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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

WASHINGTON 20330 

8 June 1969 

as MEMORANDUM FOR GENERAL BLEYMAIER 

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m SUBJECT: MOL Termination Guidance 

O The following is provided as preliminary guidance by segment 

and subsystem to implement the decision to terminate the MOL Program, per se, and fund only the "automatic" DORIAN camera system 

and its closely-related equipment in FY 1970. General ground 

rules used are as follows: 

(1) Certain items will not be continued even though 

 they do have a camera interface. The assumption is that any 

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future satellite system using the DORIAN camera assembly would 

 provide: 

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b. Vehicle telemetry and channels for camera 

telemetry. 

c. Command and Control communication (to the 

computer). 

(2) All MOL man-related AVE, AGE, and handling equipment will be terminated. 

I. McDONNELL-DOUGLAS 

1. Terminate: 

A. Gemini B 

to a. Spacecraft 

b. Test Articles 

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c. Simulator 

d. Aerospace Ground Equipment 

e. All other items related to the Gemini 

f. Return Gemini AGE to NASA 

B. Laboratory Module 

a. Structure - All Laboratory Structural articles 

except any partial-structure interface substitutes in work. 

b. ECLS - Hamilton Standard 

c. Electrical Power System - Allis Chalmers 

d. Communications - Collins Radio 

e. Communications security equipment - NSA 

f. Waste System - Fairchild Hiller 

g. Monitor and Alarm - Radiation Inc. 

h. ACTS/SCE - Minneapolis Honeywell 

i. ACTS/PROP - Marquardt 

j. Crew Stations and Accommodations - MDAC 

k. Crew Status Monitoring - MDAC 

1. Propulsion Tank Assembly - North American Rockwell 

m. Atmosphere and Reactants Storage - Airesearch 

o. All Man-Related AGE (LMSE) 

p. Others 

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2. Continue (Partial Termination): 

A. Mission Module Structure 

a. Continue any forward/aft sections in work 

(analyses needed prior to any new starts). 

B. Computer 

a. Stop work on keyboard, Alpha Numeric Displays 

Printers. 

b. Continue other effort at reduced pace; analyze 

possible future need for LDAU and AMU. 

c. Provide limited engineering support to GE/EK 

for awhile. 

II. GENERAL ELECTRIC 

1. Terminate: 

A. Acquisition and Tracking System - ITEK 

B. Simulation Equipment 

a. Elemental Development Simulator - GE 

b. Mission Development Simulator - GE 

c. Mission Module Simulation Equipment - GE 

C. Slide Viewer System - ITEK 

D. Cue Projector System - Lear Siegler/ACIC 

E. AGE/AVE Peculiar to Manned System 

F. GE Exchange Hardware Related to Man 

G. All Test Equipment AGE Related to Man 

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2. Continue (Partial Termination) 

A. All Mission Module-related efforts, MDAU, and 

camera controls, etc., not man-related. 

B. CITE, less all man-related effort. 

C. Software, less all man-related effort. 

III. EASTMAN KODAK 

I. Terminate: 

A. Visual Optics. 

B. Processor. 

C. Viewer. 

D. EK exchange and training hardware related to man. 

E. Data Return Containers. 

2. Continue: 

A. Remainder at reduced pace (need for Secondary platen 

to be analyzed). 

IV. MARTIN & ASSOCIATES 

1. Terminate All Titan-IIIM Activities, Including AGE. 

V. MILITARY CONSTRUCTION 

A. SLC-6 

1. Terminate: 

a. All SLC-6 change orders not initiated. 

b. All design work on FY-70 $2.5M modification package. 

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2. Continue basic construction now underway only to 

point where "mothballing" is reasonable, then place 

in standby status (buy-out cost not to exceed 

$31.1 million). 

B. MOL Support Facilities 

1. Terminate all Pkg 1 and 2 facilities now under 

construction and mothball. Also terminate design 

effort on Mission Module support facility. 

C. VAFB Recovery Facilities 

1. Terminate all requirements for any other new construction at VAFB and SAC and WTR support. 

VI. CREW RELATED 

1. Terminate: 

A. Pressure Suit Assembly - Hamilton Standard 

B. Feeding System - Whirlpool 

C. All man-related AGE 

D. All training activities (crew & support personnel) 

VII. SOFTWARE 

1. Continue (partial termination) only that airborne and 

ground software applicable to an unmanned system. Reduce 

rate to minimum. 

VIII. SCF 

1. Stop Work on all MOL-peculiar. The STC should expect 

additional guidance in 30-60 days. 

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IX. RECOVERY OPERATIONS 

I. Discontinue all recovery aid developments and operational planning. The MOL Program Office will advise 

the DoD Manager and stop negotiations for Easter Island 

use. 

X. AAP EXPERIMENTS 

I. Terminate D-019 and D-020 (NASA should be offered any 

available hardware). 

XI. SUMMARY 

1. McDonnell-Douglas: Terminate all Mc-D efforts except 

Mission Module structures in work, any Lab partial-structure 

interface substitutes in work, and the provision of limited engineering support to GE and EK for the time being. Terminate 

all McD subcontractors except for IBM (terminate all crewpeculiar items there). 

2. General Electric and Eastman Kodak: Terminate all 

clearly man-related efforts at GE and EK and their subcontractors; 

continue only those camera activities applicable to incorporation 

of the DORIAN camera/MOL Mission Module in a new unmanned spacecraft. 

3. Martin and Associates: Terminate all T-IIIM development 

and support activities. 

4. Military Construction at VAFB: Stop Work and mothball 

as soon as practicable. 

5. Crew-Related Contracts and Activities: Terminate or stop 

work on all. 

6. Software: Continue, at reduced pace, only those activities 

clearly applicable to the DORIAN camera and IBM computer in a new 

unmanned spacecraft. 

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7. SCF: Stop work on MOL activities pending further 

guidance. 

XII. POSSIBLE CHANGES IN ABOVE: 

In preliminary discussions with a few top NASA people 

advised of the impending MOL termination, they expressed possible 

interest in the waste management system, IBM keyboard, displays, 

and printers, and possibly some other items. Further discussions 

with them will be held in the AM of June 9. If anything materializes, stop-work rather than total termination notices may be 

issued to some of the MOL subcontractors. I will advise you of 

any developments in this regard by the PM of June 9. 

9 A MES T. STEWART 

Major General, USAF 

Vice Director, MOL Program 

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