Aug 18 1966
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. transmitted to US. for first time information obtained from its only known meteorological satellite, COSMOS CXXII, launched June 25. Previously, U.S.S.R. had relayed only conventional observations from land stations, ships, and balloons. Direct telecommunications channel between Moscow and Washington, D.C., had been established after March 1963 signing of bilateral agreement for exchange of meteorological satellite data under June 1962 space cooperation accord. (Bird, IVYT, 8/20/66, 1; AP, Wash. Post, 8/21/66, A6)
USAF launched unidentified satellite with Scout booster from WTR. (U.S. Aeron. & Space Act., 1966, 155)
NASA test pilot William H. Dana flew X-15 No. 3 to 3,545 mph (mach 5.20) and 178,000-ft. altitude in flight test for altitude buildup. As secondary mission, pilot performed maneuvers to check out boundary-layer noise, horizontal tail loads, and heat transfer panels. (X-15 Proj. Off.)
U.N. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg told Senate Committee on Foreign Relations he was "encouraged" about chances for reaching agreement with U.S.S.R. on treaty to ensure peaceful uses of outer space but that several key issues"-including U.S.S.R.'s position on reporting its activities in space-still posed obstacles after 24 days of negotiations in Geneva. Goldberg said that despite this and other problems, he believed "the basis for resolving the outstanding issues has already been agreed upon." (AP, Wash. Post, 8/18/66, A1)
Joint Senate-House Conference Committee on Independent Offices Appropriations reported out H.R. 14921 which included a $4,968,000,000 NASA FY 1967 appropriation: R&D, $4,245,000,000; construction of facilities, $83,000,000; administrative operations, $640,000,000. (NASA LAR V/136)
National Labor Relations Board settled AFL-CIO sheet metal workers strike that began at KSC Aug. 16 to protest use of nonunion labor to install sheet metal and plumbing on Saturn V mobile service tower. Over 1,000 of 1,300 construction workers had honored picket lines. (AP, Phil. Eve. Bull., 8/ 18/66)
Helicopter-like atmosphere-entry-and-descent system employing unpowered rotor was undergoing wind tunnel testing at ARC as means of returning to earth from space. System could land on any solid, level surface and return vehicles of wide range of shapes from orbit; most of the lift would be supplied by auto-rotor and not by aerodynamic shape of vehicle. In orbit, blades for rotor system would be folded and stowed. On approaching earth, blades would be released and passage through atmosphere would start them turning. (NASA Release 66-217)
Government of Pakistan announced plans to use comsats to relay telephone communications between East and West Pakistan. Two satellite tracking stations would be built-one in each province-and would be operative by 1968. (Reuters, NYT, 8/18/66,38)
Colonization of ocean floor would be more useful to man than colonization of the moon, said B. G. Anderson, senior research psychologist for General Dynamics Corp.'s Electric Boat Div. at joint AIAA-USN Marine Systems Conference in Los Angeles. The food and minerals available to man in and under the oceans were more important natural resources - and more easily retrieved -than any likely to be found on the moon or elsewhere in the solar system. (L.A. Times, Wash. Post, 8/18/66, H4)
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