Aug 8 1965
From The Space Library
Photographs of Mars by MARINER IV did not contradict his theory that life may exist on that planet, according to Dr. Joshua Lederberg, prof. of genetics at Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, His views were supported by Dr. Carl Sagan of Harvard Univ. and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Dr. Lederberg said important point was that "we still do not know the abundance and distribution of water on Mars, However much there is, almost all of it must be frozen," Presence of water on Mars could be confined to frost covering the polar regions or could even be locked within the Martian crust, Pockets of water could be warmed by volcanic activity, forming pools where life could exist. (Sullivan, NYT, 8/8/65)
Nikolay P. Dubinin, biologist and corresponding member of the U.S.S.R, Academy of Sciences, wrote in Bakinskiy rabochiy that not only cosmic radiation but also weightlessness and vibration would have harmful effects on the human organism during space travel. He said exposure of fruit flies to weightlessness and vibration produced genetic changes which became apparent in the F2 generation. Genetic effects were most apparent in the offspring of flies exposed to actual spaceflight conditions. (Dubinin, Bakinskiy rabochiy, 8/8/65, 4)
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Director Dr. Robert R. Gilruth received the China-Burma-India World War II service group's annual Americanism award at the national convention in Houston as "the man who has contributed the most during the past year to the American way of life." (Houston Chron., 8/8/65)
Indonesia test-fired a research rocket from a site "somewhere in Indonesia," Djakarta radio reported. The rocket reached 210-mi. (338-km.) altitude. (UPI, Houston Chron, 8/8/65)
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