Dec 10 1966
From The Space Library
Editorial comment on U.S.-U.S.S.R. agreement on space law treaty announced Dec. 8. New York Times: "No one has yet demonstrated that there would be any military advantage to placing bombs either in orbit or on celestial bodies. But there is a clear need both for space law and for reducing the wasteful competition in space exploration. The ability of Moscow and Washington to reach agreement . . . offers hope of further East-West cooperation on space problems." (NYT, 12/10/66, 36C)
Washington Daily News: ". . . reason and peacefulness have prevailed. And we will all benefit. There will be no military bases or forts, no testing of weapons and tactics-nor their threat or expense. And no claims to territory in space, and thus no arguments and battles over conflicting claims." (Wash. Daily News, 12/10/66)
Washington Post: ". . . the treaty can be applauded for the good that it has achieved as of today; and it can be praised for the larger good that it will do tomorrow when the practical aspects of space relations have become infinitely more pressing. The world will surely have occasion to look back to this day as one that set the nations on the right path and on which the great powers made a wise decision to shun the military exploitation of celestial bodies and of outer space for narrow, nationalistic purposes." (Wash. Post, 12/10/66)
NASA successfully completed third rocket-launched test [see Nov. 5 and 21] of LaRC-managed parachute landing system for Voyager spacecraft. Honest John-Nike rocket launched from WSMR deployed 30-ft.-dia. disc gap band parachute at approximately 130,000-ft. altitude. Voyager program was managed by JPL. (NASA Proj. Off.)
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