Jun 24 1964
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (2MB PDF)
Senate passed (78-3) H.R. 10456 authorizing funds for NASA for FY 1965. Senate adopted the committee amendments en bloc. Amendment introduced by Sen. Fulbright to reduce R&D funds for Project Apollo by $267,750,000 was rejected by vote of 42-38. Bill would be sent to House-Senate conference committee. (NASA LAR 11I/127; CR, 6/24/64, 14367-84)
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center made its final move from all leased facilities, with more than 700 employees moving to the Clear Lake location between now and June 30. (MSC Roundup, 6/24/64, 1)
15 NASA astronauts began three days and two nights of jungle survival training in the Panama Canal Zone, under supervision of the USAF Tropic Survival School. (MSC Roundup, 6/24/64, 8)
Theory that moon's surface resembled cotton candy and was only about 19% solid was expounded by David D. Cudaback of Univ. of California's radio astronomy laboratory at Berkeley. Based on his four years of research with microwaves from the moon, Dr. Cudaback said moon had highly porous surface extending down to a depth of "at least" nine or 10 ft., and "very possibly" deeper. He said only one other American scientist had obtained the same figures on high porosity, but that "quite a few Russians" had produced findings similar to his own. (Justice, Houston Post, 6/25/64)
It was reported DOD may coordinate a geodetic survey program combining Secor satellite, a planned Transit satellite, ECHO II, and a planned Anna satellite. A ground station would correlate the flashing light of Anna, the optical system of Secor, and the doppler radar system of the Transit, using ECHO II as a reference point. (SBD, 6/24/64)
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