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Major General, IT. S. Air Force 

Assistant Vice Chief of Staff 

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REPLY TO 

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"I"Wri Source Selection BOtrd for Manned. Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) 

TOE AFSC 

1. Reference is made to the attached Under Secretary of the Air Force 

memorandum, dated 20 October 1964, subject as above, and to AFSC message 

MSF-1/10132 dated 2=Otreeber 

-03 AuGit.15T 

2. All investigations, evaluations and recommendations of the MOL Source. 

Selection Board will be made in accordance with AFR 70-15, subject to the 

direction contained in the above reftrenced memorandum. In addition to the 

Under Secretary's directiOn, that portion of paragraph 4.b.(3) AFR 70-15 

Which requires the.senior officer from each command to be a general officer 

is waived. AFSC will continue with the assignment of a general officer as 

Chairman of the Source Selection Board. 

3. A directive to conduct source selection proceedings with subject board 

will be issued by this Headquarters when authorization is received by the 

Air Force to proceed with the development of the MOL. 

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE 

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFF 

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

30 October 1964 

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MEMORANDUM FOR THE CHIEF OF STAFF, USAF 

SUBJECT: Source Selection 'Board for Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) 

In their message dated August 27, 1964, AFSC announced the establishment 

of a Source Selection Board for MOL. I concur in the early establishment 

of this board to indoctrinate members in preparation for source selection. 

The following guidance is trovided: 

a. The board should investigate, evaluate, and make recommendations 

in accordance with the Air Force Regulation which assigns responsibilities 

and prescribes procedures for selecting system sources. The evalUations 

•and recommendations of tbe board will be reviewed by the .Secretary of :the 

Air Force. 

b. The current study of alternative development programs may result 

in changes to the preSently - envisioned development schedule. If the MOL 

development schedule is accelerated, it should not affect source selection 

procedures but may require obtaining relief from the requirements established... 

by DOD Directive 3200.9. 

c. The Air Force Logistics Command. should. bedesignated as a participating command, with AFSC designated, as the using command. 

. Although three or more commands are normally involved in the 

selection of a major system, the MOL will involve only two -ommands.' APSC• 

will' he the developing and...using carman& and. will have the greatest responsibility in the MOL program. It 18 appropriate for AFSC to submit a coordinated.` 

1.2SC/AFLC recommendation on sources in order of preference, rather than each 1

command. submitting separate recommendations. 

Additional guidance will be forthcoming at the time of approval for 

Phase I of the program. • 

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