Jan 4 1971
From The Space Library
NASA was looking at air bases in the Carolinas, south Florida, and the Bahamas as possible landing site for space shuttle rocket launched from KSC, opt said in Philadelphia Inquirer. NASA engineers also were considering refueling shuttle booster's 1st stage in flight so that it could return to launch site for landing, like aircraft. (P Inq, 1/4/71)
Discovery of cloud of hydrogen gas 80 billion km (50 billion mi) long and traveling through space at 210 000 km per hr (130 000 mph) in different direction and at 60° angle from solar system was reported in Washington Post. In interview Dr. Gary Thomas, head of Univ. of Colorado team of astronomers that discovered cloud, had said it would take cloud at least 50 yrs to pass by solar system and could take forever. "For all we know it's been there forever." Cloud was discovered first by Ogo 5 in September 1969 and later confirmed by same satellite three times. (O'Toole, W Post, 1/4/71, All)
New York Assemblyman Andrew J. Stein told Washington, D.C., press conference he had 76 cosponsors for bill which would ban supersonic transports from operating at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. Bill, if passed, would make it illegal to operate any aircraft producing noise at levels above that of existing subsonic jets. (Sehlstedt, B Sun, 1/5/71, A6)
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