Jan 2 1967
From The Space Library
Spanish scientists had submitted to the Spanish government a five- year, $10,000,000 space research program, the Chicago Tribune reported. According to Comision Nacional de Investigacion del Espacio (CONIE) President Gen. Rafael Calvo Rodes, primary program objectives would be to gather scientific data and gain practical experience in designing and launching rockets. During separate, $1,500,000 preparatory program which was completed in December 1966, Spain launched her first rocket, collected data, conducted preliminary experiments, trained technical personnel and prepared permanent launching sites; during next phase, Spain would build her own Skua rockets. (Darrah, C Trib, 1/3/67)
"The moon is not a dead body, but a living, breathing organism," Tass reported following successful completion of lunar surface studies by U.S.S.R.'s Luna XIII. Prof. Nikolay Kozyrev's 1964 claim that Aristarchus crater had smoke, gas, or dust rising from it had been confirmed by observations from earth of possible lunar volcanoes or eruptions of lunar dust; results of lunar-surface studies; a "special glow" discovered by Pulkovo Observatory near Kepler crater; and "manifestation of moon's geological life," recorded in 1966. (UPI, NYT, 1/3/67, 10)
Aerospace industry must develop new type of management to cope with its record $26-billion workload during 1967, Robert Hotz wrote in Aviation Week. "What makes the current management problem so acute is the fact that military demands are reaching a peak at the same time that commercial aviation is soaring on the greatest boom in its history. During 1965, the aerospace industry actually manufactured slightly more commercial airframe pounds than military-a historic milestone. The industry also has under development six new types of airline jet transports for which there were no prior military programs and which must be financed from privately raised funds. This is another unprecedented task for aerospace management to tackle. . . ." (Hotz, Av Wk, 1/2/67, 11)
US. experts believed establishment of permanent lunar colonies and exploitation of lunar resources were among long-range goals of Soviet space program, Heather M. David reported in Technology Week. Analysis of research reports had indicated that future Soviet missions directed toward these objectives would include: (1) orbiting of three or four cosmonauts for three weeks; (2) extensive practice of extravehicular activity and assembly in orbit; (3) orbiting of animals to continue studying effects of long-term weightlessness and radiation ; and (4) lunar landing of animals for observation. David predicted preparations for interplanetary travel would be initiated shortly after establishment of permanent lunar colonies. (David, Tech Wk, 1/2/67, 18)
The New York Times called for fuller and more open debate on cost and consequences of SST program: "The SST's priority is debatable and so is its financing. The industry may be right in asserting that the costs of development are so huge that no company can afford to take the risk on its own. It points out that the backing of both Britain and France has been required to launch the Concorde. But if the combined efforts of two countries and their aircraft industries are needed for that much less ambitious project, the American SST might be more safely and soundly developed if it commanded the combined resources of the entire American industry and the Government. "What is at stake is not the commitment to proceed with the SST. That decision has been made and cannot-and should not-be reversed. But if the SST is to be sound economically as well as technologically, the Administration and the industry must be less secretive and indefinite about the costs and how they are to be financed. An open debate is needed on how to get the most for the taxpayers' money." (NYT, 1/2/67,18)
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