Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-22

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, that the Industrial, Training,
and Field Support Divisions &C
! tually are housekeeping" units
for the Won Braun team.
Top German Scientists
I The Won Braun team operates
. 10 laboratories, nine at Hunts
Vile and one at Cape Cana
.'Seral, Fla, with a total value OF
, about SIS million. Among its
leaders are some of the best
known Of the former German
scientists, brought over in 1916
to conduct rocket research at
{ White Sands. NSMex.
President Eisenhower's an
' nouncement of his decision was
couched in these words:
ITO strengthen the national
space effort and provide for
Americas changing require
: ments in this field, have con-
: cluded that the Army Ballistic
!, Missile Agency can best serve
r the national interest as an in
tegral part of the National
D Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration.
$ The Army Ballistic Missile
! Agency team has demonstrated
: it's intense dedication in this
7 field and has shown its high
technical proficiency through
splendid accomplishments I'M
t der Army aegis.
: 1.-The contemplated transfer
= provides new opportunity for
: them to contribute their spe-
: cial capabilities directly to the
E expanding civilian space pro-
: gram.
: "As part Of this action the
: development Of super booster
] vehicles will be consolidated in
} the Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration under the imme-
date direction Of this team. I
=. have directed that this pro-
gram be vigorously pressed for
ward.
THE specific plan and de-
tails involved In this transfer,
including provision for contin-
! uation of military missile pro-
: grams now assigned to the
) Army Ballistic Missile Agency.
' will be ready to lay before the
Congress when it reconvenes. "
= Nike ZeuS Project
1t was not clear from
!, Mr.. Eisenhower's announce
; ment what would be the future
of the Nike-Zeus anti-miSsile
project, another big job as
t signed until now to the Army
e agency. The Army has spent
e 1915 million on this work in
: the past three years.
= White House Press Secretary
e James c. Hagerty had no word
d lon the Nike-ZeuS projects
t status in light of the shift. But
in general he indicated the
4 Army would retain control of
e missile development for purely
: military purposes.
. News Farley Set
1t was not Immediately GER
e tain how soon the transfer
! would be put into effect. A
. news conference was scheduled
l at the Space Agency Friday,
r presumably to discuss such de-
tails.
Legally, the President can
transfer the functions at any
= time, but Congress still will
have an opportunity to over
S turn his order if it wishes to.
h The Space Act of 1858 requires
e him to transmit" a report on
o the transfer to Congress.
n The Act further requires that
g Congress be given go calendar
: days in a regular session, after
q the report has been submitted
: in which to pass a concurrent
resolution disappearing the
transfer.
n At the earliest, then, the
. Presidents decision will not be
: irrevocably in effect until
. March S, 1860.
5 Early Action Likely
q 1t is extremely unlikely, how.
v ever, that the administration
a will wait until March to gel
T: moving on an accelerated space
= program. such as the transfer
h is designed to accomplish. The
e President and his space adviser.
S already are under attack from
Democrats for allowing" the
Russians to forge ahead of this
country in space.
= The transfer of the Vor
= Braun group to NASA will have
: the effect of placing all thi'
e country's big space-vehicle pro-
f grams in a single basket. NASA
e already controls Project Mer'
e curry, the msn-in-space pro
1 gram, and has contracted with
: private company for thu
i production of single-chambel
: rocket engines nearly 10 time
as powerful as any now il
: existence in this country.
o Saturn Biggest Project
~ ABMA's principal project a
d present is the Saturn program
W This involves clustering" eigh
a. improved Jupiter-type rookie
/ engines into a super-booste
re system capable of developin
= some is million pounds thrust
s Off-agan, on-again program
ming dictated by budgetar
" starts and stops has cause
at considerable slippage i
e Saturn's original schedule.
~ The consolidation inevitabl
70 will push NASA far up anon
70 the big-money agencies of tn
~ Government. Space Admins