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S E G ? E T LIM) IS NOFCRN DISSEM TDAMF 

SUBJECT: (LD MOOIDUST. 

REFERENCE D IA MSG 181559Z SEP 68. 

1. AN OF£RATIONAL REPCRT ON THE ON-SITE NEPAL ~100N DUST OPERATION 

l-fAS BEEN ffiEPARED IN CONJUNCTION vlITH THE IR. DETAILED RESULTS 

OF THE OPERATION ARE ffiESENTED IN THIS REPan. 

2a SFECIFIC GAINS FRQY1 THE ON-SITE EXPLOITATION INCLUDE: 

A. FIRST HARD DATA ON NOZZLE PASSAGE SHAPES, COCLING DISTRIBut ION TECHNIGlJES, .AND STRUCTLRAL DESIGN. 

B. FIRST INDICATION OF OPTIMIZED NOZZLE DESIGN BY THE SOVIETS 

FOR SfRUCTLRAL STRENGTH .AND HEAT TRANSFER TO OBTAIN MINmur1 

"JEI Glfl'. 

C. HARD DATA POINT ON GAS/AERODYNAMIC DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS. 

D.t\NOTHER DESIGN DATA POINT FOR ESTArLISHING VALIDITY AND 

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ClRRENCY OF' SOVIET DESIGN HANDBOOK DATA. 

E. F'Affi ICAT ION TECHNIQLES STATE-OF'-ART. 

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F. CO~PARATIVE DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS F'CR OTHER SENSOR mFOR-

!VJATIONo F'OR EXN1A...E, VENII< ENGINE NOW APPEARS TO HAVE AT LSAST 

H/O TffiUST CH~V1BERS, POSSIEl. Y HAVING LOJJER CHAr-18ER PRESSLRES 

THAN RD- 119 AND RD-107 Er-x3 INE DESIGNS. 

30 POTENTIAL G·'\INS mm1 CONUS EXPLOITATION INCLUDE: 

.I\~ EXTE!1El. Y LOW COST MANUF',ACTtlUNG TECHNIQUES COULD BE FULLY 

DEMONSTR AT ED TO U. S. INDUSTRY - IMMEDIATE EXPLOITATION POTENTL;L 

EXISTS. 

8. DETAILED MATERli\LS COMPOSITION CAN BE OBTAINED. U.K. 

!\N:'\LYSIS MAY NOT BE DEF'INITIVE ENOUGH TO DEF'INITELY ESTABLISH 

~1ATq:R I'\L Ca1POSITIONS AND CHARACTER 1ST ICS. 

C. FRECISION F'01MING ~'1ETHroS CAN BE ESTABLISHED AND CONFIRMED. 

D. WELD QU~ITY OF' F'USION AND RESISTANCE WELDING CAN BE 

EST ABLSl-ED. X-RAYS OF' JOINTS AND STRUCTLRE CAN ESTABLISH QUALITY. 

E. F'IR~1L Y ESTABLISH ABSENCE OF' PRESENCE OF' DIFFUSION BENDING 

TECHN IOLES. 

FQ OBTAIN POSSlaE ffiOPELLANT R:!:SIDUES POR IDENTIFICATION. 

CbprocludiOfl 0' ,,,,. __ ,. III wltol. or I.tI flGrf " proIIlblfod wlHrov, .""roYOI .f THI Of"a Of ,.,IMRY U'PON.,.,UTY.) 

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.AF IN: 61145 Pg 3 of 4 

s. ADVANCED FI~ffi ICAT ION TECHNIQUE LEVEL CAN DE EST.ABLISHED. 

HQ OBTAIN EXPEHlMENl'AL STRUCTURAL DATAa 

Ia DETERMINE H'tDRAll IC CHARACTrn ISTICS OF COCLANT CHANNELS .. 

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J. ESTABLISH HEAT TRANSFrn DESIGN LIMITATIONS. 

4. THE D~Tl~ GAINED FROM CONUS EXPLOITATION 'SHOULD ASSIST IN 

~STI\3LIS1-{ING PERFrn~1ANCE LI~lITr\TIONS FOR OTHER SOVIET ROCXET 

Z "JG INES UIL IZ ING THE EXHI BITED DESIGN CHARACTER IS ITCSo THESE 

L rlITAT IONS ARE VITAL IN THS ASSESSr·1ENT OF FUTURE SOVIET 

ROC1{ET ENGINE TECHNQCGY ADVANCES. 5. IT IS REITERATED THt\T 

F{S ~lr.:P~L MOOND!JSl' lTE:r,1S HAVE FRESENTED A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY 

l<OR STU)Y OF SOVIET ROCKET ENGINE DESIGN AND FABRICATION 

'\1ET40)S. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS NOT I.\VAlnBU: rnO"1 SOVIET 

1) ISPLAY S1lJGINES SUCH AS THOSE OBSERVED IN PAR IS !~ND RO~'1E. IT 

IS D IFF'IC'JLT TO mEDICT WHEN ANOTHER H1pmTANT MOONDUST 

411Rm4ARE ITE'l1 hlILL BE ~1t\DEAVAILr\l1..E TO THE INTELLIGENCE 

Cav1r'-1UNITY BY '"THIC4 "BENCH ~-1ARI\' CONTR !BUT IONS TO SPACE, PROPLLSION, ,'\ND MANUFACfrn ING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS PROVIDED BY THE 

NEPAL ITEMS, ~.JILL BE AF'FffiDED. 6. THEREFmE, IT IS RECOMf1ENDED 

T41\1 CONTINUrn EFFO:nS BE r1ADE TO ACQUIRE THE ITEMS FOR CONUS 

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AF IN: 61145 Pg 4 of 4 

EXPL01T.4T ION~ ONE OF' THE NOZZLE PIECES COlLO BEST BE UTIL 12m 

FOR THIS EXPLOrr.ATloN. If THE cor1PLETE ITE~1 CANNOT BE OBTAINED, 

.~ 'H~HMt.f:\1 NEED WOLLO BE feR 5 BY 6 INCH SECTIONS CUT FR(l'1 THE 

"1'\mF'OLD END A~ TJ-ROAT· REGION OF THE NOZZLE. HO\JEVER, CONUS 

PI\ GE 4 R LEOFIF'44 18 ~ ~ eRE T 

EX9..,OITATION TECHNIQUES ON THE C0'1PLETE ITEM ARE PREfERABLE IN 

CRDER TO MINIrtlIZE EVIDENCE OF' THE EESACTIVE SM1PLING OF' THE 

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