Feb 16 1963
From The Space Library
President Kennedy released report by special panel of President's Science Advisory Committee, report concluding that exchange of scientific information "is an inseparable part of research and development . . . [Scientists should] share many of the burdens that have traditionally been carried on by the professional documentalist .... Science can ultimately cope with the information expansion only if enough of its most gifted practitioners will compact, review and interpret the literature both for their own use and for the benefit of more specialized scientists . . . ." In releasing the report, President Kennedy said: "Strong science and technology is a national necessity, and adequate communication is a prerequisite for strong science and technology." (NYT Co., Atlanta Journal & Constitution, 2/17/63)
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, addressing Rural Electric Cooperatives Association's annual meeting in Las Vegas, said: "In less than 5 years, our country has assumed a solid and secure place of leadership in developing the peaceful and practical uses of outer space. Where once we were, in the judgment of some, lagging behind, today we are, on the basis of clear evidence, forging ahead. Our efforts in space. are in no way dictated by a policy of duplicating the activities of the Soviet. We are not engaged in a race with the Communist scientists-we are engaged in a race to extend the horizons of man's knowledge and to increase the benefits which will better the lives of all men who live on this earth . . . ." (CR.2/18/63,2299)
Instruments onboard MARS I interplanetary probe confirmed existence of a third radiation belt, Soviet news agency Tass announced. Third radiation belt had been discovered in 1959 by Soviet rockets which had gathered particles at 50,000-mi. altitude, Tass said, and its existence was verified when MARS I recorded stream of charged particles far beyond the second radiation belt. Number of particles in this outermost belt greatly exceeded that in first two belts, according to Tass. (AP, Wash. Post, 2/17/63)
Cumberland Plateau Seismological Observatory, near McMinnville, Tenn., was dedicated. Observatory was last of four U.S. observatories designed to measure earth movements as small as one millionth of an inch and built to specifications set by 1958 nuclear test ban conference in Geneva. (AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 2/14/63)
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