May 24 1965
From The Space Library
AFSC had selected nine graduates of its Aerospace Research Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif, to participate in crew performance studies for manned space flight to be conducted by NASA at the Martin Co. Three seven-day lunar landing simulations would be made using a simulated Apollo lunar landing mission. Each would utilize a three-man crew. (AFSC Release)
President Johnson said, in transmitting NSF's sixth annual report to Congress on weather modification programs that control of weather was not beyond the reach of man: "The development of methods for altering weather and climate is a subject of quickening interest in the Congress and the Executive Branch . , as, indeed, it is to all of the human race, We must recognize that the achievement of such a capability would mean vast economic and social gains for human life on this earth." (House Doc, 188)
EARLY BIRD I linked audiences at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York City and at Sotheby's in London for the first trans-Atlantic art auction, ComSatCorp reported. BBC broadcasted a portion of the auction for British TV viewers. The telecast marked the fourth successive Monday on which the satellite had carried a commercial program free of charge to show its potential. (ComSatCorp Release; Esterow, NYT, 5/25/65, 1)
The British Government announced plans for conversion of weights and measures to the metric system over the next ten years. The announcement meant the U.S. would be the only major power using nonmetric units. Sen, Claiborne Pell (D-R.I,) said on the floor of the Senate: "The United States finds itself in the odd position of having inherited our anachronistic system of quarts, pounds, and inches from the British, only to find that the parent of the system has recognized its impracticality and is moving over to the metric system. This leaves us virtually alone in the world in our insistence upon our system of weights and measures, which originated in medieval times." (Farnsworth, NYT, 5/25/65, 6; R. 5/24/65, 11023)
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