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SUBJECT: OBJECTIVES Fl. THE MOL PROGRAM. THIS MESSAGE IN FOUR PARTS. 

PART I. DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD YESTERDAY WITH DR. MCMILLAN ON THE 

OBJECTIVES OF THE MOL PROGRAM. THE PURPOSE OF THE STATEMENT OF THESE. 

OBJECTIVES IS TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC FOCUS FOR OUR ACTIVITIES BETWEEN 

NOW AND 15 MAY. THE OBJECTIVES ARE IN TWO CATEGORIES, GENERAL AND 

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PART II. GENERAL OBJECTIVES IN ORDER OF PRIORITY, SAFSS A I 

A. DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNOLOGY CONTRIBUTING TO IMPROVED os.--). MILITARY OBSERVATIONAL CAPABILITY FOR MANNED OR UNMANNED OPERATION. 

MAY INCLUDE INTERMEDIATE STEPS TOWARD OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. -2 I 

B. DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION OF MANNED ASSEMBLY AND -.3 I 

SERVICE OF LARGE STRUCTURES IN ORBIT WITH POTENTIAL MILITARY APPLICAT- SS-4 

IONS, SUCH AS TELESCOPES OR RADIO ANTENNAE. SS-5 

C. OTHER MANNED MILITARY EXPERIMENTATION. SS-6 

D. ADDITIONAL NATIONAL OBJECTIVES. ;S-7 (AS YOu WILL OTE, THESE GENERAL OBJECTIVES ARE ESSENTIALLY 

IDENTICAL TO THOSE CONTAINED IN THE 4 JAN

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RETARY OF THE AF FROM DDR&E, SUBJ: MANNED ORBITING LABORATORY, ANY I SS-9 

CHANGE OF WORDING IS IN THE INTEREST OF BREVITY AND NOT TO CHANGE THE1 

INTENT OF THAT MEMO.) ■ -PART III. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES- IN ORDER OF PRIORITY: 

A. (1) DEMONSTRATION OF MANNED OPERATION AND SERVICE OF A • 

PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE AND IN-SPACE PHOTOGRAPHIC INSPECTION 

SYSTEM CAPABLE OF RESOLuTION., RF-1 I I 

(2) DEVELOPMENT OF ELEMENTS AND TECHNOLOGY REQUIRED FOR -0=2 i 

OPTICAL CAMERA SYSTEMS OF HIGHER RESOLUTION./ (DR. MCMILLAN FEELS THA FILE] 

THIS IS NOT A VERY SPECIFIC SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE AND OBVIOUSLY 

NEEDS TO BE MADE MORE DEFINITE AS WE CAN IDENTIFY THE KINDS OF ELEMENTS 

AND THE TECHNOLOGY WHICH wE FEEL IS APPLICABLE TO EITHER THE JIM 

BAKER APPROACH OR THE FRANK GORMAN APPROACH TO VERY HIGH RESOL- /- CZ-9 

uTIoN OPTICAL SYSTEMS. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS IS #2 ON -5_ 

THE PRIORITY LIST.) r;). 

(3) DEMONSTRATION OF THE ASSEMBLY, SERVICE, AND MANNED 

OPERATION OF A HIGH GAIN SIGNAL INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION CAPABILITY 

TO OBTAIN HIGHEST PRIORITY COMMUNICATIONS INTELLIGENCE. 

(4) DEMONSTRATION OF MANNED OPERATION AND SERVICE OF A MULTISENSOR PAYLOAD CAPABLE OF PROVIDING OCEAN SURVEILLANCE AND 

CRISIS MANAGEMENT RECONNAISSANCE./(ITEMS A(3) AND A(4) 

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D BE COMBINED IF PRACTIABLE, IT IS RECOGNIZED THAT STUDIES ARE 

CURRENTLY UNDERWAY ON THIS EFFORT. CONSIDERATION SHOULD ALSO BE 

GIVEN TO THE POSSIBLE USE OF THE A(4) EQUIPMENT FOR BOMB DAMAGE 

ASSESSMENT AND OTHER POST-ATTACK RECONNAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS.)/ 

B. (1) DEMONSTRATION AND MEASUREMENTS OF BIOLOGICAL RESPONSES OF 

MAN PERFORMING USEFUL MILITARY MISSIONS IN ORBIT FOR THIRTY DAYS OR 

MORE. 

(2) DEMONSTRATION OF MANNED IN-SPACE MAINTENANCE CAPABILITY 

TO EXTEND THE USEFUL LIFE OF MILITARY APACE PAYLOADS. 

(3) DEMONSTRATION OF EXTENDED MANNED EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY, 

TO INCLUDE ASSEMBLE AND ADJUSTMENT OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT IN SPACE. 

C, (I) PROVIDING A MANNED ORBITAL VEHICLE CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING 

ADDITIONAL MILITARY AND NON-MILITARY EXPERIMENTAL PAYLOADS TO MEET 

EVOLVING MILITARY AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES (EXAMPLES OF 

PAYLOADS WHICH SHOULD BE CAREFULLY EXAMINED FOR INCLUSION IN THE • 

DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ARE THOSE RELATING TO GEODESY, COMMUNICATION, 

OTHER MILITARY PRIMARY OR 

SECONDARY EXPERIMENTS AND A CAREFUL SELECTION OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT 

NASA EXPERIMENTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVIDED.) 

PART IV. THE FOREGOING OBJECTIVES ARE INTENDED TO APPLY TO THE 

INITIAL FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM AND ARE TO BE MET BY INTEGRAL LAUNCH. 

THEY. SHOULD BE USED AS A FRAMEWORK UPON WHICH TO BUILD OUR DOCUMENTATION AND BRIEFING FOR THE PERIOD FOLLOWING 15 MAY. AS MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE ANY CHANGES TO THESE STATEMENTS OF 

OBJECTIVES SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO DR. MCMILLAN'S ATTENTION PRIOR TO 

THEIR ADOPTION AS PROGRAM OBJECTIVES. 

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