Aug 22 1966
From The Space Library
NASA had canceled hardware development and fabrication of Apollo experiments pallet which was designed to hold modular experiments and to fit into a section of the Apollo Service Module. Four firms selected in November 1965 for four-month Phase 1A design studies had been advised of decision: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co.; Martin Co.; McDonnell Aircraft Corp.; and Northrop Space Laboratories. (NASA Release 66-224)
Twenty-two non-U.S. airlines-14 that had reserved delivery positions for SST and eight that might be potential customers-had been invited to conduct independent evaluations of the competing U.S. SST designs, Aviation Week reported. (Av. Wk., 8/22/66,26)
Many Ufo's might be corona discharge-balls of ionized air-originating along high-tension electric power lines, suggested Phillip J. Klass in Aviation Week. After comparing corona discharge and reported behavior of Ufo's, Klass found that they were similar in everything but size. Discrepancy in size might be from illusionary nature of light, fright of the observers, or lack of familiar objects for comparison. Klass emphasized that his theory could not explain all such sightings, but urged USAF to continue investigating corona discharge theory. (Klass, Av. Wk., 8/22/66, 48-60)
The study of future national space objectives by the House Committee on Science and Astronautics' Subcommittee on NASA Oversight was termed a "timely and thoughtful" document in Technology Week editorial by William J. Coughlin. Noting that its major contribution (`is to focus attention on the urgent need for a major decision concerning the nation's space program," Coughlin added: "Not only does Congress have a role to play in such decisions, but the Teague subcommittee is moving to fill a vacuum in the decision-making process. The Administration has shown itself reluctant to bring forth decisions in this area. NASA itself has backed away from defining the next space objective. The subcommittee is performing a valuable national service in attempting to bring the matter to a head." (Tech. Wk., 8/22/66, 50)
In editorial on current public debate over need for space rescue system, Robert Hotz noted in Aviation Week that NASA had "spent considerable time, money and ingenuity in designing safety into its manned spaceflight hardware" and in "developing sound operational procedures" that minimize the opportunity for disaster. He added that hearings conducted b Rep. Olin Teague (D-Tex.), chairman of the Manned Spaceflight Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, and a RAND Corp. study commissioned by NASA should provide "much useful data on which to base a technically sound and economically feasible program that can provide the maximum space safety possible without jeopardizing the basic goals of the missions." (Av. Wk., 8/22/66, 11)
USAF School of Aerospace Medicine had concluded 15-day test to evaluate effects of increased carbon dioxide on four airmen in spacecraft cabin simulator. One of a series of such experiments, the latest took the level of experience up to the 4% CO2 mark, compared with normal ground level conditions of 0.033% CO2. Aim was to assess problems astronauts might have to face with a partial failure of their life support system. (Tech. Wk., 8/22/66, 4)
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