Jan 1 1976
From The Space Library
"An impressive record of cost-cutting that could well set an example to many agencies" had been achieved by NASA since the midsixties, said Sen. William A. Proxmire (D-Wis.), one of the agency's severest critics. Chairman of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee that handles NASA's appropriation, Proxmire said that NASA had made its tight budget go farther by acting as its own prime contractor when construction bids were too high; buying electronic parts from a standardized list; providing reimbursable launches to private industry and other outside organizations on an "accelerated" basis, although not according to Proxmire-charging enough for them; and, in general, making "one dollar do the job that it took two dollars to do in the free and easy money days." (Today, 1 Jan 76, 1)
Failure to reach a satisfactory nuclear arms agreement with the Soviet Union would result in U.S. development of a new land-based intercontinental missile, according to U.S. government sources quoted by Reuters in a Baltimore Sun story. The 5-yr defense plan to be submitted to Congress in 3 wk with the new FY 1977 budget would include spending $1.07 billion to start work on a larger and more accurate missile called MX that could be launched from silos, aircraft, or land-mobile platforms. The new missile would be operational by 1985, the report said. (B Sun, 1 Jan 76, A6)
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