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WASHINGTON 20330 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY NOV 2 1968 

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MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD 

SUBJECT: Program Review Council Meeting, 24 October 1968 

The PRC was held in the MOL Systems Office conference 

roam at 1330 hours. The principals in attendance were: 

AIR FORCE DDR&E 

Dr. Alexander Flax I. Nevin Palley 

General James T. Stewart 

General Joseph S. Bleymaier 

General John L. Martin, Jr. 

General Russell A. Berg 

Dr. Michael Yarymovych 

Mr. Sam Hubbard 

AEROSPACE 

Dr. B. P. Leonard 

Mr. Walter Williams 

PROGRAM STATUS: 

Financial Status: 

General Bleymaier reviewed the contractor's financial 

positions through the first quarter of FY 69 which reflected 

a negative $1.8 M variance between government funding and 

contractor actuals. This figure included the pay back to 

the contractors of the program variance of $27 M existing at 

the close of FY 68. It was pointed out that the year end 

FY 68 variance consisted entirely of non-cancellable commitments and no cash flow problems were involved. The projection 

of contractor funding estimates thru the end of FY 69 shows a 

contractor requirement of $1330.2 M. If accurate, this would 

result in a negative variance of $92.6 M with respect to ___ 

available government funding at the close of the fiscal year. 

The size of this variance undoubtedly includes the contractor's 

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desire to establish both a more favorable position during the 

current fiscal year and also a favorable position on entering 

contract negotiations scheduled for later on this year. 

General Bleymaier assured the PRC that this variance would not 

come to pass and it would be very carefully controlled during 

the course of the fiscal year (the goal is an end-FY 69 variance 

generally comparable with end-FY 68). In summarizing contractor 

manpower status for FY 69, General Bleymaier reported a current 

total of 11,131 direct and indirect equivalent contractor manpower loading. The projected figure for the end of the fiscal 

year is 13,429. In this connection, General Bleymaier also pointed 

out that current labor contracts being negotiated with the 

Aerospace industries projected sizeable increases in labor 

costs for each of the next several years. 

Schedules: 

General Bleymaier briefly reviewed the current MOL baseline master schedule and compared that schedule with the 

January 1968 baseline. Principal milestones for the first 

quarter of FY 69 were discussed and they showed that the program was satisfactorily meeting baseline milestones during the 

quarter. Major milestones for the second quarter of FY 69 

were described. 

Contractual Status: 

The contract negotiation schedules were reviewed. 

Negotiations will begin with General Electric on 15 October 

as the first item on the schedule. By late November, 

negotiations will be in progress with all of the Associate 

Contractors. 

Construction Status: 

The MOL facilities construction schedule was reviewed 

and all items appear to be making satisfactory progress at 

the launch base. 

Support Ship Requirement: 

General Bleymaier restated the MOL Program need for . 

surface ship support to cover ascent abort contingencies. 

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He pointed out that the USNS Longview and Sunnyvale were 

adequate for MOL needs and that MOL requirements should be 

considered in the formulation of plans for the future use 

of these two ships. 

MOL/NASA Bioastronautics Interface: 

General Bleymaier briefly reviewed MOL bioastronautics 

support to the NASA Apollo Program. He explained that two 

MOL Flight Surgeons are assigned to each manned Apollo mission 

as participants throughout all phases of pre-launch preparation 

and mission operations. Additionally, bioenvironmental 

engineers and pressure suit technicians have been actively 

participating with NASA and receive the benefit of both 

training and experience in manned space flight operations. 

General Bleymaier briefly commented on the joint development areas between MOL and Apollo. These include feeding 

system development, waste management system development, 

radiation monitoring, crew accommodations, EC/LS basic research 

and medical contingencies management. 

MOL/ADS Status: 

General Bleymaier reported that the MOL Automatic 

Data System requirements at the SCF were still undergoing 

continuing review. All MOL requirements have been identified 

and screened. 

TECHNICAL STATUS: 

Weight and Power Summary: 

Dr. Howard of the Aerospace Corporation reviewed the 

orbiting vehicle weight history and summary. The weight 

review concluded that the program was tracking very well 

within its weight allocations. Projected weight changes 

(both plus and minus) will not significantly change the present 

total. At the present time, a payload margin of approximately 

1500 lbs exists with respect to booster capabilities at 900 

inclinations. The general impression is that the actual 

launch weight may come in slightly under the present total 

of approximately 29,500 lbs. 

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The orbiting vehicle peak and average power review 

disclosed that power requirements are well within system 

capabilities. 

Special Material Requirements: 

Mr. McGhee of Aerospace Corporation presented a review 

of the status of tracking mirror materials. He compared 

progress and thermal characteristics between fuzed silica, 

Cer-vit, and ULE. It was concluded that both Cer-vit and 

ULE are acceptable from all viewpoints as tracking mirror 

materials. It was recommended by the Systems Office that 

ULE be selected as the primary material. This was approved. 

The plan to be implemented will authorize EKC to procure six 

72" ULE tracking mirror blanks with a target coefficient of 

expansion of .03 x 10-6/°C. This will assure ULE Tracking 

Mirrors for Flight 3 and ULE for the Primary Mirrors for 

Flight 5 and subsequent. The Cer-vit contract will be 

redirected within present funds to provide three solid 

masters as reference surfaces for the test chambers and three 

lightweight 72" machined blanks with a low coefficient goal. 

The schedule acquisition interval from the placing of an 

order for a mirror blank to flight date was reaffirmed to 

be approximately 44 months. This remains the longest reorder 

lead time of any MOL system component. 

Loads Status: 

Mr. Herndon of Aerospace Corporation reviewed the MOL 

structural loads analysis program. He described the approach 

being used in MOL to do structural loads analysis both 

dynamically and statically. He described the failure of the 

COA under an asymmetrical loading and the proposed "doubler" 

fix. Present activity in the load analysis program was 

described in detail including data flow between contractors. 

Comments on Contamination: 

Mr. Barry Moss of Aerospace Corporation reported status 

on MOL contamination studies. A considerable amount of work 

is being conducted on this subject. The major effort, at this 

time, is being directed at defining the environment, sources 

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of contamination, and the effects of these sources. At this 

point it has not been demonstrated that MOL has a contamination 

problem with regard to the camera or the size of the problem, 

if any, for other items such as the horizon sensors, star 

trackers, etc. There is sufficient interest and concern in 

this area to cause the Systems Office to pursue this question 

vigorously. A number of tests and analytical efforts are in 

progress to obtain a better understanding of the situation. 

Miscellaneous: 

General Bleymaier briefly reported on information available 

from Apollo 7 that is pertinent to MOL. Items discussed 

included excessive cabin fan noise, loss of AC Buss, water 

condensation in the cabin, overheating of biomedical sensors, 

and window and sextant contamination. These Apollo 7 discrepancies had only been identified with no analytical or diagnostic 

information available at the time of the meeting. 

The fuel cell competition was briefly discussed. It was 

noted that Pratt and Whitney, Allis Chalmers, and General 

Electric submitted proposals (the latter was not compatible 

by a year or more with MOL needs). The DAC evaluation is 

underway toward a mid-November decision. 

Charts used in this presentation are on file with the 

Program and Policies Division (SAFSLP). 

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Vice Director, MOL Program 

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