Aug 13 1974
From The Space Library
NASA began "Outlook for Aeronautics," a comprehensive 10-mo planning study to assess aeronautical challenges and opportunities for 1980-2000. Under the leadership of Dr. Leonard Roberts, Director of Aeronautics and Flight Systems at Ames Research Center, representatives of NASA, Federal Aviation Administration, and Dept of Defense would survey NASA, industry, and Government to determine probable directions of civil and military aviation, technological advances needed, and the role of NASA.
In a 4 Oct. letter to NASA employees Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, said, "We want to produce a study that will assist NASA in presenting the best possible aeronautics program relevant to national needs, for the remainder of this century, to the Administration, the Congress, and the people." In the aeronautical world market, the U.S. had sold more than $235 billion worth of products-not including space products-over the past 25 yrs, maintaining a favorable balance of trade for a nation that might otherwise have been in the red. In preparing this long-range study, "we have the great responsibility of indicating how America's preeminent position in aeronautics can be maintained and enhanced. The stakes are too high for any other approach." (NASA Activities, 15 Oct 74, 2-3, 11-13; NASA. OAST, Civil Aircraft Progs Off, interview, 13 Nov 75)
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