Jan 10 1968
From The Space Library
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, as Chairman of National Aeronautics and Space Council, had asked Bus to place $20 million in FY 1969 NASA authorization for Earth Resources Observation Satellite (EROS). White House budget-cutters had eliminated EROS from new budget, George C. Wilson said in Washington Post. Secretary of the Interior Stewart L. Udall and NAS scientists also were expected to press for restoration of funds. NAS report to NASA would urge EROS funding as "one of the potentially big pay-offs for the national space program." (Wilson, W Post, 1/10/68, B7)
Dr. Frederick Seitz, National Academy of Sciences President, was awarded DOD's Distinguished Civilian Service Medal for outstanding contribution to DOD as Chairman of Defense Science Board for past four years. (NAS-NRC-NAE News Report, 3/68, 6; NAS Info Off)
“The Incredible Year 68” article in Life Magazine
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