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The original documents are located in Box 43, folder "1975/04/11 - Presentation of the
Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy" of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R.
Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 43 of the James M. Cannon Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 10, 1975
PRESENTATION OF ROBERT H. GODDARD
MEMORIAL TROPHY
Friday, April 11, 1975
12:30 p.m. (20 minutes)
The Oval Office
From:
Jim Cannon
I. PURPOSE
To present, on behalf of the National Space Club,
the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy to Astronaut
Gerald Carr, who will recieve the award on behalf
of all 9 Skylab Astronauts (listed at Tab A).
II. BACKGROUND, PARTICIPANTS AND PRESS PLAN
A. Background:
The Goddard Trophy was established in 1958 and
is administered by the National Space Club.
The recipient of the award is selected annually
by the Board of Governors of the Club for
"great achievement in advancing space-flight
programs contributing to United States leader-
ship in astronautics." Previous winners of the
trophy are listed at Tab B.
The Goddard Trophy is the most important of
8 awards made annually at the Space Club's
annual Goddard Memorial dinner (to be held
Friday night at the Statler Hilton).
The presentation you are making will be repeated
at the dinner, where the presentation will be made
by Congressman Olin Teague, who received the award
in 1974. Congressman Teague will also attend
your presentation.
The National Space Club is a nontechnical group
composed of people from industry, government,
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educational institutions and the press which
seeks to promote U.S. leadership in astronautics.
The Skylab Program included the unmanned Saturn
Workshop which was launched on May 14, 1973, and
3 unmanned missions:
22 days -- May 25 to June 22, 1973
59 days -- July 28 to September 25, 1973
84 days -- November 16, 1973 to February 8, 1974
Astronaut Gerald Carr was the Commander of the
third manned mission. (Biography at Tab C)
B. Participants:
Congressman Olin Teague
Astronaut Gerald Carr (Marine Colonel)
National Space Club President Fred E. Everett and
Vice Presidents John Frank and William S. Dempsey
NASA Administrator James Fletcher and Associate
Administrator J.L. Yardley
Guest: Mrs. Gerald Carr
White House: Jim Cannon
Staff: Mike Duval
C. Press Plan: White House Photographer and
Press Photo Opportunity
III. TALKING POINTS
In making the presentation, you are asked to read
the citation at Tab D.
The Skylab program (a) demonstrated beyond question
man's ability to survive and work in space for long
periods, (b) yielded new information about the earth's
resources, (c) provided new information about the
sun's dynamics, and (d) provided other new scientific
information from a large number of experiments in space.
Despite strong budgetary pressures, we are maintaining
a strong U.S. space program. My 1976 budget requests
$3.5 billion for NASA -- a 9% increase over 1975.
I was pleased to receive Jim Fletcher's report this
week that the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) is
proceeding on schedule for the July 15th launch, that
the cooperation between the U.S. and USSR teams has
been excellent, and that we are expecting significant
accomplishments from the joint mission.
TAB A
SKYLAB CREWS
FIRST MANNED MISSION (May 25 to June 22, 1973 --- 22 days)
- Commander
- Charles Conrad, Jr.
- Science Pilot
- Joseph P. Kerwin
- Pilot
- Paul J. Weitz
SECOND MANNED MISSION (July 28 to September 25, 1973 --
59 1/2 days)
- Commander
- Alan L. Bean
- Science Pilot
- Owen K. Garriott
- Pilot
- Jack Lousma
THIRD MISSION (November 16, 1973 to February 7, 1974 --
84 days)
- Commander
- Gerald P. Carr
- Science Pilot
- Edward G. Gibson
- Pilot
- William R. Pogue
TAB B
Goddard Trophy
Recipients of the Robert H. Goddard Trophy
1958 - Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, George C. Marshall
Space Flight Center, NASA
1959 - S.K. Hoffman, President of Rocketdyne
1960 - Karel J. Bassart, General Dynamics/Astronautics
1961 - Lockheed Missiles and Space Company
1962 - Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, Director, Manned Spacecraft
Center, NASA
1963 - Lt. Colonel John H. Glenn, Jr., USMC
1964 - Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator, NASA
1965 - Dr. William H. Pickering, Director, Jet Propulsion
Laboratory
1966 - The Honorable Lyndon B. Johnson, President of the
United States
1967
- The Honorable George P. Miller, Chairman, Committee
on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of
Representatives
1968 - Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Associate Administrator;
NASA
1969 - The Apollo 8 Astronauts: Colonel Frank Borman, USAF;
Captain James A. Lovell, Jr., USN; Lt. Colonel William A.
Anders, USAF
1970 - The Apollo 11 Astronauts; Neil A. Armstrong;
Colonel Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., USAF; Colonel Michael
Collins, USAF
1971 - James E. Webb, Former Administrator, NASA
1972 - The Honorable Clinton Anderson, Former Senator
from New Mexico
1973 - George M. Low, Deputy Administrator of NASA
1974 - Olin Teague, Congressman from Texas
TAB C
NASA ASTRONAUT GERALD P. CARR - COLONEL, USMC
Born in Denver, Colorado on August 22, 1932, and raised
in Santa Ana, California, which he considers his
hometown.
Graduated from Santa Ana High School; received a
Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Southern California in 1954
and in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Naval
Postgraduate School in 1961, and a Master of Science
degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Princeton
University in 1962.
Began his military career in 1949 with the Navy, and
in 1950 he was appointed a midshipman (NROTC) and
enrolled in the University of Southern California.
Upon graduation in 1954, he received his commission.
He received his flight training at Pensacola, Florida,
and Kingsville, Texas. After postgraduate training, he
served with Marine All-Weather-Fighter-Squadron 122
from 1962 to 1965 piloting the F-8 Crusader in the
United States and the Far East.
Colonel Carr is one of the 19 astronauts selected by
NASA in April 1966. He served as a member of the
astronaut support crews and was involved in the develop-
ment and testing of the lunar roving vehicle which was
used on the lunar surface by Apollo flight crews.
He was commander of the third manned visit to the Skylab
orbital workshop, launched November 16, 1973, and
concluded February 8, 1974. This was the longest
manned flight (84 days 1 hour 15 minutes) in the history
of manned space exploration to date. Colonel Carr and
his Skylab 4 teammates share the world record for
individual time in space: 2017 hours 15 minutes 32 seconds,
and Carr logged 15 hours and 48 minutes in three EVAs
outside the orbital workshop.
Married to the former JoAnn Ruth Petrie of Santa Ana,
California.
Six children: Jennifer (age 19), Jamee and Jeffrey (age 17),
John (age 13), and Jessica and Joshua (age 11).
TAB D
CITATION
"The Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy is presented
to the 9 Skylab Astronauts for their exceptional
accomplishments in the Skylab program. They
demonstrated that man can live and work in space
for an extended period. They established beyond
question the preeminence of the United States in
space exploration. "