Jul 11 1971
From The Space Library
Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, commented on Salyut 1-Soyuz 11 docking in AP interview published by Chicago Tribune. Docking indicated U.S.S.R. was "more or less on schedule in their declared program for developing a major experimental station in space, at least two years ahead of us." In answer to question Dr. Fletcher said prospect "frightens me only because I don't know what they're doing there. They may have some military purposes that we don't know about." On U.S.S.R.'s two vehicles en route to Mars he said that "we don't know what these vehicles are going to do, but it's conceivable that there will be attempts to land." Dr, Fletcher said NASA had been "shocked and saddened" by loss of Soyuz 11 cosmonauts but "we find no reason to make any major changes in our plans for manned missions." (AP, C Trib, 7/11/71)
Jeffrey T. Hamilton, Special Assistant to NASA Assistant Administrator for Industry Affairs and Technology Utilization, became Director of Technology Utilization, succeeding Ronald J. Philips, whose resignation had been announced June 26. (NASA Ann, 7/13/71)
Dr. William H. Pickering, JPL Director, announced appointment of Dr. Aaron Finerman of State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook to manage JPL's newly established Office of Computing and Information Systems. (JPL Release 583)
Boeing Co. was reactivating 767 project that was "simmering on a back burner" while SST was alive, William Hines said in Washington Sunday Star. Project "borrows liberally" from NASA aircraft development work. Boeing 767 subsonic jet would be about same size as Boeing 707, with same passenger capacity, but would be more than 160 km per hr (100 mph) faster. Cruising speed would be 1167 km per hr (725 mph) or mach 0.98, "about the greatest achievable with-out generation of a sonic boom." LaRC Director Edgar M. Cortright had said aircraft's speed was attributable to its supercritical wing that could operate at speeds near mach 1 in shockproof condition. Boeing spokesman had said aircraft could be in service by end of decade. Hines said Boeing also was considering production of stretched version of 727. (W Star, 7/11/71, D4)
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