May 12 1962
From The Space Library
OSO I, the Orbiting Solar Observatory launched March 7, completed 1,000 orbits; approximately 900 telemetry data tapes were acquired and forwarded to all experimenters.
Lockheed Propulsion Co. test-fired 120-inch diameter solid-propellant, segmented motor for more than 120 seconds and produced a thrust of almost 400,000 lbs. Direction of exhaust jet was repeatedly varied by injection of fluids into the sides of the nozzle.
Panel of the Federal Council for Science and Technology, headed by Allen V. Astin, submitted report to White House. Report said that Federal laboratories are in imminent danger of losing their best scientists and engineers because present salary scales are not competitive. In a memorandum to Federal department and agency heads, President Kennedy stated that the Administration's proposal for pay increases met one of the recommendations of the panel's report: "With the increasing importance of science and technology in developing our military defense, in achieving our foreign policy objectives, and in sustaining the health and welfare of every citizen, the Federal Government must attract and retain its share of talented scientists and engineers at all levels." Report at American Assembly–British Institute for Strategic Studies forum that Western Europe. was planning 440 sounding rocket., 22 satellite, and 2 moon probe launchings by 1970.
Army Nike-Zeus successfully intercepted simulated target over White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
In speech at Lubbock, Texas, Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert said that Armed Forces Day 1962 has a special meaning: "It means John Glenn and our rising capabilities in space. It means our desire to share space for peaceful purposes with the rest of the world. And it underscores our determination to see to it that no nation is disfranchised in space . .
"The primary purpose of our arms has always been peace, not war . .
"Space is the new measure of our problems as well as our opportunities. The principal responsibilities for the nation's space program are vested in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Air Force. We. work together as a team, not rivals. And together we are doing the spadework for the space technology of tomorrow.
"Today, space is still free and open. It must stay that way. We can not allow it, to be pre-erupted tomorrow for use as a military staging area by those who hope to dominate the world.
"I believe with President Kennedy that space is a great opportunity as well as a great task. . . ."
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