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MEMORANDUM FOR GEN STEWART 

SUBJECT: MOL Monthly Management Report 

Attached is the MOL Monthly Management Report for the period 

26 March - 25 April 1969: 

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MOL MONTHLY MANAGEMENT REPORT 

26 MARCH - 25 APRIL 1969 

I. Program Management 

A. Contract Status- Systems Office personnel are continuing the 

preparation of the General Electric contractual document; distribution 

is scheduled for 30 May. McDonnell Douglas-Eastern Division has been 

granted a delay for submission of the remaining ten increments of its 

proposal. A definite date will be established by the Systems Office 

following an assessment of the remaining effort. Systems Office 

evaluation of the McDonnell Douglas-Western Division proposal is in 

process and negotiations are scheduled to begin on 9 June. Negotiations 

with Martin Marietta Corporation and the United Technology Center are 

scheduled for 19 May; negotiations with AC Electronics are scheduled 

to begin on 15 May; and negotiations with the Aerojet General Corporation 

are in progress and are scheduled to be completed by 9 May. The Hamilton 

Standard and Eastman Kodak Corporation proposals are scheduled for delivery 

on 30 May and 20 June respectively. 

B. Systems Effectiveness Audit - The Systems Effectiveness Audit at 

McDonnell- Douglas-Eastern Division completed on 17 April concludes the 

audit of MOL contractors. The audit team is compiling its findings and 

a report of the audit will be available in early May. 

C. Technical Shoff Meeting (TSCM) - Technical Signoff Meeting #10 

is scheduled to begin on 2g'Apri1 at the General Electric Corporation 

facility in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The agendum for this meeting 

is more extensive than the agenda for previous TSOM's and Systems Office 

personnel are confident that the results of this meeting will make a 

significant contribution to finalizing the baseline for the Laboratory 

Vehicle to Mission Module interface. 

D. Gemini B Spacecraft Critical Design RevewCDR) - The second 

part of the Gemini B Spacecraft CDR has been rescheduled to 14-16 May. 

This will coincide with fact-finding meetings scheduled during the same 

week. This will complete the CDRs for the Gemini B Aerospace Vehicle 

Equipment. 

E. Cost/Schedule Planning and Control System (C/SPCS) - A predemonstration of the General Electric C/SPCS will be conduct ed during the week 

of 28 April in preparation for the C/SPCS Demonstration scheduled for 

12-23 May. At the predemonstration, the Systems Office representative 

will instruct the contractor on procedures for conducting the actual 

demonstration and will brief the Defense Contract Audit Agency and Air 

Force Plant Representative Office personnel on their roles and responsibilities for the demonstration. 

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F. Target Training Objectives Study - MOL crew members received 

two briefings from U.S. Army intelligence personnel and a briefing 

from National Photo Interpretation Center (NPIC) personnel during the 

month of April. The NPIC briefing topic was the Sary Shagan Missile 

Test Range; the Army briefings covered the Soviet Army Missile Test 

Range at Emba, the new tank production facility at Uzor, and the Moscow 

Anti-Ballistic Missile System. The Army briefers provided an "Idiot 

Book" containing an abbreviated text, visual aids and a brief section 

on intelligence gaps for study by the crew members. 

G. Proo ram - McDonnell Douglas-Western Division (MDAC-WD) 

is preparing an unfundedstudy on the feasibility of using its portion 

of the MOL structure and certain subsystems to perform the 

Program mission. Systems Office personnel have reviewed MDAC-WD's 

reports for security reasons and are currently reviewing the final 

report. Instructions have been given to MDAC-WD that without the prior 

approval of the MOL Systems Office no related documents will be distributed, 

and no briefings pertaining to this subject will be presented. In addition, 

the contractor has been instructed to avoid establishing any connection 

between the Navy mission and the MOL mission. 

H. Monthly Financial Report - The Monthly Financial Report (0DME 

Report) will not be submitted this month because of the extensive program 

reassessment exercise in process. The program financial status was briefed 

to General Ferguson during his visit on 24 April and will be included in 

the briefing to the MOL Policy Committee on Friday, 9 May. Pertinent 

financial information will continue to be submitted to the Office of the 

Vice Director on a request basis during the remainder of the month. 

I. Vandenberg AFB Construction Status - On 25 April, construction of 

Package 2 of the launch complex facilities was 85.9% complete. The pacing 

item of the package, the Mobile Service Tower scheduled for completion on 

1 September 1969, is now 60.5% complete. In their latest status report, 

personnel from the Los Angeles District Office of the Corps of Engineers 

expressed confidence that the scheduled completion date of 1 September 

will be met. Package 1 of the MOL Support Facilities at VAFB is now 

approximately 82% complete. Work on Package 2 of these facilities has 

begun, and completion of this package is scheduled for 8 October 1969. 

J. Funds and Manpower Status - Of the $515.0M FY 69 funds released 

to the Systems Office, $505.9M has been initiated. 

Systems Office manpower status is as follows: 

Authorized* Assigned* 

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Airmen 

Civilians 

High Grades 

Clerical 

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II. Technical Status 

A. Image Velocity Sensor - General Electric Corporation has 

completed its evaluation of the Image Velocity Sensor (IVS) tester. 

As a result of this study minor modifications to the equipment and 

test procedures are planned. The testing of the Hycon and Goodyear 

IVS systems will resume in May; selection of a final vendor is 

anticipated by the end of May. 

B. Mission Development Simulator - A series of technical 

difficulties, including a mechanical malfunction in the slide viewing 

subsystem and a timing error in the 360/930 computer adapter, have 

continued to delay the completion of the Mission Development Simulator 

(MDS) Phase Zero Demonstration Testing by the General Electric Corporation. 

Contractor personnel are working to overcome these difficulties and 

estimate final hardware/software verification tests will be completed 

by mid-June. 

C. Cue Data Production System - Proposals for the Cue Data Production 

System (C)PS) have been received from both Perkin-Elmer and the ITEK 

Corporation. The Perkin-Elmer proposal did not have sufficient information 

for a complete evaluation and the company has been asked to provide additional data. Systems Office personnel are evaluating the ITEK proposal. 

The Systems Office will issue 90-day study contracts to both firms. 

D. Nonmetallic Materials Program - The MOL Nonmetallic Materials 

Status Report was published following the completion of Systems Office 

studies conducted during the first quarter of this calendar year. The 

report includes a brief sunmary of the Nonmetallic Materials Program, 

a statement of associate contractor roles and responsibilities, a description 

of the materials accountability program and a listing of significant flammable/toxic materials by contractor. Systems Office personnel continued their 

close monitorship of the Nonmetallic Materials Program by participation 

in a Materials meeting with the LV associate contractors at the McDonnell 

Douglas-Western Division facility on 8-10 April. The Full Scale Laboratory 

Module Flammability Verification Test Program was the major item of 

discussion. 

E. Orbital Support Software - Revisions to the Orbital Support 

Software System Module Specification, necessitated by the redefinition 

of the Advanced Data System, have been coordinated with representatives 

of the Satellite Control Facility. A new Systems Requirements Baseline 

has been established as a result of these revisions. 

F. Crew Conditioning Unit - Systems Office Bioastronautical personnel 

met with representatives of McDonnell Douglas-Western Divsion (MDAC-WD) 

and Southwest Research during the past month to discuss the Crew Conditioning 

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Unit (CCU) design. It was agreed that MDAC-WD would continue with 

the system which utilizes a constant force electric generator. Southwest 

Research will continue work on their spring and torsion approach for 

possible future applications. The Aerospace Medical Division will perform 

an evaluation of the physiological benefits that can be derived from a 

CCU loaded by means of an electric generator. 

G. Flotation-Eess Trainer - A preliminary copy of McDonnell DouglasEastern Division's (MDAC-FD's) plan for refurbishing a NASA static article 

for use as the MOL flotation-egress trainer has been reviewed by the Systems 

Office. Systems Office comments will be transmitted to MDAC-ED prior to 

their formal submittal. A listing of required government furnished property 

which accompanied the preliminary plan is also being reviewed by Systems 

Office personnel for validity. 

H. Zero G Testing - As a result of discussions at the first session 

of the Gemini B Critical Design Review, final zero G testing in aircraft 

and the final verification of crew transfer requirements will be held in 

abeyance until flight representative equipment is available. The equipment 

involved includes Data Return Containers, Pressure Suit Assemblies, internal 

and extra-vehicular latches and updated Gemini B zero G test vehicles. 

It is felt that this action will provide more meaningful results from the 

final zero G tests. 

I. McDonnell Douglas Altitude Chamber Review - Further discussions 

on man-rating plans for the McDonnell Douglas-Western Division •(MDAC-WD) 

35-foot altitude chamber were held by Systems Office and MDAC-WD personnel 

at a meeting in late March. The NASA man-rating document was used as a 

basis for the discussion. The Systems Office has subsequently notified 

the contractor in writing of changes which should be made to the NASA 

document for the purpose of man-rating the MDAC-WD chamber. The MDAC-WD 

procedures and documentation will be available for Systems Office review 

when they are finalized. 

J. Crew Water Balance Study - At the first session of the Gemini B 

Critical resign Review, it was established that only 1.88 gallons of 

useable water will be available for the crew instead of the previously 

assumed 2.12 gallons. Preliminary indications are that 1.88 gallons 

would be sufficient in nominal situations, but that each crew member 

would have a water deficit between 2 and 2 1/2% of his body weight in 

worst-case situations. Systems Office analysis of this area will continue. 

K. Computerized Aerospace Ground Equipment Core Space - A recent 

study by Logicon revealed that Martin Marietta Corporation may not have 

sufficient core storage in their Computerized Aerospace Ground Equipment 

(CAGE) to handle required display programs. This situation could be 

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corrected by increasing the number of memory banks frau 5 to 6, making 

major modifications to the present program, or adding a program to 

provide minimal data on the teletypewriters. The Systems Office is 

presently studying each of the proposed solutions. 

L. Main Door Ejection Shock Levels - Preliminary data from the 

McDonnell Douglas-Western Division's (MDAC-WD's) testing of the LM main 

door indicates that a peak shock level of approximately 40,000 G's occurs 

during "blow-off" of the main door. The Environmental Design Criteria 

(SAFSL Exhibit 10003) specifies a maximum shock of 3,000 G's. Systems 

Office and contractor personnel are currently examining the test data 

to ascertain its validity, and the contractor plans to repeat the door 

ejection test on 20 June 1969. If study results indicate that the test 

data are valid, the Systems Office will direct MDAC-WD to alter its 

design in order to reduce the shock to a level that will preclude damage 

to other Laboratory Module equipment. 

M. MOL Support Facilities Communications Plan - Systems Office 

personnel are continuing the preparation of a communications plan for 

the MOL Support Facilities (MSF) at Vandenberg AFB. Requirements have 

been received from the contractors and Air Force agencies involved and 

are being incorporated in the plan. A TWX outlining the Byeman communications equipment that will be available at the MSF has been transmitted 

to Martin Marietta, General Electric, McDonnell Douglas-Western Division, 

and Fastman Kodak. 

N. Missile Guidance Computers - The Systems Office has requested 

that AC Electronics stop all qualification and procurement activity on 

Raytheon integrated circuits for use with the Univac 1824 computers. 

This action was taken to reduce the costs being incurred against the 7 

MOL guidance computers until the TIII Systems Program Office submits its 

new guidance computer concept for DOD approval in May. If the proposed 

computer is approved, the Systems Office may be able to procure computers 

of this type through the TIII Program Office for use as MOL guidance 

computers. Procurement of the new TIII computers would negate the 

requirement for Raytheon integrated circuitry. 

O. Pressure Suit Assembly Leakage_ - During a Pressure Suit Assembly 

(PSA) fitting test on 10 April at thellamilton Standard facility, the 

application of radial force to the PSA helmet, particularly in the area 

adjacent to the neck ring, caused leakage and a resultant drop in suit 

pressure. Further investigation revealed that this condition applied to 

all PSA's. Preliminary evaluation indicates that this situation may 

necessitate fitting the neck rings to closer tolerances and making a minor 

change in the ring design. A11 PSA's have been limited to ground level 

testing until the Systems Office evaluation of the neck rings is completed. 

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