

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Simpson, Dr. George L., Jr., Assistant Administrator for Technology,
Utilization, and Policy Planning, NASA....

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Truszynski, Gerald M., Deputy Director, Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition, NASA

651

Webb, James E., Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration_

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Young, John D., Deputy Associate Administrator for Administration,
NASA__.

243 NASA international programs, sounding rocket projects from foreign ranges.

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244 NASA international programs, sounding rockets projects from U.S. ranges-

247 NASA international programs, personnel exchanges_-
248 NASA international activities, summary.
249 U.S.-U.S.S.R. bilateral space agreement.