Jun 4 1961
From The Space Library
Nationwide Gallup poll released which showed that 38 percent of those questioned thought the United States led in space research, while 38 percent thought the U.S.S.R. led. The same balance also was tabulated on which Nation will be the first to place a man on the Moon.
Northrop disclosed "porous wing" plane under development for USAF, modified version of WB-66D based on inhalation concept (eliminating up to 80 percent of the frictional drag) proposed by Werner Pfenninger. Work on drag reduction by means of increasing the laminar flow by boundary layer suction had been performed at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory in the late 1930's by Albert E. Doenhoff and Ira H. Abbott.
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