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Compelling Urge. For the whys and wherefores of the new "national space program," the U.S. could look to the deceptively simple, 4,000-word space primer turned out by members of the Science Advisory Committee under the direction of White House Science Aide James R. Killian Jr. of M.I.T. (see EDUCATION). Chief why: "Space technology affords new opportunities for scientific observation and experiment which will add to our knowledge and understanding of the earth, the solar system, and the universe." Defense and national prestige play their roles as well, but the scientists gave top billing to the one overpowering drive...
...space work done within the Defense Department will be under Secretary McElroy himself." McElroy put his thumbprint on an advancing age by setting up an Advanced Research Projects Agency, by appointing General Electric Vice President Roy W. Johnson, 52, to run it (see Defense). Presidential Science Adviser James R. Killian Jr. undertook a classification of ways, means and reasons for space exploration. The armed services and all space dreamers seized the moment to plug for their pet projects (see cut). And the Congress correlated space with politics; Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson's carefully drawn resolution establishing an Astronautical...
...question of what kind of federal agency should control the U.S. space offensive burst on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue last week. Under discussion by a select and secret committee set up by the President and chaired by Scientific Adviser Dr. James Killian were four possible answers...
...space. McElroy is determined that his long-discussed Advanced Research Projects Agency(ARPA) will handle development of future space projects. The services-which have their own designs on space-are complaining bitterly and effectively that ARPA will be a costly duplication, a fourth service. Presidential Science Adviser James R. Killian is arguing for a plan to turn the ARPA mission over to the independent, efficient National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, headed by Lieut. General Jimmy Doo-little-a plan pushed by both the Navy and the NACA...
...final approval of HEW's four-year plan for aid to scientific education (see EDUCATION). One day, comfortably dressed in a checked sports shirt and sports jacket, Ike sat at a coffee table for two hours with Budget Director Percival Brundage and Science Adviser Dr. James R. Killian Jr. for a page-by-page budget review...