Appendix F
BLOCK III VISUAL SCIENCE: MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
The impacting lunar television investigation with Dr. Gerard Kuiper as Principal Investigator has been selected by the Director of the Office of Space Sciences as the scientific experiment of the Ranger Block III space missions.
A clear and mutual understanding of the functions and authorities of the Principal Investigator, Project Manager, and Program Manager is required in order to achieve optimum scientific benefit and effective integration of the investigation with other portions of the project. This agreement stated herein follows the intent of NASA Management Instructions 4-1-1 and 37-1-1 and adapts or amplifies these instructions where necessary to meet the specific requirements of this investigation and project.
This agreement is a statement of the intentions of the signatories, is not binding upon their institutions or organizations, and involves no monetary considerations.
APPLICABILITY
This agreement is applicable to the proposal entitled, "Principal Investigator Program for Ranger Block III" numbered SC 7430 which was submitted to the Office of Space Sciences and subsequently forwarded to the Ranger Project Office, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, for execution and administration. The co-investigators are:
Mr. Raymond Heacock, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dr. Eugene M. Shoemaker, United States Geological Survey
Dr. Harold Urey, University of California, San Diego
Mr. Ewen Whitaker, University of Arizona, Tucson
RESPONSIBILITIES
Project Manager
The Project Manager has the direct responsibility for complete project execution and as such is the focal point for all activities relating to the project. The responsibility and authority of the Project Manager are described in NASA Management Instruction 4-1-1. In the event of discrepancies between this agreement and NASA Management Instructions 4-1-1 and 37-1-1, 37-1-1 governs. In general, it is the responsibility of the Project Manager to achieve the optimum balance between available resources and desired performance for each of the systems associated with the project so as to accomplish project objectives in the best possible manner. His major constraints are project objectives, total available manpower, facilities and funding, and schedule. Specifically with respect to the subject investigation and the associated interfaces, the Project Manager's responsibilities as implemented through the project organization include:
1. Optimizing scientific objectives in consonance with technical and resources constraints.
2. Provide the design, fabrication, and integration of the television camera system to execute the photographic mission as defined in the PDP.
3. Definition of project schedules, resources, risk, quality assurance, operations requirements, and change procedures.
4. Giving appropriate consideration to the responsibilities and authorities of the Principal Investigator in conducting his investigation.
5. Insuring that the Principal Investigator is provided with the necessary documentation covering the design and performance of the TV camera system and the pertinent spacecraft, trajectory, and flight operations information.
6. Establish mission operations plan, and control its implementation and execution.
7. Assuring that public information policy is established, and assuring timely preparation of mission scientific results for public release.
Principal Investigator
The Principal Investigator has the responsibility and authority described generally in NASA Management Instructions 37-1-1. Specifically with respect to the subject investigation, he is responsible to the Project Manager. He will consider decisions by the Project Manager as conclusive and will comply with them unless he promptly appeals to the Program Manager.
Consistent with the project constraints and organization, the Principal Investigator will conduct the following activities and, in the conduct of these, will report to the Space Sciences Division Project Representative as the designated representative of the Project Manager.
1. Define the optimum scientific objectives and functional requirements for the television system.
2. Approve the TV camera system functional specifications as a satisfactory interpretation of the scientific objectives and functional requirements.
3. Assure the adequacy of the qualification and acceptance test plans insofar as they apply to the instrumentation required for this investigation.
4. Participate in a) planning the functional testing and calibration of prototypes and flight instruments, b) calibration tests required prior to flight, and c) in analyses of the results of these tests.
5. Establish the requirements on space flight operations for the kind and degree of intermediate data processing required, and the format in which the data is to be provided the experimenters.
6. Assist in establishing the scientific merit of the various space flight options (standard or otherwise) that must be considered.
7. Participate as a consultant during flight operations as specified in the SFOP.
8. Organize the efforts of, assigning tasks to, and guiding the other members of his team of co-experimenters for the pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight phases.
9. Conducting a scientific analysis of the data obtained through his investigation and disseminating the results. The Principal Investigator shall be the sole arbiter of the recipients of the unanalyzed data, other than his co-experimenters, those at JPL who perform the acquisition and transformation of the data, and those within NASA who have an official function to perform, for a period not to exceed three months after completion of a mission.
10. Provide, within three months of the flight date, a scientific report of the experimenter team describing the results obtained.
11. Meeting the established project requirements.
The Principal Investigator and his co-experimenters will have direct access to information at the TV Subsystem Contractor's (RCA), but all contact must be coordinated with the Space Sciences Division Project Representative; however, all direction of the Contractor will be done solely by JPL.
Program Manager
The Program Manager has the NASA Headquarters staff responsibility of insuring that all decisions on the project which will affect the scientific results of the project are coordinated with the appropriate Headquarters program scientists. Acknowledging this responsibility, it is agreed that the Program Manager will assume the following specific functions relative to this investigation and project:
1. Serving as the primary contact for necessary Headquarters co-ordination relating to the investigation.
2. Keeping the Director informed on project status.
3. Recommending to the Director actions to be taken on proposed changes or modifications in this investigation.
4. Investigating appeals from the Principal Investigator and referring these appeals to the Director for final decision.
CHANGES
Significant modifications to the scientific objectives are to be forwarded by the Project Manager to the Program Manager for referral to the Space Sciences Steering Committee for review and to the Director, Office of Space Sciences, for decision.
Changes to the complement of the investigator team desired by the Principal Investigator should be forwarded to the Program Manager, with the concurrence of the Project Manager, for referral to the Space Sciences Steering Committee for review and to the Director, Office of Space Sciences, for decision.
Dr. Gerard Kuiper (signed) H. M. Schurmeier (signed)
__________________________ ___________________________
Dr. Gerard Kuiper H. M. Schurmeier,
University of Arizona, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
Principal Investigator. Project Manager.
N. W. Cunningham (signed)
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N. W. Cunningham,
NASA Headquarters,
Program Manager.
Dated: 11 September 1963
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