Mar 13 1975
From The Space Library
The Soviet Union's Tu-144 supersonic transport made its inaugural scheduled flight from Moscow to Alma-Ata in a little more than 1.5 hr. Alma-Ata is capital of the Kazakh Republic, in South Central Asia bordering the Caspian Sea. The aircraft, designed by Aleksey A. Tupolev, flew at an altitude of 17 400 m and a speed of 2300 km per hr. (Alma-Ata Domestic Service, FBIS-Sov, 14 March 75, Rl)
A scientific conference of Soviet scientists and officials was being held in Zvenigorod, near Moscow, to discuss the study of the earth from outer space, Tass reported. Tass quoted Academician Roald Sagdeyev, Director of the Space Research Institute, as saying that the main task of the conference was to work out unified scientific principles and methods for exploring earth resources from outer space and for organizing a systematic control over the environment with the help of artificial earth satellites. To date, scientists had made progress in certain lines of research such as meteorology, but in other areas had received only bits of information. The task was to move from individual discoveries to a qualitative geological study of the planet as a whole. The task called for combined effort by geologists, soil scientists, foresters, and hydrologists.
Sagdeyev said that the study of earth from space was becoming an important aspect of international relations because man's active influences on the environment went beyond national boundaries. (Tass FBIS-Sov, 18 March 75, U1)
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