242 HISTORY OF HI! COMMITTIil ON S< 1LNCF. AND TECHNOLOGY 



This really bothers me. I can't help hut feel that some place along the line we have 

 been had, and I would hope an intelligent man like Dr. Mueller would not be so 

 devoid of practical considerations that he would suggest what he reportedly sug- 

 gested yesterday. 



Karth's feeling about the manned space flight program erupted into the 

 strong opposition he voiced against the Space Shuttle during the 1970 

 consideration of the NASA authorization bill. At that time, Karth led 

 a light to attempt to bring better balance between the manned and 

 unmanned portions of the space program. 



The strong support by the Karth subcommittee for the Earth 

 resources program stimulated additional activity byNASAin the 1970's. 

 The committee also continued to support both the unmanned and 

 manned (Skylab) use of Earth resources satellites. The final meeting of 

 the committee's Panel on Science and Technology in 1972 was devoted 

 to "Remote Sensing of Earth Resources," once again underlining the 

 stress which the committee placed on this useful program. 



SUSTAINING UNIVERSITY PROGRAM 



President Kennedy talked with NASA Administrator Webb early 

 in his administration to urge establishment of a program to enhance 

 scientific manpower and training facilities at the university level. 

 NASA initiated an ambitious program which included funds for con- 

 struction of facilities and laboratory space, training grants, and fel- 

 lowships to increase the supply of scientists and engineers, and research 

 funds to enable universities to support space science. Karth frequently 

 repeated his conviction : 



You can't continue to take apples out of the barrel without replenishing it, 

 otherwise someday you're going to find an empty barrel. 



In 1963, Karth's subcommittee succeeded in winning full com- 

 mittee support for an increase from $30 million to $55 million for the 

 program. Representative Richard L. Roudebush (Republican of 

 Indiana) attacked the increase on the floor, submitting an amendment 

 which would hold the program at a $30 million level. "The size of 

 this training program and facility grants is getting completely out of 

 hand," charged Roudebush, pointing out that NASA hoped to in- 

 crease the number of students enrolled in the program from 900 in 

 September 1963, to 1,500 in 1964, and later increase the number to 

 4,000. Karth responded: 



1 really do not think it is too much to ask that this Ciovernment invest 3 percent 

 in brainpower to do all of the research, all of the development, all of the tests, and 

 all of the evaluation in the various fields of research in which today we are making 

 space history. 



