BERK UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSIT ALIFORNIA U ERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFO VIN TO AN IN A NIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UN ALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF CALIFO 1972 NASA AUTHORIZATION THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1971 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room 2325, Rayburn House Office Building, the Hon. Joseph E. Karth (chairman of the subcommittee), presiding. Mr. KARTH. The meeting will be in order. On behalf of the committee, Dr. Naugle, I welcome you to the subcommittee hearings. Please proceed with your prepared statement at this point. STATEMENT OF DR. JOHN E. NAUGLE, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, NASA Dr. NAUGLE. Thank you, it is a pleasure to be here. I believe most of you heard my summary statement before the full committee, I have submitted a complete statement of the space science and applications program which I would like to have placed in the record. (The matter referred to follows:) PREPARED STATEMENT OF DR. JOHN E. NAUGLE, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS, NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, it is an honor and a pleasure to review for you the NASA Space Science and Applications Program for the Fiscal Year 1972. Before we begin the detailed review of the line items in the budget, I want to give the Committee, particularly the new members of the Committee, an overview of the program. In that overview, I will first cover the purpose of the NASA Space Science and Applications Program-why we exist and what we do, and the nature of the objectives for space science and applications. Then I will cover the highlights of the past year; the long-range plans and general trends—including a comparison of the trends in the U.S. and USSR space programs, the significance of the Supporting Research and Technology Program, and our planned activities for 1971. PURPOSE OF THE SPACE SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS PROGRAM The NASA Office of Space Science and Applications (OSSA) has three major responsibilities. First, we are to use the techniques of space flight, both manned and automated, to increase mankind's knowledge and understanding of the universe and the laws that govern its behavior. The observatories that we place in space to study the stars, and the spacecraft we send to explore the planets are examples of the things we do to increase our knowledge of the universe-the space science part of our job. |