Jan 7 1962
From The Space Library
National Science Foundation reported that Congress had appropriated $10.8 billion for research and development in FY 62, which included $3 billion for research, $6.7 billion for development, $1 billion for facilities, and $100 million for information. NASA spent $1.4 billion, the DOD $6.2 billion.
Executive Director of the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Hugh Odishaw, reviewed the prospects in space in first of a series of lectures prepared for the Voice of America. Despite the great promise of practical application of space technology, Odishaw said: "I would contend that the challenges of research dwarf those of adventure and application." Other members of the Space Science Board were slated for later lectures in this Voice of America series.
Reported by J. Alsop that experts estimate that the U.S.S.R. could possibly test an antisatellite missile during 1962, and would probably do so in 1963.
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