Jan 19 1967
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CXXXVIII into earth orbit with 293-km (182-mi) apogee; 193-km (119-mi) perigee; 89.2-min period; and 65ΓΈ inclination. Equipment performed satisfactorily. Satellite reentered Jan. 27. (SBD, 1/20/67, 98; GSFC SSR, 1/31/67)
USAF ramjet-powered missile, called the low-altitude supersonic vehicle (LASV) , was air-launched from F-100 Super Sabre aircraft in successful flight test at Holloman AFB. Marquardt Corp., designer of the ramjet, was conducting the flight test program for the vehicle under an $11-million USAF contract. (UPI, W Post, 1/20/67, A15)
Charges that many specifications for construction of $25-million tank chamber at Plum Brook Station were being compromised were denied by Dr. Abe Silverstein, Director of NASA Lewis Research Center which operated station. Charges, made by Plum Brook employee and referred to Rep. Charles A. Mosher (R-Ohio), were being investigated by GAO. Silverstein said almost all the allegations were "not true" or represented a difference in judgment between himself and the complaining employee: "It's a matter of his judgment against ours, and I don't have to accept it." (Thomson, Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1/20/67)
Project Themis, a university-based program to establish new academic centers of excellence in research areas important to DOD'S long-range scientific and technological goals, was announced by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. McNamara said more than 400 universities had been asked to submit proposed programs by Feb. 15. During 1967, $20 million had been authorized for the project, and DOD expected to initiate up to 50 new departmental centers before the end of the year. (DOD Release 44-67)
United Air Lines President George E. Keck, in a speech before International Aviation Club in Washington, D.C., echoed similar pleas by executives of Pan Am and TWA in calling for "expeditious but orderly" advancement of US. SST program. Although SST "is a pretty real one on the drawing boards," Keck said there were "certainly some important decisions and actions that have to be taken here to make it a reality." Among these, determination of a "sound, reasonable" financing plan was of paramount importance. (NYT, 1/22/67,50)
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