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• Publication Date: July 3, 1978
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UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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SUBJECT: VI. Equipment and Technology Overlap Between Civil, Military, and
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Issue #7: How should data and technology sharing be assured to best meet
national space requirements:
DISCUSSION:
The institutional separation between civil, military, and national intelligence
programs has been thoroughly examined in PRM-11, in EO 12036, in PRM-23, and
in the ensuing PD-37. What is needed, however, is to examine areas where data,
equipment, and technology sharing should take place. This would avoid undue
duplication and overlap--assuring that if one agency can do or is doing a function
better than another both would not carry out the function. Space functional
responsibilities between the sectors to best meet national space requirements,
while maintaining appropriate security, needs to be rationalized. As such, the
task force must provide the following information on the various sectors' space
activities by program category (e.g., weather, communications, space sciences):
o National needs met by this program.
Current needs.
- Future needs.
o Performance/capability requirements resulting from national needs.
Current performance/capability requirements.
Future performance/capability requirements.
o Specific projects to meet national needs. Identify outputs of each.
Currently operational.
Approved for launch.
- Likely future projects (to be initiated by FY 1985).
o Resource requirements by program and project by year and total estimated
cost for each project.
Approved for launch.
Likely future projects (to be initiated by FY 1985).
For each approved or likely future project, the extent of interagency cooperation
(e.g., sharing of technology, data, equipment, capabilities) needs to be assessed.
Likewise, the rationale for assigning functional responsibilities to one agency
vis-a-vis another should be made. Duplication and overlapping activities will
be identified. In addition, the fask force should identify where slight system
modifications would permit one agency to operate a common system for multiple
uses.
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CRADUM FOR TIE RECORD
ELWECT: Visit to NASA (600 Indep Ave) Concerning First Meeting of
Task Force on Remote Sensing
25X1A 1. On 30 June 1978 (COMIREX staff) visited Dr. Bill Rainey
(Office of Associate Administrator for Space and Terrestrial Applications,
NASA) to discuss the first meeting of the Civil Space Policy Task Force
on Remote Sensing that was held earlier that day. The principal matters
discussed at this first meeting, as identified by Dr. Rainey, are
summarized below.
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2. Dr. A. J. Calio, Chairman of Task Force, distributed a list of
Task Force members (incl 1) and an extract of nominal issues based on
a paper by DT. Frank Press, President's Adviser on Science and -Technology
(incl 2).
3. General discussion centered around the question of what is meant by
the issues in the Press Paper? It was felt the focus of the Task Force
should be on National Systems vis-a-vis civil/domestic use.
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4. Direction of the TaskcYorce viii be to look into what actions the
Government should take in the next few years. First the matter of What
capabilities need to be acquired will be addressed; then questions on organizations
issues will follow.
.5. The Task Force was divided into two parts: "caoabilities"(DOE, State,
AID, NOAA, NASA) and "institutional" (Agriculture, Interior, DOD, IC Staff,
NASA). Members of the groups will work as individuals. State is expected -
to prepare a listing of related actions in the UN (especially Outer Space
Committee).
6. The "institutional" group will consider the following Rinds of matters:
creation of a Federal Survey Administration for remote sensing, feasibility
of commercial operations, scope of Government control over remote sensing,
identification of "institutional" functions.
T. Future meeting schedule: 6 July (all day), 10 July (..P.4_ session), 13 July
(all day), and 18 July (all day).. This schedule is based on the requirement
to submit a Task force draft on space policy options to OSTP by 20 July.
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AGENCY NAME/TITLE/ADDRESS PHONE
NASA Dr. Anthony J. Calio 755-8588
Associate Administrator for Space
and Terrestrial Applications
NASA Headquarters, E-1
Washington, DC 20546
Interior
Commerce
DOD
Dr. John M. DeNoyer
Director, EROS Program
,Geological Survey-
Department of the Interior
1925 Newton Square East
Reston, VA 22090
Mr. David S. Johnson
Director, National Environmental
Satellite Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Department of Commerce
W.aShington, DC 20233
Clifford A. Spdhn
Deputy Director, National Environmental
Satellite-Service
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
Department of Commerce
Washington, DC 20233
Adm. Ross N. Williams
Military Assistant to the Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Research
and Engineering -
Department of Defense
Washington, DC 20301
860-7881
763-7190
763-71-90
695-7417
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State
AID
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Col_ Robert B. Eddington
Department of State
Roam 4333
Washington, DC 20520
Mt. Stephen R. Bond
Legal Director for UN Affairs
Department of State
Roam 5429
Washington, DC 20520
Mr. David P. Stewart
Assistant Legal Director for
UN Affairs
Department of State
Room 5429
Washington, DC 20520
Dr. Charles K. Paul
Manager, Remote Sensing Programs
Office of Science and Technology
Agency .for International Development
Rosslyn Plaza C, Room 203
Washington, DC 20523
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Mr. Charles F. Withington
Remote Sensing Project Manager
Office of Science and Technology
Agency for International Development
Rosslyn Plaza C, Room 203
Washington, DC 20523
OMB Mr. Josh De Jong
Science and Space Program Branch
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, DC 20503
632-2432
632-1320
632-0557
235-9165
' 235-9165
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AGENCY NAME/TITLE/ADDRESS
Agriculture
Energy
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Mr. William E. Kibler.
Deputy Administrator for
Statistics, ESCS
Department of Agriculture
Washington, DC 20250
- Mr. Richard McArdle
World Food and Agriculture Outlook
and Situation Board
Department of Agriculture
- Washington, DC ,20250
Col. Gregory Canavan
Office of Energy Research
DepaiLluent of Energy
20 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20545
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III. Government and Private Role in Remote Sensing
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NOMINAL ISSUES
Issue 3. That are the organizational questions that need
to be addressed to further exploit civil remote
sensing capabilities?
Possible options and questions that need to be
addressed include: whether to continue present
arrangement with NASA sustaining lead agency
responsibility for civil remote sensing R&D with
the user agencies responsible for data processing
and distribution; whether to establish a Federal
Survey Administration, for example, that would
operate and aggregate remote sensing requirements
across the board; or whether and how to encourage
user agencies to operate and determine what
technologies and systems should be advanced to
meet their individual requirements: Careful
analysis is needed of the public vs. private
sector responsibilities. -Of course, the budget
and possible financing arrangements of these
various approaches must be addressed.
Issue 4. 'How should the US proceed with remote sensing
, capabilities developed under LANDSAT and other
remote sensing activities?
Possible approaches Vould include: to continue
experimentation in a limited R&D environment with
a, commitment to continuity of data services at
least through 1985; or to declare the undertaking
of a full-scale, operational demonstration program
for a_period of 10 years with a decision on
operational status by 1985- Specifically, the
various modes of transition of Landsat from R&D
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to operational status need' to be examined. Like-
wise, analysis of the private vs. public sector
responsibilities is needed. How to respond to
and encourage initiatives of the US private sector
for involvement in remote sensing needs to be
evaluated and various alternatives considered.
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? As?part of the preparation for this series of studies,
optional positions on issues were prepared by OSTP as
? examples. Those relevant to our work follow:
Issue 5 On Oraanization:
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Option 1:- Continue present arrangement with NASA sustaining
lead agency responsibility in civil remote sensing
with user agencies responsible for data processing
and distribution.
'OptiOn : EstabliSh-a Federal Survey Administration that
would operate and aggregate-remote sensing
- requirements across the board.
- Option 3: Allow user agencies to operate and determine what
technologies and systems should be advanced to
meet their individual requirements (i.e., NOAA).
Issue 6 On Post LANDSAT Activities:
? Option 1: Continue experimentation and assessment of potential
_. utility in a limited R&D environment (current policy)
Option 2: Declare it the intent of the US to move rapidly
to operational remote sensing with a commitment
to continuity of R&D services at least through
1985 while systep is being established and
implemented (no legislation or international
agreement required).
- Option Declare the US is undertaking a full-scale opera-
tional demonstration program for a period of
- 10: years. Continuity of data-would be assured,
during that period and a decision on operational
status would be announced in 1985.
Issue 7 On Encouraging the Private Sector:
Option 1: Defer the issue until a private sector proposal
is tendered.
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consortium similar to COMSAT to carry out
remote sensing under US government supervision '
(would require legislation).
Option 3: Establish a public sector corporation with the
franchise to carry out government-directed
remote sensing (would require legislation).
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'Admiral Murphy
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Room 2E812
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Bob Eddington
State/OES
Room 4333 Main State
632-2432
Wreath Cathwright
State, S/P
Room 7330
632-1009
Elaine Horton
State, S/P
Room 7330
632-1494
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FROM: Art Morrissey
SUBJECT: "l';u-t of" Reconnaissance from Sp-ee
Dr- Brzezinski requested that the Space Policy Revie Committee analyze
the implications of maintaining the "fact of" reconnaissance from space.
Policy options should hr included in the space policy' paper due to the
--President on September 1. This effort should be wrapped under Task
Force VI as a sub-task and should not distract from t e initial Task
Force VI assignments. State has done considerable wok on this issue
_ over the past several months. So as not to duplicatel this effort,
7-suggest that you draw heavily on the material State hs developed.
The thrust of the effort should be to focus on the fo lowing issue: Is
- a change in current policy beyond NSC/PD-37 concerning utilization of
information derived from remote sensing systems in th ultimate national
interest? If so, to what extent and in what manner should such a change
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be made, beginning with the acknowledgement of the "fact of" reconnais-
sance? Determine whelhor lhe benefits to be derived n defense of our
foreign and defon,:r policio!: sufficiently outweigh th, potential risks.
Assure that a change will not constitute an ultimate threat to national
security. The analyqir: .:hould address the needs for a careful imple-
mentation plan to assure that potentially negative impacts of such
action are solved. Some include: consultation with Congress, Allies,
and the Soviets: international legal considerations; nd security plan
to assure that public government exposure does not re at in a breakdown
- of existing security systems.
Those agencies involved in Task Force VI, plus ACDA, should be involved
in-this sub-task.
cc: Dave Williamson, NASA
t.skite, Commerce
Robert Eddington, State
Dan Taft, OMB
Alan Jones, ACDA
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