Jan 16 1958

From The Space Library

The NACA adopted resolution recommending that national space program can be most effectively implemented by the cooperative effort of the Department of Defense, the NACA, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Science Foundation, together with universities, research institutions, and industrial companies of the Nation, with military development and operation of space vehicles a responsibilty of the Department of Defense, and research and scientific space operations the responsibility of the NACA. Special Subcommittee on Outer Space Propulsion created by the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy, Senator Clinton P. Anderson as chairman.

Secretary of State Dulles proposed the formation of an international commission to insure the use of outer space exclusively for peaceful purposes.

NACA adopted a resolution recommending that the national space program be a cooperative effort by DOD, NACA, the National Academy of Sciences, and the National Science Foundation, together with the universities, research institutions, and industrial companies. NACA viewed the development and operation of military space vehicles as the responsibility of DOD, while NACA's primary interest lay in the scientific exploration of space.

"National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Resolution on the Subject of Space Flight, Adopted January 16, 1958."