Dr. MUELLER. Yes. The work is done primarily in the centers and outside of the Program Office itself. They are responsible for coordinating, monitoring, and so forth. Mr. OSTERTAG. This is the money that Dr. Seamans was talking about yesterday and the point I raised about where do you go in the future. What are you trying to determine? I note that the authorizing bill calls for a slight reduction in your budget figure. Is that correct? Dr. SEAMANS. Yes; they cut the $26 million back to $22.1 million. The House action holds the Advanced Missions at the fiscal year 1964 level. Dr. MUELLER. We have asked the Senate to restore the $3.9 million reduction in Advanced Missions. As you know, this is & period of time in which it is essential to define programs well enough so that we can propose alternate programs to the Administrator and the executive branch, that they in turn can recommend to Congress. It is this area on which we feel it is most important to be working hard now to understand that which comes after the presently defined programs. This office has one other responsibility for the Office of Manned Space Flight. That is coordination of our supporting research and technology work, which during this past year has been oriented in the direction of providing backup for the subsystems in the existing programs. I believe that completes the Programs Office. Mr. THOMAS. Is that your last program? Dr. DRYDEN. That is the general survey of the programs. SUMMARY OF BUDGET ESTIMATES Mr. THOMAS. Gentlemen, we have just gone through the various NASA programs in order to get a bird's-eye view of the overall activities. We shall now go into the budget in some detail. The budget is broken down into three appropriating paragraphs: "Research and development," "Administrative operations,' "and "Construction." Instead of considering the justifications in this order and if there is no objection, we shall combine the three appropriating paragraphs and tie together the research and development with the construction as we go through the administrative costs for the various NASA facilities. We shall insert the budget tables and summary sheets on each of the three appropriation accounts and then proceed to the individual facilities. First of these is the Office of Manned Space Flight and we shall look at the activities at Cape Kennedy, Huntsville, and Houston and then we shall turn to the Office of Space Science and Applications, and then the Office of Advanced Research and Technology. We will tie in the R. & D. and construction as we proceed. Mr. Reporter, insert the general statement on SD-5 and SD-6 in the record. (The pages follow:) GENERAL STATEMENT National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established October 8, pursuant to Public Law 85-568 (72 Stat. 426; 42 U.S.C. 2451) approved 29, 1958, for the conduct of the nonmilitary space programs of the United including the exploration of space and its utilization for peaceful purposes, › conduct and support advanced research and development related to space eronautics in support of both civilian and military requirements. otal of $5,304 million is requested to carry out the missions and programs of rency which are designed to maintain American supremacy in space and autics. › major portion of the research and development effort is performed by trial contractors under the guidance of NASA installations. A smaller, ighly significant portion of the work is conducted by the NASA installaand by universities and other research contractors. e activities of NASA may be categorized into the following major areas: 1. Manned space exploration involving the GEMINI and APOLLO programs and investigation of possible future advanced missions. 2. A comprehensive program of unmanned investigations of earth, moon, un, and planets employing sounding rockets, orbiting spacecraft, and nterplanetary probes. 3. Development of meteorological and communications satellite systems. 4. Advanced research and technological development to support our aeronautical and space programs. tailed justification of the fiscal year 1965 estimate by appropriation may be 1 in each of the following volumes: SUMMARY OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Mr. THOMAS. There is a good breakdown of the research and development appropriation on page SUM 4 of volume II which we will insert in the record along with the R. & D. general statement on RD-v and RD-iv. Bear in mind, gentlemen, that we will pick up these programs as we take up the centers that have the primary responsibility. (The material referred to follows:) RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GENERAL STATEMENT The research and development program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is directed toward achieving and maintaining American supremacy in space. The research and development program designed to achieve these objectives includes the GEMINI and APOLLO manned space flight projects; a comprehensive program of scientific investigation of the earth, moon, sun, planets and outer space employing unmanned vehicles ranging from sounding rockets to large orbiting observatories and interplanetary probes; an applications program to develop systems and technology for meteorological and communications satellite systems; and an advanced research and technology program designed to provide the base for continuing programs in space. Manned space flight programs About two-thirds of the amount requested for research and development for fiscal year 1965 is required for the manned space flight program. The objective of this program is to provide a national capability for a broad program of manned space exploration which will achieve and maintain a position of leadership for the United States. A specific goal in acquiring this capability is to land man on the moon and return him safely to earth within this decade. The program is shaped to lead from one mission to the next in the most logical, safest, and most efficient manner. The first phase of this program, the MERCURY flights, was completed with Major Cooper's 22-orbit flight on May 16, 1963. ĞEMINI unmanned test flights will begin in fiscal year 1964, with two-man flights scheduled to begin in fiscal year 1965. GEMINI achievements in fiscal year 1965 will support APOLLO by the development of operational procedures directly applicable to the lunar landing mission. The overall APOLLO program consists of three flight mission phases: (1) unmanned suborbital and earth-orbital flights; (2) manned earth-orbital long-duration flights and earth-orbital rendezvous flights; and, (3) manned lunar flights. The APOLLO program is now entering a period of extensive development and test. Space science and applications programs Unmanned scientific flight projects include the geophysical satellites designed to collect data on the earth and its atmosphere; orbiting solar and astronomical observatories; a program of unmanned lunar investigations including lunar orbit missions as well as hard and soft landings on the moon's surface; and the Mariner and Pioneer spacecraft designed for planetary exploration. The TIROS and Nimbus projects reflect NASA support of the Weather Bureau in application of satellite technology to achieve an operational meteorological system with global coverage. Communications satellite projects include Echo and the active repeaters, Relay in low altitude orbit and the Syncom satellite in synchronous orbit. Effort is also planned on development of more advanced satellites as a basis for design of advanced operational systems for communications, meteorological, and other applications. Advanced research and technology The advanced research and technology effort is aimed at supporting current flight programs and at assuring a capability to undertake future flight missions. The program includes effort in the fields of spacecraft and launch vehicle technology, human factors, electronics, chemical and nuclear propulsion, and space power supplies including both nuclear and nonnuclear systems. In the field of aeronautics, special emphasis will be placed on supersonic transport research. |