Feb 19 1960
From The Space Library
DISCOVERER X launched but did not attain orbit.
Exos four-stage rocket launched reached 68-mile altitude at Eglin AFB, Fla.
NASA officials again presented the ten-year timetable to the House Committee. A lunar soft landing with a mobile vehicle had been added for 1965. On March 28, NASA Administrator T. Keith Glennan described the plan to the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences. He estimated the cost of the program to be more than $1 billion in Fiscal Year 1962 and at least $1.5 billion annually over the next five years, for a total cost of $12 to $15 billion.
U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Review of the Space Program, Part I, Hearings, 86th Congress, 2nd Session (1960), p. 189; U.S. Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, 1961 NASA Authorization, Hearings on H.R. 10246, 86th Congress, 2nd Session (1960), p. 176; U.S. Congress, Senate, NASA Authorization Subcommittee of the Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, Hearings on H.R. 10809, 86th Congress, 2nd Session (1960), pp. 21-22; "Highlights of GSFC Program - Mr. Goett," NASA Staff Conference, Monterey, Calif., March 3-5, 1960; Rosholt, An Administrative History of NASA, 1958-1963, pp. 130-131.
H. Rept. 1280, Committee on Appropriations, “Supplemental Appropriations, 1960, National Aeronautics and Space Administration” published to accompany H.J. Res.621.
H.J. Res. 621, introduced by Representative Thomas and referred to Appropriations. Reported out February 19 (H. Rept. 1280). Passed the House February 23. Reported out of Senate Appropriations February 26 (S. Rept. 1140). Passed the Senate amended March 24. House agreed to amendments April 11. Became Public Law 86–425 on April 14, 1960. Appropriated $23 million to NASA.
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