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I',,._.TIONAL AERONAUTIIC$ AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
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483-5111 October 2, 1970
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded
a contract in the amount of $380,000 to the Ralph X. Parsons Co.,
of Los Angeles_ to provide various engineering services in the
development of an overall plan for space shuttle ground facilities.
Associated with the Parson company in the work as subcontractor
will be Booz Allen Applied Research of Silver Springs_ Md., a
division of Booz_ Allen_ % Hamilton_ Inc._ of New York City.
The contractor will be responsible for compiling a master
catalog of facilities_ ircluding those needed for manufacture_
assembly_ engine testing_ flight vesting_ launch_ and operations.
As requirements for the shuttle program are identified the
contractor will evaluate the need ar_ recommend a candidate site or
sites to accomplish the work. Cost analysis and engineering evaluations
will support each site recommendation. The final product of the contract
will be a facilities mas_;er plan encompassing all _h_ses of the program.
The contractor will be under the technical direction of the
Space Shuttle Facilities 2roup_ which is directed by the NASA
Director of Facilities in NASA Headquarters_ Washington.
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The space shuttle !_s envisaged as a reusable launch vehicle
and transport to carry people and cargo between Earth and low Earth
orbit. The concept calls for airplane-like booster and orbiter stages
for piggyback vertical l_mnch and separate horizontal landing.
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