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AGREEMENT 

BETWEEN THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICAL AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

AND THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONCERNING THE' 

GEMINI PROGRAM AND THE MOL (MANNED ORBITING LABORATORY) PROGRAM 

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This agreement defines the policy to insure the most effective 

arrangements and utilization of national resources in the execution of 

the GEMINI Program of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 

. and the GEMINI'B/MOL (Manned Orbiting Laboratory) Program of the 

Department of Defense. It supersedes the agreement of January 21, 1963, 

'entitled "Agreement Between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Department of Defense Concerning the GEMINI Program". 

1. Purpose 

The GEMINI and GEMINI B/MOL Programs constitute a major portion of 

the current near-earth manned space program of the United States. It is 

the intent of this agreement to insure that the scientific and operational 

experiments undertaken as part of these programs are directed at the 

objectives and requirements both of the DOD and the NASA manned space 

flight programs. 

2. Establishment of the GEMINI-MOL Planning Board (GMPB) 

A GEMINI/MOL Planning Board (GMPB) is hereby established, reporting 

jointly to the Administrator of the NASA and the Secretary of Defense, each 

of whom will designate a Co-Chairman. Subject to the approval of the 

Secretary of Defense and Administrator of NASA, the Co,-Chairman will each 

name two additional members and a Secretary from their respective agencies. 
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The Board may establish supporting boards and panels as necessary to 

carry out its c:ssigned functions. 

3. Functions of the GEMINI/MOL Planning Board 

The Board will, in accordance with the policy direction of the Secretary 

of Defense and Administrator of NASA, function as a single policy and planning 

coordination board to assure that the GEMINI and MOL Programs are planned, 

executed, and utilized in the overall national interest so as to avoid 

unwarranted'duplication of effort in the field of manned space flight and to 

insure maximum attainment of objectives of value to both the, NASA and the DOD. 

The Board will monitor the programs to insure coordination in the training of 

astronauts, planning of experiments, the conduct of flight and in-flight tests, 

and the analysis and dissemination of results. The Board will also consider 

the common use of existing facilities. 

Should there be conflicts in meeting the requirements of the two agencies, 

in the use of resources, or in scheduling which cannot be resolved by the 

Board, the Co-Chairman shall so inform the Administrator of NASA and the 

Secretary of Defense. 

4. GEMINI/MOL Proiect Management 

a. NASA will continue to manage the GEMINI Project. The DOD will 

participate in the development, pilot training, pre-flight checkout, launch 

operations, and flight operations of the GEMINI Program to assist NASA and 

to meet the DOD objectives. 

b. The DOD will manage the MOL program of which GEMINI B is part. In so 

doing, the DOD will take full advantage of the technology, hardware, facilities,. 
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and operational capabilities in being and being developed by NASA in support 

of the broad objectives of the exploration and exploitation of the space 

environment. 

c. NASA will define its experimental requirements and have the responsibility for those NASA experiments which are incorporated into the GEMINI B1MOL 

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5. Funding 

a. In'recognition of its interest in the GEMINI Program, the DOD will 

contribute funds to assist in the attainment of the GEMINI objectives. 

b. NASA will contribute the funds for such scientific experiments it• 

wishes to conduct as part of the MOL Program of which GEMINI B is part. 

The amounts of the above funding support will be the subject of 

recommendations submitted by the Board. 

6. Additional Programs 

It is further agreed that neither the DOD nor the NASA will initiate 

major new programs or projects in the field of manned space flight aimed 

chiefly at the attainment of experimental or other capabilities in nearearth orbit except by mutual agreement. 

James E. Webb 

Administrator, NASA 

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Robert S. McNamara 

Secretary of Defense 

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. May 20, 1964 

MEMORANDUM FOR DCS/RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT 

SUBJECT: OSS Studies 

You are authorized to initiate contractor efforts on the Orbital 

Space Station Studies in accordance with the negotiated work statements submitted to me on February 19, 1964 as amended by the 

revision to Appendix A and "Supplementary Data" forwarded in 

your memorandum of March 12, 1964. 

The program and the specific implementation of the work 

statement must be managed by AFSC in close adherence to the 

guidance provided by Secretary McMillan in his letter of March 3 

to General Schriever on the MOL Program. This guidance amplifies 

and clarifies the intent of the revision to Appendix A of the work 

statement with respect to the reconnaissance experiments and is to 

be regarded as directive on the 0,5S studies as well. AFSC must 

assume full responsibility for insuring that this guidance is con.; 

veyed to the OSS contractors and is fully understood by them. 

In order to insure that the activities of the contractors are 

directed toward an explicit determination of well-defined orbital 

experiments and a clear exposition of such experiments in the 

documentation, the contractors shall be instructed to include the 

following specific information in their final reports: 

For each military mission which the contractor finds as a 

result of his investigations to be adaptable to evaluation in the 

MOL, he will provide a detailed description of the equipment to 

be employed and will present a suitable test method which explains 

clearly the manner in which the utility of man is to be determined. 

In order to preclude any misunderstanding of 2.1.1 of the Appendix 

A of the work statement on postulated political climates, it should 

be emphasized to the contractors that this section is provided as 

background information and is not intended to include political studies 

in the scope of work. 

Section 5.3 and 6.0 shall be deleted from the work statement, and 

studies of and weapon delivery from orbit shall not 

otherwise be included in any aspect of these studies. 
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Within the scope of the work statement, consideration should be 

given to placing particular emphasis with the three different contractors 

on aspects of this study in which each individual contractor has special 

background and experience. A report on the extent to which this is 

found desirable and feasible should be given to me at the time of the 

briefing on the results of Phase I studies. 

Alexander H. Flax 

Assistant Secretary 

Research & Development 

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