Jul 30 1964
From The Space Library
The U.S.S.R. launched another earth satellite, COSMOS XXXVI. The initial orbital parameters were as follows: period, 91.9 min.; apogee, 503 km. (300 mi.); perigee, 259 km. (155 mi.); inclination, 49¦. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 7/31/64,1, ATSS-T Trans.)
At his news conference, President Johnson noted the first anniversary of the nuclear test ban treaty: ". . . a year ago this week the nuclear test ban treaty was signed and agreed upon. Today, a year later, more than 100 nations have joined the three original signing countries. We have also seen a United Nations resolution banning weapons of mass destruction in outer space and steps to cut back production of fissionable materials. . . A year without atmospheric testing has left our air cleaner. This is a benefit to every American family, and to every family everywhere, since all radiation, however small, involves some possibility of biological risk to us or to our descend-ants. . . ." President Johnson said that the problems of economic conversion posed by shifts and cutbacks in military activities had been "greatly relieved by our general prosperity." In a report delivered at his news conference, the President called the problem of economic conversion "hard" and "complex" and said that it "will not be solved in one month or one year." But he stressed that the main element in a solution was to keep the general economy prosperous. (Transcript, NYT, 7/31/64, 8; Dale, NYT, 7/31/64)
The Senate Committee on Appropriations marked up and ordered favorably reported with amendments H.R. 11296, FY 1965 appropriations for independent offices. The bill included a NASA appropriation of $5.3 billion. (NASA LAR 1II/143-46)
The USN's Sea Lab I, with four Navy divers aboard, began ascent to the surface after 10 days on the ocean floor at a depth of 192 ft. The experiment was terminated 11 days ahead of schedule because of an approaching storm. Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter was to have participated in the experiment, but was forced to withdraw because of the broken arm he suffered recently. (DOD Release 558-64)
USAF's Vice Chief of Staff General William F. McKee was presented his third Distinguished Service Medal by President Johnson. Retiring after 35 years in the armed forces, General McKee was joining NASA Sept. 1, as Assistant Administrator for Management Development. (Wash. Eve. Star, 7/28/64; AP, NYT, 7/31/64, 5)
Professor Wallace Osgood Fenn of the Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine was named recipient of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Award for 1964 of the International Academy of Astronautics. This was the first time the award had been given to a physiologist. Prof. Fenn was Secretary General of the International Union of the Physiological Sciences. Previous winners of the award included Sir Bernard Lovell, Dr. James A. Van Allen, and Prof. Marcel Nicolet. (IAA Release 21)
French Premier Georges Pompidou declared that France would take every possible precaution to prevent harmful fallout in forthcoming atomic tests in the Pacific. He said that a special team would be sent to the Polynesian test site area on Mururoa Island to ensure that waters and air were not contaminated by the tests, (AP, Wash. Post, 7/31/64)
The nuclear submarine Daniel Boone test-fired a Polaris A-3 missile with a dummy warhead more than 2,000 mi. down the Eastern Test Range while lying submerged 30 mi. off the Florida coast. This marked the eighth success in nine undersea shots with the advanced-model Polaris. (UPI, Wash. Post, 7/31/64)
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