Another memo for the Chairman
of the JCS from Gilpatric on
28 Dec.
increases the manpower augmentation
for JTF-8.
61
He authorizes $8 officers and
74 enlisted
t
men assigned
B
to oO DA DASA as Headquarters of JTF-8
and an additional
Cé
assignment of 113 military pers
onnel on a temporary duty basi
s.
wwe A 28 December TWX from Starbird to Ogle and Schuster auu: vases tne moetw..
the previous day which apparently had to do with a booster for the high altitude
shots and Starbird states that he would send a tetter to the
Systems Command
Imaediately requesting a change in the target dates to I5 May and | June for the
first and second shots respectively. The letter to AFSC went from General
Booth and covered the |}
items of agreement.
CY
As for the high altitude tests
a number of points and questions are made by Starbird as follows:
A.
B.
Question exists as to whether
a nosepod should be incorporated
Question exists as to whether the experiment can accept having the booster.
stitl attached |
C.
Question as to the organizational responsibilities for those putting
instrumentation into the pods and Starbird's opinion that the DASA proposal
of using separate contractors can only work if
a knowledgeable Convair
or Douglas man are sitting continually in the shop of those chargad with
integrating the shot payload
D.
.
Question of what payload will be carried in the pods on the Vandenburg
Systems test and whether recovery should be attempted.
E.
Question of who is responsible for telemetry
in the Vandenburg test for
fusing and firing component behavior.
Further Starbird notes that Mustén is trying to arrange a meeting at PMR for
8 January with Ray ana Schuster in attendance and a Mr. Hendrix.
Starbird is
planning to talk with Kiley at Field Command on 4 January and requests Ogle
join him there.