Jul 14 1972
From The Space Library
Astronauts Philip K. Chapman and Anthony W. England announced their resignations from NASA. Dr. Chapman, Apollo 14 mission scientist, had accepted position as Principal Research Scientist for Avco Research Laboratories in Everett, Mass., and would also work as senior research associate in Measurement Systems Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His resignation was effective immediately. Dr. England, Apollo 13 and Apollo 16 mission scientist, would accept position with U.S. Geological Survey Regional Geophysics Group in Denver, Colo., Aug. 14. He would assist in developing techniques using radar from aircraft and spacecraft to learn about surface and subsurface structure of earth and other planets. (NASA Release 72-142)
NASA launched Aerobee 170 sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range, carrying Univ. of Colorado astronomy experiment. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (SR list)
U.S. delegation headed by Dr. David Ballentine of AEC's Div. of Applied Technology left for Moscow to tour industrial process radiation facilities in U.S.S.R. under exchange agreement in peaceful uses of atomic energy signed in 1959. (AEC Release P- 218)
France, in Bastille Day parade, exhibited intermediate-range ballistic missile of its second-generation nuclear strike force. Missile was followed by capsule designed to contain missile's 150-kiloton nuclear warhead. Three-stage missile had range of 3000 km (1900 mi). (Reuters, B Sun, 7/15/72, A4)
Newspaper editorials commented on Apollo 15 astronauts' carrying unauthorized postal covers on mission. Baltimore Sun said their actions in "novel attempt to capitalize" on mission could not be excused. "From the start of the nation's space program, astronauts have become instant celebrities and in some cases instant millionaires through endorsements, publications and investments. We're not opposed to a little free enterprise, but the space program, as envisioned by the late President Kennedy, was a noble exercise in exploration not exploitation." If space program was to be exploited at all, "profits should go back into the national treasury." (B Sun, 7/14/72, A12)
Chicago Tribune: "It is disappointing to realize that man has already tainted the moon with moral pollution, but we are impressed less by the gravity of the crime than by the debasement of the stamp collection business which it reflects. If stamp collectors were more discriminating, and stamp dealers less greedy, the moon might not have been contaminated so soon." (C Trib, 7/14/72)
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