Gemini 10 Press Kit - heroicrelics Mirror

-37-Network ResponsibilityManned Spacecraft Center (MSC). The direction and mission control of theNetwork immediately preceding and during a mission simulation or an actualmission is responsibility of the MSC.Goddard Space Flight Center. The NASA Office of Tracking and DataAcquisition has centralized the responsibility for the planning, implementation,and technical operations of Goddard Space Flight Center. Technical operationis defined as the operation, maintenance, modification, and augmentation oftracking and data acquisition facilities to function as an instrumentationnetwork in response to mission requirements. About 370 persons directlysupport the network at Goddard; contractor personnel bring the total networklevel to some 1700.Department of Supply, Australia. The Department of Supply, Commonwealth ofAustralia, is responsible for the maintenance and operation of the NASA stationat Carnarvon, Australia. Contractual arrangements and agreements define thiscooperative effortDepartment of Defense (KID). The DOD Is responsible for the maintenanceand operational control of those DOD assets and facilities required to supportProject Gemini. These include network stations at the Eastern Test Range,Western Test Range, White Sands Missile Range, the Air Proving Ground Center,and the tracking and telemetry ships.-more-