Feb 9 1964
From The Space Library
NASA announced FAA-NASA Memorandum of Understanding specifying NASA's role in development of U.S. supersonic transport aircraft, under overall responsibility of FAA. NASA would furnish facilities, background research, technical advice, and resources to FAA and would conduct advanced flight research. In addition, NASA would conduct necessary background research to provide supporting technology and technical assistance and make available NASA'S facilities and technical resources. In flight testing phase, FAA would be responsible for direction and acceptance testing, and certification trials; NASA Would be responsible for flight research with its own funds, instrumentation, and resources. (NASA Release 64-28)
Balloon with instrumented payload to measure light given off by oxygen at high altitudes was launched from Palestine, Tex., landing later that day at Roganville, Tex. (Houston Chron., 2/10/64)
Project Amos, ARPA project to develop and operate full-scale infrared astronomical observatory, was described by Howard Simons in the Washington Post. To be installed on 10,000-ft.-high Mt. Haleakala on Hawaiian Island of Maui, the observatory would be used in twofold program: research in locating and identifying missile nose cones and satellites; and study of infrared characteristics of missiles and satellites as well as earth's atmosphere, the sun, stars, moon, and planets. (Simons, Wash. Post, 2/9/64, E3)
Information conditioning unit that converts data for computer use much more rapidly than any before had been tested on USN satellite, according to Applied Physics Laboratory of Johns Hopkins Univ., inventor of the system. System was said to reduce to hours the weeks or months previously required for conversion of satellite data into usable scientific information. After recent launch of USN satellite with the unit onboard, scientists obtained more than 50 types of information-analyzed, checked, and printed-from the satellite within 12 hours. (UPI, NYT, 2/9/64, 91)
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