HEARINGS BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS AND SUBCOMMITTEES NOS. 1, 2, 3, AND 4 EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H.R. 6512 APRIL 20, 21, 22, 24, 27, 29, AND MAY 4, 1959 [No. 17] Printed for the use of the Committee on Science and Astronautics 41011 UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1959 Cortright, Edgar M. Glennan, Dr. T. Keith, Administrator, Aeronautics and Space Ad- ministration 63 2, 185 123 29 74 Newell, Dr. Homer E., Jr. 49 27 117 93 1960 NASA AUTHORIZATION HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS, Washington, D.C., Monday, April 20, 1959. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10:05 a.m., in room B-214, New House Office Building, Hon. Overton Brooks, chairman, presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. This morning we have the annular National Aeronautics and Space Administration authorization bill for fiscal year 1960. This bill has been partially considered by the Senate committee and it is now before us. We have a list of witnesses, and we think this will take the better part of this week in order to cover this subject carefully, and it is entitled to our very best attention. (The bill referred to is as follows:) [H.R. 6512, 86th Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for salaries and expenses, research and development, construction and equipment, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for the fiscal year 1960 (a) such sums as may be required for "Salaries and expenses" and for "Research and development," and (b) the sum of $57,800,000 for "Construction and equipment," as follows: (1) Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia: Alterations to thermal structures tunnnel; analytical computing equipment; conversion of gust tunnel to noise research laboratory; conversion of test cells to noise test facility; and heater and vacuum system for gas dynamics laboratory, $4,580,000. (2) Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California: Data reduction center and mass transfer cooling and aerodynamics facility, $6,555,000. (3) Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio: Ion and plasma jet facility; zero-power reactor; inpile loop; and approximately twenty-five acres of land, $6,860,000. (4) High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California: Building additions; analog computing equipment; and terminal guidance facility, $2,805,000. (5) Beltsville Space Center, Beltsville, Maryland: Central flight control and range operations building; space sciences laboratory; instrument construction and installation laboratory; and utility installations, $14,000,000. (6) Pacific Missile Range, Point Arguello, California: Launching facilities, including flight vehicle assembly and check-out facility with equipment for special experiments, $3,000,000. (7) Various locations: Global range tracking and communication facilities and equipment; facilities for Rover program; and propulsion development facilities, $20,000,000. (c) Appropriations for "Research and development" may be used for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be required for the performance of research and development contracts. (d) When so specified in an Appropriation Act, any amount appropriated for "Research and development" and for "Construction and equipment" may remain available without fiscal year limitation. 1 |