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NASASP-4012
NASAHISTORICALDATABOOKVolumeill
ProgramsandProjects
1969-19
78
LindaNeumanEzell
TheNASAHistoricalSeries
NASA
ScientificandTechnicalInformationDivision1988NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministrationWashington,DC
 
LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData(Revisedforvols.2and3)
VanNimmen,Jane,1937-NASAhistoricaldatabook,1958-1968.(TheNASAhistoricalseries)(NASASP;4012)Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes.Vols.2and3byLindaNeuimanEzell.Contents:v.I.NASAresources
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v.2.Programsandprojects,1958-1968
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v.3.Programsandprojects,1969-1978.1.UnitedStates.NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration.I.Bruno,Leonard
C.,
jointauthor.II.Ezeil,LindaNeuman.III.Title.IV.Series.V.Series:TheNASAhistoricalseries.TL521.312.V36629.4'097374-600126ForsalebytheSuperintendentofDocuments,U.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice,Washington,D.C.20402
 
PREFACE
TheNASAHistoricalDataBookSeriesprovidesastatisticalsummaryofthefirst20yearsoftheNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration.NASAfinances,personnel,andinstallations,1958-1968,arecoveredinthefirstvolume;whilethesecondandthirdvolumesprovideinformationontheagency'smajorpro-gramsandprojectsfor1958-1968and1969-1978,respectively.CongressestablishedthecivilianspaceagencyinJuly1958,whenitpassedtheNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAct.NASAopeneditsdoorsthefollowingOc-tober.Theneworganizationwaschargednotonlywithexpandingman'sknowledgeoftheuniverse,butalsowithsuchmonumentaltasksassendingmantothemoon.ThestoryofNASA'sfirstdecadeisoneofenthusiasm,competition,growth,andsuccess.Congress,theWhiteHouse,andthepubliclargelysupportedtheyoungagencyfiscallyandmorally.Butafter
Apolloll's
excitinglunarlandingandNeilArmstrong'sfirststepsontothemoonin1969,theattentionofmanyofNASA'ssupportersturnedelsewhere.Thespaceagencywouldsurviveitsseconddecade,butnotwithbigbudgetsandlarge-scaleprograms.PresidentRichardM.NixonurgedNASAtobuildontheknowledgeandex-perienceofitsfirst10yearstodevelopprogramsthatwouldleadtothesolutiono4practicalproblemsonearth.Therewouldbenospacespectacularsduringthe1970s.Personnelcuts,minimalbudgets,andmoresoberobjectiveswouldflavorthedecade.LikeVolumeII,thisbookcoversNASA'ssixmajorprogramareas:launchvehicles,mannedspaceflight,spacescience,spaceapplications,tracking,andaeronauticsandspaceresearch.Chapter1examinestheexpendablelaunchvehicletechnologyinheritedfromthefirstdecadeandlooksatplansforthereusableSpaceTransportationSystem.Themannedspaceflightstory,chapter'2,startswiththesuc-cessfulApollolunarprogramanditsfollow-onprojects,SkylabandApollo-Soyuz,andlikewisetakesalookatthefutureoftheShuttle,whoseapproachandlandingtestsendedthedecade.Inchapter3,theresearcherwillbeguidedthroughthemanyphysicsandastronomyandplanetaryprojectsofthe1970sthatleftinvestigatorswithawealthofdataonournear-earthenvironmentandthatofmoredistantworlds.Weathersatellites,communicationssystems,andearthresourcesprogramsareoutlinedinchapter4.ThestoryoftheresurgenceofaeronauticsatNASAistoldinchapter5.Trackinganddataacquisition--itsevolutiononthegroundandsubse-quenttransformationintoasatellitesystem--isthesubjectofchapter6.Eachofthesixchaptersisdividedintothreesections.Anarrativeintroduction,whichincludesinformationonthemanagementoftheprogram,isfollowedby
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