KF27 S3 1971 COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS GEORGE P. MILLER, California, Chairman OLIN E. TEAGUE, Texas EARLE CABELL, Texas JAMES W. SYMINGTON, Missouri JAMES G. FULTON, Pennsylvania LOUIS FREY, JR., Florida BARRY M. GOLDWATER, JR., California R. LAWRENCE COUGHLIN, Pennsylvania CHARLES F. DUCANDER, Executive Director and Chief Counsel Roy P. Jackson, Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; acampanied by Edwin C. Kilgore, Deputy Assistant, Adminis- trator, Advanced Research and Technology (Management), NASA; Milton Klein, Manager, Joint NASA/AEC Space Nuclear Systems Office, NASA, and Gerald M. Truszynski, Associate Administrator Hermann H. Kurzweg, Chief Scientist and Chairman of the Research Council, Office of Advanced Research and Technology.. Richard J. Wisniewski, Director, Advanced Concepts and Missions, Na- tional Aeronautics & Space Administration - - R. D. Ginter, Director, Technology Applications Office, Office of Advanced pt. 4 1972 NASA AUTHORIZATION THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1971 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND ASTRONAUTICS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m. in room 2325, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Ken Hechler (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. HECHLER. The subcommittee will be in order. This morning I would like to welcome Roy Jackson, Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology, and in addition Gerald Truszynski, Associate Administrator for Tracking and Data Acquisition, and Edwin C. Kilgore, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Management, along with other NASA officials who are experts in their areas of competence. In view of the fact the House will be in session at 11 we want to move ahead fairly quickly today, and hopefully cover the areas of research and program management facilities, tracking and data acquisition, space research technology, nuclear power and propulsion, and next week go into technology utilization and aeronautics. Mr. Jackson, do you have a short, I hope, prepared statement you would like to introduce to the subcommittee? Mr. JACKSON. Yes. STATEMENT OF ROY P. JACKSON, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, NASA Mr. JACKSON. Mr. Chairman and members of the subcommittee, last week before your committee I described the three OART programs: aeronautics research and technology, space research and technology, and nuclear power and propulsion. These programs are carried out by NASA centers using both research and program management (R. & P.M.) funds and research and development (R. & D.) funds, and by industry and universities through contracts and grants from R. & D. funds. It is my understanding that this morning we are to consider our space and our nuclear activities. I would like to introduce you to these, and I will be brief. SPACE RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY Almost 3,400 personnel in NASA, which will be about 12 percent of the total NASA staff in fiscal year 1972, will work on the OART space research and technology program. Of these 3,400 people, about 80 percent are at the four OART research centers-Langley, Ames, Lewis, and Flight. The program is managed at OART headquarters through disciplineoriented divisions. The nonnuclear propulsion and power program, under the direction of Mr. William Woodward, will continue on highenergy chemical rockets, long-life electric thrustors, and more efficient and less expensive solar cells and batteries. Materials and structures, which are two fundamental disciplines in essentially all the NASA programs, and wherein we have a wideranging program, is the responsibility of Mr. George Deutsch. Our electronics programs are directed through Guidance, Control, and Information Systems, managed by Mr. Frank Sullivan. Entry technology, directed by Fred DeMeritte, will continue the lifting body flight research, and earth and planetary entry research. Safety, under Mr. Kurt Strass, includes a safety data bank and safety research spanning both aeronautics and space. NUCLEAR POWER AND PROPULSION The nuclear power and propulsion program, as you know, is a joint effort with the Atomic Energy Commission and is managed by Mr. Milton Klein. It differs from our other programs in that much of the work is and will be done by key industrial contractors. Our nuclear activity has three major parts: propulsion, power, and electrophysics. The NERVA rocket engine development is the primary propulsion effort. The power program includes reactor and isotope static and dynamic electric generator systems. The electrophysics activity is primarily basic research which can lead to more efficient propulsion, electric power generation, and power transmission for earth and space applications. PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES Several programmatic activities cut across program lines. In shuttle technologies, Mr. A. O. Tischler heads an office which coordinates, and thus makes more effective, all our work that is specifically directed to support the space shuttle. We have planned $25.5 million of fiscal year 1972 R. & D. funds applicable to the shuttle. Technology applications, directed by Mr. R. D. Ginter, applies NASA managerial and technical capability to problems in the public sector. A research council oversees the basic research aspects of all our programs. This council is chaired by the OART chief scientist, Dr. Hermann Kurzweg, and the members are the senior scientists of the four research centers. INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND STATEMENTS Mr. Chairman, for your guidance I have provided you with charts that display interrelationships of people and programs within OART headquarters, as discussed above. Responsible persons that I have referred to have submitted fiscal year 1972 prepared statements. (The charts follow:) |