1976 NASA AUTHORIZATION HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AVIATION AND OF THE COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NINETY-FOURTH CONGRESS COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas, Chairman KEN HECHLER, West Virginia JAMES W. SYMINGTON, Missouri RAY THORNTON, Arkansas JIM LLOYD, California JEROME A. AMBRO, New York TIM L. HALL, Illinois ROBERT (BOB) KRUEGER, Texas CHARLES A. MOSHER, Ohio JOHN W. WYDLER, New York BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., California JOHN B. CONLAN, Arizona WILLIAM M. KETCHUM, California JOHN L. SWIGERT, Jr., Executive Director J. THOMAS RATCHFORD, Science Consultant THOMAS N. TATE, Technical Consultant and Counsel ROBERT C. KETCHAM, Technical Consultant and Counsel CARL SWARTZ, Minority Staff MICHAEL A. SUPERATA, Minority Staff Counsel CONTENTS Dr. Alan M. Lovelace, associate administrator, Office of Aeronautics Page and Space Technology, NASA............... Edgar M. Cortright, director, Langley Research Center, NASA.... 4140 J. Lloyd Jones, deputy associate administrator, Aeronautics Tech- nology, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, accompanied by Dr. Alan Lovelace, associate administrator, Aeronautics and Space Tech- nology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration... Harry W. Johnson, director, Aeronautical Propulsion Division, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, National Aeronautics John H. Enders, chief, Aviation Safety Technology, Aeronautical Operating Systems Division, Office of Aeronautics and Space Tech- J. Lloyd Jones, deputy associate administrator, Aeronautics Tech- nology, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, National Roger L. Winblade, manager, General Aviation Technology, Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, National Aeronautics and Albert J. Evans, Director, Military Aircraft Programs, Office of William Aiken, Jr., director, Civil Aircraft Programs Office, Office of Dr. Kenneth L. Orloff, research scientist, Ames Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration__. Susan Voigt, Research Technologist/Data Analysis, Langley Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration... James J. Harford, executive secretary, American Institute of Aero- |