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PUBLIC LAW 92-68-AUG. 6, 1971

[85 STAT.

Public Law 92-68 August 6, 1971 [H. R. 7109]

National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act, 1972. Research and development.

Facilities, construction.

Research and program management. Program specifications.

AN ACT To authorize appropriations to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for research and development, construction of facilities, and research and program management, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration: (a) For "Research and development", for the following programs: 1) Apollo, $612,200,000; 2) Space flight operations, $702,775,000; (3) Advanced missions $5,500,000; (4) Physics and astronomy, $112,800,000; 5) Lunar and planetary exploration, $301,500,000; 6) Space applications, $185,000,000; (7) Launch vehicle procurement, $146,100,000; (8) Aeronautical research and technology, $122,500,000; (9) Space research and technology, $75,105,000; (10) Nuclear power and propulsion, $70,720,000 of which $58,000,000 is to be used only for N E R V A engine development and related nuclear propulsion activities; (11) Tracking and data acquisition, $264,000,000; (12) Technology utilization, $5,000,000. (b) For "Construction of facilities," including land acquisitions, as follows: (1) Modernization of the 40 x 80-foot Wind Tunnel, Ames Research Center, $6,500,000; (2) Centaur Modifications to Titan III launch area, John F. Kennedy Space Center, $10,700,000; (3) Alterations to Launch Complex 17, John F. Kennedy Space Center, $4,500,000; (4) Space Shuttle Facilities, as follows: Main engine sea level test stands (2), Mississippi Test Facility, $11,000,000, Main engine altitude test facility. Air Force Arnold Engineering Development Center, $2,000,000, Auxiliary propulsion test facilities, undesignated location, $1,500,000, Thermal protection system development facilities, Ames Research Center, $3,000,000, Langley Research Center, $500,000, Manned Spacecraft Center, $1,200,000, Undesignated location, $800,000; (5) Power Plant Replacements, Goldstone, Calif., $370,000 and Santiago. Chile, $230,000; (6) A S T Ground Station, Western Europe, $500,000; (7) Facility rehabilitations and modifications, various locations, $10,000,000; (8) Expansion of the Visitors Information Center, John F. Kennedv Space Center, $2,100,000; (9) Facility Planning and Design, $3,500,000. (c) For "Research and program management," $693,350,000, of which not to exceed $529,916,000 to be available for personnel and related costs. (d) Appropriations for "Research and development" may be used (1) for any items of a capital nature (other than acquisition of land) which may be required for the performance of research and development contracts, and (2) for grants to nonprofit institutions of higher

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