About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline

PSAD-76-133 1 (1976-06-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaauya0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 

REI~8


5?-


b te  .   a Congressionaj Relation;5

  REPORT TO THE COMMITTEE
  ON SCIENCE AND TEiCHNOLOGY
  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

  BY THE COMPTIROLLER GENE -RAL
  OF THE UNITED STATES
                                 --___________ U II IIIIi! II 1llIIIII
                                               LM090807



  Acquisition And Utilization


Of Wind Tunnels By Th

National Aeronautics A

Space Administration


GAO has reviewed a total of 74 wind tunnels
costing about $309 million. During Fiscal year
1975 the average use of NASA wind tunnels
ranged from 59 percent for hypersonic tun-
nels to 76 percent for subsonic tunnels. Oper-
ating costs totaled about $18 million.
NASA is in the process of centralizing its
aeronautical research activities and eliminat-
ing unneeded faciiities. NASA plans to con-
struct a new wind tunnel costing about $65
milion and plans to modify others.








PSAD-76-133


n  u* 2 .3 OFFICE
  UlI ' V s7,s?6


JUNIE 23 , 1 9 7 6

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

profiles profiles most