Apr 10 1974
From The Space Library
NASA FY 1975 authorization bill H.R. 13998, a clean bill introduced 4 April to replace H.R. 12689, was reported out of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics. The revised bill would authorize $3.253 billion in FY 1975 funding, an increase of $6 million over the original request. Authorizations for research and development increased $11 million to $2.357 billion, and construction of facilities de-creased $5 million, to $146.5 million. Funding for research and program management remained the same.
Included in the R&D increases was a $20-million addition, to a total $112.3 million, for the space shuttle main engine, which had encountered technical problems during early development. The increase was proposed to add confidence in meeting schedules and hold total program costs at the current projection. A $4.3-million increase, to $170.7 million, was added for aeronautical research and technology. A $1.8-million increase brought the total for space and nuclear research and technology to $76.6 million. Manned space flight operations funding was decreased $15 mil-lion, to $308.3 million, including a $5-million decrease (to $109.6 mil-lion) for the Apollo Soyuz Test Project and a $10-million decrease (to $165.2 million) in development, test, and mission operations.
Changes in facility construction authorizations included an increase of $4 million, to $10.04 million for construction of the infrared telescope facility in Mauna Kea, Hawaii.
The Committee also requested that NASA make a scientific and technological inventory of its capability to contribute to such critical national needs as energy, transportation, and environmental control. NASA was to report to the Committee by 1 Aug. (H Rpt 93-983)
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