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Dear Harold: 

I have reviewed the draft Memorandum to the President 

-Q MOI,. which you presented at our meeting yesterday and, 

with the agreement we came to concerning the method of implementation of the program, I concur in the Memorandum. 

As you suggested, I have documented the points that 

I believe were agreed to at the meeting in the attached Minutes. 

Unless I hear from you to the contrary I will assume that 

these minutes also represent your understanding of our agreement. 

Sincerely, 

Donald F. Hornig 

Special Assistant for 

Science and Technology 

Dr. Harold Brown 

Director of Defense 

Research and Engineering 

Washington 25, D. C. 

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Minutes of the n- eeting held on August 23, 1965 

in Dr. Hornig's Office to discuss the MOL Program 

recommendation. (Participants were Dr. Hornig, 

Dr. Brown, Dr. McMillan, Dr. Hall, Dr. Purcell, 

Mr. Keeny, Dr. Steininger). 

Based on prior discussions with Dr. Hornig and Dr. Land, Dr. 

Brown offered a draft rAemorandum to the President on MOL revised to 

reflect Dr. Hornig's viaws. This draft was concurred in by Dr. Hornig. 

As reflected in the draft, it was agreed that an unmanned capability 

should be developed concurrently with the MOL, if possible by using a 

camera system for MOL, that can operate without a man, and that the 

best possible automatic systems for navigation, camera pointing, focusing, and image motion (:ontrol should be developed and incorporated in 

the manned as well as in the unmanned system. 

It was further agreed that to implement the program proposed by 

the Memorandum, the DOD would take the following actions: 

I. Immediately after program approval choose a contractor to 

develop the MOL with a resolution capability and in accordance with the following requirements: 

a. The camera-optical system should have the objective of 

operating either ma..nned or unmanned with up to resolution. 

b. When in the unmanned mode, necessary optical alignment 

will be achieved by providing a capability for adjusting alignment 

remotely or automz tically while in orbit rather than by strengthen,-st 

ing the structure over that required for manned operation. 

c. A flight demonstration of the unmanned mode at the best 

feasible resolution will be conducted within nine months after the 

first manned flight. 

2. Initiate concurrent studies with other contractor(s) on alternate 

optical systems with the purpose of establishing as soon as possible 

whether there is any other optical system which would be preferable to 

that being pursued by th,a prime contractor in 1 above, particularly with 

regard to reducing the possibility of resolution degradation in either 

the manned or unmanned modes. 

It was recognized that if the studies performed under 2 above produced a preferable systErn, it would be necessary to determine at that 

time whether a program reorientation was necessary or desirable.. 

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