Jan 16 1971
From The Space Library
Tokyo Univ. Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science launched two rockets from Uchinoura to collect data on oxygen density, electron density, and temperature in preparation for launch of Japanese satellite Feb. 12. S-210 observation rocket launched at 11:00 am local time reached 115-km (72-mi) altitude; Kappa 9-M launched at 4:45 pm local time reached 357-km (222-mi) altitude in 303 sec. (SBD, 1/20/71, 73)
Soviet Academician Dr. Anatoly A. Blagonravov said in broadcast that Soviet lunar vehicle Lunokhod's safety margin and "perfect design" had "surpassed all expectations." He said at this stage of space technology man could not have stayed on moon for as long a time as Lunokhod had. In future it would be possible to assign to automatic devices such tasks as studying meteorites, exploring volcanoes, and studying radiation in near-moon space. What was more important "is that we now have an almost ideal means of conveyance on the moon, a means independent of super-rigorous conditions of vacuum and sharp changes of temperature. We can load such a selenomobile with different scientific apparatus." (AF Mag, 6/71, 59-9)
Richard Hirsch, author and retired White House and NASC staff member, died of heart attack at age 58. Hirsch had been writing book on NASA in Praeger Press U.S. Government Departments and Agencies series. (W Star, 1/17/71, E19)
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