Dec 2 1973
From The Space Library
The drive-through tour of Kennedy Space Center and Cape Kennedy Air Force Station was suspended because of the energy conservation program. NASA's Visitor Information Center would continue its escorted bus tours. (KSC Release 266-73)
A real estate boom apparently would replace the space boom with the end of the Skylab program at Cape Canaveral, the Atlantic Journal Constitution said. Layoffs following Skylab's end would reduce aerospace employment on the Cape to its lowest point in a decade; a total work force of less than 10 000 had been projected for December 1974. But unlike the cutbacks in 1969 and 1970, there was no panic. An influx of retirees from the North and from southern Florida had caused a shortage of homes. Unemployment in Brevard County was down to 4.2%; the area had once led the nation with more than 8% unemployed. (Hesser, Atlanta IC, 12/2/73)
December 2-10: The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Working Group on Space Biology and Medicine met at Johnson Space Center to continue exchanging medical data and results from U.S. and Soviet manned flight experience. The Group-cochaired by Dr. Charles A. Berry, NASA Director of Life Sciences, and Dr. N. N. Gurovsky of the Soviet Academy of Sciences-discussed vestibular disturbances and the characteristics of human blood circulation under space flight conditions and developed recommendations for using common biomedical procedures. The Soviet delegation reported on pre- and postflight cardiovascular evaluations with lower-body negative pressure during the Soyuz 12 mission (launched Sept. 27) . The report would permit the first direct comparison of Apollo, Skylab, and Soyuz data. The Soviet delegation visited JSC Mission Operations Control to observe facilities for monitoring the health of Skylab crews, Skylab one-g trainers, and the Skylab mobile laboratories. The Group's recommendations would be forwarded to the NASA Administrator and the President of the Soviet Academy of Sciences for confirmation. (NASA Release 73-273)
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