Jan 11 1972
From The Space Library
Apollo 16 lunar module pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr., was released from Patrick Air Force Base Hospital where he had been treated for bacterial pneumonia since Jan. 4. (AP, B Sun, 1/11/72)
Tass had released first photos of Soviet atomic energy reactor at Atomic Energy Institute near Moscow, New York Times reported. Tass had said photos had been taken in December 1971 to commemorate 25th anniversary of inauguration of graphite and uranium low-power reactor on Dec. 25, 1946. (NYT, 1/11/72, 26)
NASA announced issuance by Manned Spacecraft Center of requests for proposals to eight aerospace firms for design, development, and testing of ground-based test unit of integrated medical and behavioral laboratory measurement system. IMBLMS would obtain basic medical and behavioral data in zero g space environment and provide clinical support for astronaut crew in long-duration space missions. Cost-plusfixed-fee contract for 48-mo study would include construction in remote area of IMBLMS field test unit to evaluate requirements for remote health care in space. Unit might also be used to evaluate delivery of health services to remote or isolated earth communities. (NASA Release 72-7)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial commented on space shuttle decision: "Man's ability to perform capably in a prolonged state of weightlessness has yet to be proven and until it is the arguments for a large shuttle program must remain inconclusive. Beyond this, the recent agreements between this country and the Soviet Union to exchange biomedical and other space data and to work toward compatible docking systems would seem to make a full scale shuttle program a prime candidate for a co-operative enterprise." (St Louis P-D, 1/11/72)
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