Four stages were incorporated in the project:
Stage I:
Moon map on scale of 1:500,000 and feasibility studies, through 1960 ($200,000)
Stage II:
Expansion and acceleration of Stage I, including balloon photographic reconnaissance and radar investigation, through 1961 ($800,000)
Stage III:
System design per requirements of the lunar mission, through 1962 ($2 million)
Stage IV:
Operational program assembling all system components for lunar mission, through 1963 ($5 million)