A Case Study in NASA-DoD - The Black Vault

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traces the development of NASA-DoD cooperation in the U.S. space program
from the establishment of the Eisenhower space policies through
the mid-1960s. It deals with the creation of the National Aeronautics
and Space Act, the organizational arrangements to ensure coordination
between NASA and DoD, and the resulting NASA-DoD relationship as it
evolved over the years.
Section III presents the case study objectives
and guidelines, describes the spacecraft configurations and the necessary
modifications needed for use by the Air Force for the Space Test
Program missions, analyzes the mission model, and presents the estimates
for the spacecraft nonrecurring and recurring costs, as well as
the costs of the various launch options.
Section IV summarizes and
compares the program costs of alternative spacecraft procurement options,
the results of the sensitivity analyses conducted, and the conclusions
of the case study.
Section V presents a discussion of the
organizational interactions between NASA and DoD during the case study.
Section VI briefly examines some of the prospects and problems of
applying the NASA-DoD cooperation experience to other situations where
interagency or international cooperation may be an important ingredient.
Separate appendixes briefly discuss the spacecraft and program
cost analyses, and the technical assessments of the relative state of
the art of the major spacecraft subsystems in the AEM, STPSS, and MMS.
Also included is some correspondence about NASA and DoD joint participation
in providing a standard spacecraft to satisfy the Air Force
Space Test Program Office requirements.