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O51739533 1967.Pdf b4 _-- e- c --_ r !2,47:4 .p&r3LICAT10NS / 7808 Wisconsin Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20007 li P I NASA FY 1967 BUDGET ANALYSIS CONTENTS subject pag -no Introduction 1 Charts and Tables a. NASA Insta 1la t ions 4 b. Functional Organization of NASA 5 c. Summary of Appropriations (adjusted) 6 d. How the Budget Plan is appropriated in NASA Activities 7 e. Summary of R&D Budget Plan by Program in Cognizant Headquarters Office 8 f. How the R&D Budget Plan is distributed to NASA inst a 1la t ions 9-11 g. How Total Budget Plan is distributed to NASA in- . stallations 12 h. Summary of Construction of Facilities Plan by Location 13 i. Summary of Administrative Operations by Location 14 Office of Manned Space Flight ' ', Gemini Program 15 I Apollo Program 17 Advanced'Missions Program 21 Office of Space Sciences and Applications Physics and Astronomy Programs 23 Lunar and Planetary Programs 29 i Sustaining University Program 37 Launch Vehicle Development Program 39 Launch Vehicle Procurement Program 41 ,I Bioscience Program .44 Meteorological Satellite Program 47 I Communications and Applications Technology Satellites Program 54 Basic Research Program 58 NASA Headquarters Library 1 >., 300 E St. SW Rm. 1120 r' Washington, DC 20546 'i I 0f"fice of Advanced Research and Technology Space Vehicle Systems Program 59 Electronics Systems Program 64 Human Factor Systems Program 67 Space Power and Electric Propulsion Systems Program 69 Nuclear Rockets Program 72 Chemical Propulsion Program 74 Aeronautics Program 77 Office of Tracking and Data Acquisition Tracking and Data Acquisition Program 82 Office of Technology Utilization Technology Utilization Program 85 INTRODUCTION For the first time in its eight year history, NASA's spending in the fiscal year which begins July 1, will decline. The total appropriation being asked for the agency is $5,012 billion -- down nearly $163 million from the previous year. While the new budget should still permit an expedition to the moon be- fore the end of 1969, there is little funding cushion for unexpected problems. What the new budget means is that some of the long-range planning for manned space exploration after the first lunar landing will have to be pared. In his Budget Message, President Johnson said the current decrease in appropriations for the space agency was possible because the nation's large space project were progressing from the expensive developmental phase into operational status and that no new projects of equivalent cost would be star- ted. At a budget briefing, however, a space agency official called the budget "stringent" and said NASA cuts reflected the war in Vietnam and the nation's commitment to health and antipoverty programs at home. NASA originially had asked for $5.58 billion in new obligational authority but that was cut to $4.8 billion by the Budget Bureau. The present $5.012 billion is a compromise. Apollo and Apollo Applications will receive $200 million less than NASA requested. Space sciences programs took a whopping cut of $122 million; NASA's basic research programs were cut about $10 million. -1- Spending for the two-man Gemini project drops sharply, as flights are to be completed this year. Expenditures for the massive Apollo lunar landing prpgram, rising sharply in recent years, will level off. NASA has stretched out the Apollo Applications program to enable Apollo to remain in orbit about the earth for a month or more, or to carry added supplies to the noon for extended exploration. 'This has slowed development of a costly new unmanned spacecraft known as Voyager, designed to land life- detection devices on Mars. Voyager was to have been ready by 1971, now, it is not scheduled to fly until 1973 at the earliest. NASA also cut off de- velopment work on an advanced liquid fueled engine, known as the M-l, which had already been slowed this year as an economy measure. The Advanced Orbi- ting Solar Observatory Program was cancelled. The industrial community, under contracts with the NASA, will continue to carry forward the prime design, development and fabrication effort of the NASA program. Specific elements of the activity will continue to be pur- sued within NASA installations, other government agencies, universities and research contractors which have the necessary level of expertise in special areas of engineering and science. The major elements of the program fall within the following categories: -MANNED SPACE FLIGHT: The attainment of a capability for manned space operations and exploration through the Gemini and Apollo development efforts, and studies of advanced missions which would exploit and ex- tend this capability to the best national interest. -2- SPACE SCIENCE: An unmanned space flight program directed toward the study of the earth, moon, sun, planets, stars and interplanetary space through the use of sounding rockets, earth orbiting spacecraft, lunar spacecraft and interplanetary probes. APPLICATIONS: A program directed toward adapting spacecraft, instru- mentation and data gathering technology to support beneficial space applications such as operational meteorological and communications systems. ADVANCED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY: An effort required to provide the fundamental knowledge and the technological base for the future aero- nautics and space programs. Detailed reasons and justifications for expenditures of $4,246,600 for R&D; and summary reasons for expending $101,500,000 and $663,900,000 for Adminis- trative operAtinns are contained in the following pages of this analysis. NASA FY 1967 BUDGET ANALYSIS Summary of Appropriations (in thousands of dollars)- P.L. 88-507 P.L. 89-128 Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Appropriation 1965 1966 1967 Research and Development ...... $4,363,594 $4,531,000 $4,246,600 Construction of Facilities.... 262,880 60,000 10 1,500 Administrative Operations ..... 623,526 584,000 663,900 TOTAL .................... $5,250,000 $5,175,000 $5,012,000 -3- IIC W I- Z W U I U K 4 W v) W IIC W 3 v)z 0 cI Aa d ca v)-z a v)a z -4- -,- z 0 aF zP i . n a tia v) n z a uv) 5 a 5 U 2 F5 az -5- 0 9 0 m 0 m Oom rc) U h N a, N 9 m CT, I ill ut om ot dU8 01 Ud gs 01 mm n Nm 0 ua2 51 9 9 hl CIZ !!!b a- hn Lu * 0 I- m 0 v, m 0 L m m n m m 4 h 9 I m N m m I m n U a- a-* 01 m 01 9 01 01 01 01 n L ln h rl m m ln In ut il a- :f z . h . a . 2 ::: :t$: . 0 . z2 . 3 . v, . n n . -0 a al PI . 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