In a report to the NSC, a high level executive in the NSPO who had returned from abroad to take up his position described the development of the Satellite Project in six stages: "a high level of enthusiasm, waking from the dream, panic, the search for a scapegoat, punishment of the innocent, and commendation of outsiders who have not actually participated in the project."
太空計畫室一位自國外延聘回國的高層主管，曾在國科會簡報時，用六個階段來形容衛星計畫發展的過程：「高度的熱忱、迷夢中的醒悟、慌張、追查罪首、懲罰無辜者、讚賞並表揚未真正參與做事的局外人。」