A Case Study in NASA-DoD - The Black Vault

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CONTENTS
PREFACE ........................................................
SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ........................................
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ................................................. .ix
FIGURES ........................................................ .xiii
TABLES ......................................................... .xv
ACRONYMS .......................................................
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Section
I. INTRODUCTION ............................................. .
II. U.S. SPACE PROGRAM: DEVELOPMENT OF NASA-DOD
COOPERATION IN SPACE ................................. 7
Eisenhower Space Policies ............................. 7
The National Aeronautics and Space Act ................ 11
Organizational Arrangements ........................... 16
NASA-DoD Relationship .................................. 20
III.
IV.
STAN4DARD SPACECRAFT ACQUISITION FOR THE AIR FORCE:
STUDY BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES, SPACECRAFT
DESCRIPTION, MISSION MODEL, AND COST ESTIMATES ...... 30
Study Background and Objectives ...................... 31
Standard Spacecraft Descriptions ...................... 37
Spacecraft Comparisons ................................. 41
Space Test Program Mission Model ...................... 50
Spacecraft and Launch Costs ......................... 57
STANDARD SPACECRAFT ACQUISITIONS FOR THE AIR FORCE:
PROGRAM COSTS AND CONCLUSIONS....................... .65
Program Costs ..................... .................. 65
Conclusions .................................. t..., .... 81
V. NASA-DOD COOPERATION: ORGANIZATIONAL OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE CASE STUDY .............................. 83
Motivations for Participating in the Standard
Spacecraft Study ... ........ ........ . ........
Organizational Interactions After the First Phase
83
of the Standard Spacecraft Study .............. 88
Organizational Interactions After the Final, Phase
of the Standard Spacecraft Study .................. 90
Space Shuttle-Related Organizational Problems ......... 91
Organizational Factors Affecting the Successful
Compietion of the Case Study .................. 93