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James C. Fletcher
Pages 34-39

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... He started his industrial career at Hughes Aircraft Company in 1948. In 1954 he joined the Ramo-Wooldridge Corporation, where he helped develop the broad systems analysis and oversight practices then being initiated for management of the intercontinental ballistic missile programs.
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... Under pressure from the administration to reduce budgets, he chose to fall back from the fully recoverable shuttle design to the partially recoverable configuration we have today. That proposal reduced the development cost by more than 50 percent and was accepted by President Nixon.
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... It called for continuing strong science programs, leadership in aeronautics, support of commercial space programs, and the expansion of human presence in the solar system. Concerned with the ongoing space station definition, Jim felt that it was vital to the future direction of space, but directed a reduction in its size.
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... He was in the first group to receive the Distinguished Alumni Award of the California Institute of Technology, and he held honorary degrees from several colleges and universities. He was awarded the United States Air Force Exceptional Civilian Service Medal, the NASA Distinguished Service Medal, and the American Defense Preparedness Association's Strategic Defense Award.
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... His many contributions to the nation in defense and education, and to the world in civil space, will be permanent reminders of his dedication, intelligence, .
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