Jan 13 1973
From The Space Library
A three-month study of fog dispersal techniques made by the Federal Aviation Administration at two Pacific Northwest airports had indicated seeding of cold fog (below 273.15 K [32°F]) significantly increased visibility but had no effect on warm fog (above 273.15 K [32°F]), FAA announced. Photos had indicated that jet aircraft movements on airfield tax ways and in traffic patterns around airfields contributed to dissipation of fog through heat of jet engine exhaust. (DoT Release 73-9)
A New York Times editorial praised Federal Communications Commission policy in authorizing construction of communications satellites: "Fortunately, the F.C.C. has not approved one chosen entity or single system but has decided to throw open the airwaves to various competitive groups." There should be no corporate dominance of systems that depended on Federal funds. As Fcc developed its open skies policy for satellites, "it should also consider the use of educational and public service broadcasts on a free or reduced-rate basis. Here is where the main `profit' should accrue from quasi-public satellite communications."
A second Times editorial praised the agreement announced Dec. 5, 1972, that permitted the U.S. firm RCA Global Communications, Inc., to use channel of Canada's Anik 2 satellite to provide domestic communications service in the U.S.: The agreement signaled "a beam of light in broadcasting and business communications across the international oceans of the world." In the near future Americans might receive some programs originating in Canada; later, from Europe. "Operating procedures and telecommunications systems must be synchronized; problems of copyright and aerial piracy must be overcome. And then international agreements would have to be hammered out as difficult as those on human and other national rights that have been dormant for years in the United Nations. Intelsat, a temporary arrangement between nations interested in orbital systems, will soon have the machinery for regular coordination with a secretariat in Washington.” (NYT, 1/13/72, 28)
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