NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

FISCAL YEAR 1964 ESTIMATES 

ELECTRONICS RESEARCH CENTER 

MISSION: 

In fiscal year 1963, NASA is taking initial steps towards the establishment of the Electronics Research Center in the greater Boston area. 1I.n the 

fiscal year L96h Construction of Facilities estimates, NASA is request:ing 

authority and funds to acquire land and to design the Center. This new 

Center is planned to strengthen advanced research and technology in the 

important field of space electronics, in order to provide a capabilitjr to 

anticipate and understand problems in this crucial field prior to the 

initiation of development projects. The new Center will act as the focal 

point of the agency's electronics and related physics research and wiI.1 

establish an in-house competency based on intimate theoretical knowledge and 

related practical experience. The Center's activities will be directdid 

Expanding the frontiers of electronics and related 

ph:ysics research with the prime motive of deriving 

concepts, techniques, components and systems for 

utilization in space exploration, missions, and 

applications. 

Providing objective, mature and knowledgeable advice 

and direction to the other NASA Centers on the fundamental electronics and related physics aspects of 

their respective missions and projects. 

Establishing a team of experienced scientists and 

engineers, informed on the nature of the technical 

problems to be encountered in space, to pursue 

potential solutions to be extracted from electronics 

and related physics research. This group will 

furnish invaluable assistance in maximizing the 

yield of the efforts of the nation's vast and 

caplab le electronics research and development industry. 

The Center staff will include experts in the fields of electronilcs, 

physics, space guidance, control and information theory, computation (and 

data processing, space electric power, and space flight mechanics. Tlie 

scientist and. engineers assigned to planned laboratories will conduct and 

direct research in the fundamental disciplines of electrostatics, microwave radiation, inertial sensing, optics, solid state physics and energy 

conversion. Technique and component advances will be refined to demonstrate 

instrumentatiort applications and system utility or feasibility for coimmuniERC 1 
cations, data processing, control and guidance systems. The basic and 

original research conducted will also provide the background and substance 

for close liaison and scientific exchange with the university research 

community, other government research and development laboratories, and 

industrial research organizations, particularly those having an interest in 

or actively pursuing space-oriented electronics and related physics research 

and development. 

Man's verttures into space for longer periods and greater distances, 

his desire for additional and refined knowledge of the universe about him, 

and his goal of utilizing space for peaceful applications, all require 

refinements in sensors, instrumentation, computation and data processing 

systems if the: more stringent performance and long-operational-life gaals of 

the future axe to be met. The efforts of the Electronics Research Center 

are planned t:o assure that the electronics and related disciplines are fully 

exploited to iIs:;ist NASA and the nation in meeting its goals. 

LOCATION : 

This Center is planned for the greater Boston area. 

SUMMARY OF RIigURCES REQUESTED8 

1962 1963 PI1964

Number of permanent employees 

(end (of year) .............. e-- 50 250

Personn'el costs.., ........... --- $255,000 $2,7 25,000 

Operation of installation.... --- 150,000 800,000 , 

Subtotal................. --- $405,000 $3,5 :25,000 

Construction program.. ....... --- --- 5,0!30,000 

Tota.1 ins tallat ion costs. --- $405,000 $8,525,000 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATION 

FISCAL YEAR 1964 BUDGET ESTIMATES N 

NASA Headquarters............... 

Ames Research Center............ 

Flight Research Center.......... 

Goddard Space Flight Center..... 

Langley Research Center..,...... 

Launch Operations Center... ..... Lewis Research Center........... 

Manned Spacecraft Center........ 

Marshall Space Flight Center.... 

North Eastern Office............ 

Pacific Launch Operations Off ice 

Space Nuclear Propulsion Office. 

Wallops Station................. 

Western Operations Office....... 

Electronics Research Center..... 

RPimhitrnnhle .................... VI

2 

co Total........................... 

SUMMARY OF PERSONNEL AND PERSONNEL 

COSTS BY INSTALLATION 

Fiscal Year Fiscal Year 

1962 1963 

Permanent Permanent 

Posit ions cost Posit ions C06t 

1,360 $10,885,351 1,900 $20,208,000 

1,674 13,358,000 2,025 17,194,000 

5 24 4,441,400 575 5,364,000 

2,414 17,765,823 3,200 27,478,000 

3,770 28,737,000 4,025 34,254,000 

333 2,998,965 800 5,533,000 

3 ,678 27,583,000 4,658 39,645,000 

1,620 11,565,840 3,196 26,454,000 

6,194 54,051,836 7,062 73,599,000 --- --- 30 220,000 

6 54,035 15 157,000 

40 203,000 106 946,000 

407 2,930,750 465 3,569,000 

136 936,000 440 2,779,000 --- 50 255,000 

(140) 862,691 (106) 1,000,000 -

22,156 $176,373,691 28,547 $258,655,000 

Fiscal Year 

1964 

Permanent 

Posit ions cost 

2,300 $25,417,000 

2,309 20,789,000 

593 5,935 ,000 

3,700 34,931,000 

4,296 37,760,000 

1,200 11,088,000 

5,128 48,707,000 

3,980 38,361,000 

7,492 81,739,000 

40 453,000 

22 210,000 

160 1,771, OOC 

530 4,360,000 

500 5,222,000 

250 2,725,000 

32,500 $319,468,000 

( 104) 999,000 

32,500 $320,467,000 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

RESEARCH. DEVELOPMENT. AND OPERATION 

FISCAL YEAR 1364 BUDGET ESTIMATES 

NASA Headquarters..................................... Ames Research Center.................................. Flight Research center.......................^.^^..^.^ 

Goddard Space Flight Center........................... Langley Research Center............................... Launch Operations Center.............................. Lewis Research center...........................^...^ 

Manned Spacecraft Center.............................. Marshall Space Flight Center.......................... North Eastern Office .................................. Pacific Launch Operations Office ...................... Space Nuclear Propulsion Office ....................... Wallops Station....................................... Western Operations Office ............................. Electronics Research Center ........................... Total ................................................. 

Fiscal Year 

1962 

$14.040. 442 

9.113. 000 

2.792. 600 

20.534. 539 

17.857. 000 

3.403. 973 

17.725. 000 

12.271. 160 

34.576. 858 

... 

61.333 

72. 000 

4.086. 250 

439.000 

... 

$136.973. 155 

Fiscal Year 

1963 

$28.000. 717 

8.400. 000 

2.173. 000 

27.410. 000 

16.460. 000 

10.300. 000 

14.000. 000 

23.700. 000 

39.500. 000 

133. 000 

495.000 

221. 000 

5.231. 000 

1.077. 000 

150.000 

$g7.250,717 

Fiscal Year 

1964 

$40.077. 000 

10.500. 000 

4.450. 000 

32.995. 000 

16.255. 000 

26.100. 000 

17.050. 000 

32.900. 000 

50.590. 000 

190.000 

620.000 

505. 000 

6.100. 000 

1.700. 000 

800.000 

$240.832. 000