Jan 19 1966
From The Space Library
On the floor of the Senate, Sen. Daniel B. Brewster (D-Md.) paid tribute to the late Hugh L. Dryden and proposed “that Wallops Island be renamed Dryden Island, as an appropriate memorial to his immense contribution to space exploration.” Dr. Dryden was born on the Maryland Eastern Shore in Pocomoke City. ‘‘(CR, 1/19/66, 583)’’
ComSatCorp awarded a $60,000 study contract to France’s Centre National Etudes des Telecommunications for engineering analysis of a system of phased communications satellites operating in 12-hr. 30°-inclined orbits. It would include analysis of a 12-satellite or 15-satellite system, amount of coverage, orbit stability, launch conditions, types of communications, and other factors required to maintain a given quality of service over a five-year period. Work would be performed within 180 days. ‘‘(ComSatCorp Release)’’
USAF launched two unidentified satellites with Atlas-Agena D booster from WTR. ‘‘(US. Aeron. & Space Act., 1966, 147)’’
NASA’s contributions to multidisciplinary research in support of development were discussed by NASA Administrator James E. Webb at a meeting of the West Point Society of the District of Columbia. Webb described how NASA programs fulfilled need pointed out by the late NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Hugh L. Dryden in 1949 for cooperative research channeled ‘‘into directions permitting early application.” ‘‘(Text)’’
Fred J. Drinkwater III, aerospace research engineer, scientist, and test pilot at NASA Ames Research Center, received the Flight Safety Foundation’s Richard Hansford Burroughs Test Pilot Award for his “significant contributions to the safety and efficiency of flight testing.” Award was established by United Aircraft Corp. ‘‘(Av. Wk., 1/3/66, 13)’’
Radiation, Inc., announced receipt of a $2-million contract to design and build a “data acquisition center” for the British-French 1,450-mph. Concorde supersonic aircraft scheduled to make its first fight in 1971. During early performance tests, data tape recorded in fight would serve as design checks for the aircraft’s builders. ‘‘(NYT, 1/20/66,58)’’
Electronic multispectral sensors-high-altitude scanners so sensitive they could tell when apples were ripe enough to be picked-had been developed for agricultural and forestry use, Boston Globe reported. Sensors were intended for use on orbiting spacecraft to give reports on an entire forest or farmland on one pass; they were being programmed for a wide variety of applications, such as measurements of an entire district of orchards and grain fields. Signals would be converted into photographic form for quick analysis. ‘‘(Barton, Boston Globe, 1/19/66, 6)’’
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