MSS REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP85M00364R000400550052-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 19, 2010
• Sequence Number: 52
• Publication Date: August 9, 1983
• Content Type: MEMO

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D/State/INR's Comments on MSS
Dictated by Bill Deary, 9 Aug. 1983
9 August 1983
MEMORANDUM FOR: DDCI
FROM: D/State/INR
SUBJECT: MSS Report
I have reviewed the MSS Draft of August 4 and believe that Option 3
would be preferable from an intelligence point of view. It would provide
additional time to produce a serious study of the issue and is, I believe,
the option most appropriate for Presidential decision. Option 2, however, would
be acceptable since the costs would be substantially less than the MSS and
the development initiatives contemplated would seem desirable anyway for
national security and civil applications.
Will LDX hard-copy over.
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MSS Options
OPTION 1: COMMIT NOW TO A PERMANENTLY MANNED CIVIL SPACE STATION.
System Description:
- Manned base to house 6-8 (Living module, Utility module, Docking
hub, two attached operations modules)
- Two unmanned platforms: one in polar orbit; one in low inclination
orbit.
- Teleoperator Maneuvering System based in space station.
Cost:
- $8.0 billion (FY 1984 dollars) for DDT&E through IOC.
- FY 1985 cost: $225 million.
- Not included: Transportation to/from station, cost of applications
instruments, Shuttle TMS, 0&M costs, Space Station definition costs.
IOC: 1991
Possible Future Elements:
- Enlarged manned base (12-18 persons)
- Increased power
- Space-based orbital transfer vehicle (OTV)
- Manned base in polar orbit
OPTION 2: COMMIT NOW TO EVOLUTIONARY DEVELOPMENT OF EXPANDED STS CAPABILITIES
AND UNMANNED PLATFORMS.
System Description:
- Power extension package for Shuttle (20 days with crew of 4)
- Two unmanned platforms as in Option 1.
$1.3 billion (FY 1984 dollars) for DDT&E.
FY 1985 Cost: $190 million.
Possible Future Elements: Space based OTV.
OPTION 3: DEFER COMMITMENT TO EITHER OPTION 1 OR OPTION 2 PENDING ADDITIONAL
DEFINITION OF REQUIREMENTS, COSTS, AND RISKS.
UNCLASSIFIED
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Compromise Option
Option: Commit to a ermanentl manned Space Station as a Ion -term goal but
defer comm tment to s eci c ma or ar ware o t ons pending additional
definition of requirements, costs and risks.
Description: Under this option, NASA would be tasked to define a program
containing appropriate study, technology development, and space research that
would support an architectural decision and major hardware procurement in the
FY 1988 time frame and lead to a Space Station IOC in the mid-1990s. The
objective of the efforts prior to 1988 would be to define more completely
requirements, costs and risks of a Space Station. Special emphasis would be
placed on understanding potential national security uses, recognizing that
unique national security requirements may not be found.
UNCLASSIFIED
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TAB LIST
1. Memorandum for Multiple Addressees dated 4 August 1983; Subject:
Third SIG(Space) Meeting, August 10, 1983 (ER 83-1642/4)
2. Space Station Report (DRAFT) dated 4 August 1983
3. Manned Space Station Working Group Report
4. NSSD 5-83 dated 11 April 1983
5. Memorandum for Mr. John Hodge, Chairman, SIG(Space) MSS Working Group
dated 19 May 1983; Subject: MSS Requirements Review
6. Agency Comments on MSS Report (CIA: TS 832732; State:
NRO:
7. NSSD 13-83 dated 15 December 1982
8. Memorandum for Members, SIG(Space) dated 22 March 1933; Subject: SIG(Space)
Meeting
9. Note for DCI from D/PPS w/MFR from dated 5 August 1983;
Subject: NASA MSS Briefing to DIRNSA on 4 August 1983
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