NASA authorization for fiscal year 1979: hearings before the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space of the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, on S. 2527 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1978 |
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Page 950 - Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (Outer Space Treaty); • the Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space...
Page 725 - I would like to thank you for giving me this opportunity to testify before you today on one of the most important undertakings in this Nation's history, the exploration of space.
Page 931 - In accordance with the Agreement between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on Exchanges and Cooperation in Scientific, Technical, Educational, Cultural, and Other Fields...
Page 932 - Article 8. 1. This Agreement shall enter into force upon signature and shall remain in force for five years. It may be modified or extended by mutual agreement of the Parties.
Page 1018 - DoD helicopter commonality policy and supporting committees are designed to ensure that the next generation of DoD helicopters will consist of a small family of baseline helicopters, having incremental ranges of complementary performance capabilities consistent with all the US Services' requirements. This approach is expected to avoid $1.5 billion in RDT&E costs and produce a significant acquisition and support cost avoidance. Air Mobility encompasses both strategic and tactical mission objectives....
Page 1021 - III helicopter will j be carried aboard frigates, destroyers, and cruisers commencing in the mid1980s. It will restore to them an advantage in speed and weapon reach against the nuclear submarine. When employed in conjunction with the Tactical Towed Array Sensor System (TACTAS) (discussed...
Page 630 - One of our projects dealing with snow melt forecasting involves the Corps of Engineers, the Soil Conservation Service, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Bonneville Power Administration and agencies in the states of Colorado, California and Arizona. A complementary project with the Corps of Engineers, using test sites in Georgia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Texas and California deals with water runoff and its effect on peak flows, while another...
Page 931 - ... of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies...
Page 932 - ARTICLE 4 The Parties will encourage international efforts to resolve problems of international law in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes with the aim of strengthening the legal order in space and further developing international space law and will cooperate in this field.
Page 1019 - C-SA wing is inadequate and will result in a projected aircraft life of about 8,000 flight hours. To achieve the required aircraft life of 30,000 flight hours, modification and strengthening of the wing are required. Fabrication of fatigue and flight test modification kits was continued during CY 1978.