Aug 28 1961
From The Space Library
NASA selected Vitro Engineering Co. for negotiation of a design contract for an engine maintenance and disassembly building, one of the facilities to be a part of the National Nuclear Rocket Development Center.
Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, Commander of Air Force Systems Command, said that plans to orbit a monkey in Discoverer XXII (March 30) were canceled at the last minute, and that such plans had not been rescheduled.
Reported that Martin Co. originally required 75,000 man-hours to produce the first Titan I's, which had now been reduced to 19,000 man-hours per Titan. Man-hour rate for the first five Titan II's averaged 35,000 man-hours on each one.
Lt. Hunt Hardisty, U.S. Navy, pilot, and Lt. Earl H. DeEsch flew an F4H Phantom II over the 3-kilometer course of Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex., and averaged 902.769 miles per hour for a new world's record for speed at low altitude.
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