May 9 1971
From The Space Library
OFO Orbiting Frog Otolith satellite, launched by NASA Nov. 9, 1970, reentered atmosphere. Mission had been adjudged successful Dec. 11, 1970. All objectives-including maintenance of two bullfrogs in space to obtain information on functioning and adaptability in weightlessness of vestibule, portion of inner ear which controlled balance-had been achieved. (GSFC SSR, 5/31/71)
First detailed Soviet analysis of U.S. plan for Grand Tour of outer planets was reported by New York Times, In Vestnik, principal publication of Soviet Academy of Sciences, Soviet space expert Timur M. Eneyev had suggested that four missions covering two planets each might be more successful than the two missions to three planets contemplated by NASA. He indicated Soviet scientists favored approach of delivering automatic space stations to outer planets and suspending them by balloons in planetary atmosphere. He said technique, "for all its exotic aspects and difficulties of realization, is probably the most promising because it would yield far more data about the nature of the giant planets than could be obtained from fly-by trajectories." (Shabad, NYT, 5/9/71)
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