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Telstar, Relay, and Syncom arc virtually household words. Hardly an American 

 or Western European has not witnessed the miracle oi intercontinental television 

 transmitted by the first experimental communications satellites. A great deal of 

 research still needs to be done, but an economical commercial system now appears to 

 be just over the horizon. 



At the beginning of 1965, the membership of the Karth and 

 Hechler subcommittees changed again, producing the following 

 lineups: 



Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications 



Democrats Republicans 



Joseph E. Karth, Minnesota, Chairman Charles A. Mosher, Ohio 

 Thomas N. Downing, Virginia Barber B. Conable, Jr., New York 



Roy A. Taylor, North Carolina 

 Walter H. Moeller, Ohio 

 William R. Anderson, Tennessee 

 Weston E. Vivian, Michigan 



Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Technology 



Democrats Republicans 



Ken Hechler, West Virginia, Chairman Thomas M. Pelly, Washington 

 John W. Davis, Georgia John W. Wydler, New York 



William F. Ryan, New York 

 George E. Brown, Jr., California 

 Lester L. Wolff, New York 



NASA's role in the communications satellite area diminished 

 toward the end of the decade as the Communications Satellite Cor- 

 poration expanded its activities. Also, budgetary limitations were a 

 strong factor in the phasing out of NASA research and development 

 in communications satellites in the early 1970's. 



Meanwhile, the Karth subcommittee had taken an increasing 

 interest in the Applications Technology Satellite — an outgrowth of 

 the Syncom program of the Hughes Aircraft Co. — as well as paving 

 the groundwork for the highly successful Earth Resources Technology 

 Satellite. Starting with the world-wide telecasts of the Tokyo Olympic 

 Games in 1964, the communications satellites represented a dramatic 

 illustration to peoples throughout the world of the success of the 

 space program and the interest of the Science Committee in extending 

 the program for the benefit of all mankind. 



ELECTRONICS RESEARCH CENTER 



Room 214-B of the Longworth Building was crowded, as usual, 

 with spectators, witnesses, and news media representatives on the 

 afternoon of February 26, 1963- Committee members directed their 



