1978 NASA Authorization: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 2221 ... |
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1978 Budget Request activities additional adjustments Aeronautics and Space agencies aircraft amount ANSWER Applications Astronomy awards to business business firms Clause Complete CONGRESS THE LIBRARY construction Cont'd Contractor cost dollars effort electrical energy equipment estimated evaluation Expendable Launch Vehicles experiments facilities Fiscal Year 1976 funding FY 1978 Budget Government included increase JAN JUN Johnson Space Center Kennedy Space Center Laboratory Langley Research Center LaRC LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Lunar ment million Modification NASA NASA's National Aeronautics negotiated Operating Plan Orbiter outage payload payment percent performance period personnel Planetary prior procurements proposed Propulsion QUESTION reduction Rehabilitation RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Research Center schedule Science Small Business solar solar sailing Space Administration Space Flight Space Shuttle Space Shuttle Program spacecraft Spacelab specific studies TDRSS technical termination TIROS-N Total Tracking and Data Transonic users Western Union Wind Tunnel
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Page 648 - Government, in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, acts of another contractor in the performance of a contract with the Government, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather, or delays of subcontractors or suppliers due to such causes...
Page 566 - Competitive-Procurements where offers were received from at least two responsible offerers capable of satisfying the Government's requirements wholly or partially, and the award or awards were made on the basis of price, design or technical competition.
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