Nov 4 1968
From The Space Library
President Johnson released Noise-Sound Without Value, report of Federal Council for Science and Technology task force, and challenged industry, universities, and public authorities to attack noise in environment from many sources. He directed Federal departments and agencies to undertake or expand noise abatement programs. Among recommendations endorsed by President, report said: NASA should complete studies of community response to airport noise, in addition to HEW, DOT, and HUD studies of effects; NASA and DOT should continue air transport noise abatement research; DOD and NASA should continue to study and set standards for noise in special situations; and DOT should develop sonic-boom-control standards. (Text; PD, 11/11/68, 1575-6)
New York Times editorial commented on award of all 1968 Nobel Prizes in science and medicine to U.S. citizens: ". . . there are real and important roots of American scientific prowess which need to be understood and fostered so that future achievement may match or excel that of the past. This country's hospitality to refugees from political tyranny and to those seeking to better themselves economically has brought rich rewards particularly in science and technology. The nation's huge investment in education has permitted able young people to develop their talents. Generous Government support of basic research has given the nation's scientists the tools and the material security needed for the realization of their potential excellence. The abundant returns from these policies provide good reason for maintaining them so that American science can continue to flower." (NYT, 11/4/68, 46)
In Aviation Week & Space Technology editorial, Robert Hotz said: "The element of sharp competition between the U.S. and the USSR in manned space flight has unquestionably forced progress at a much more rapid pace than if either nation were going it alone. . . Much has already been learned by these competitors from each other. It is a pity that the Soviets' obsession with secrecy bars them from a more fruitful international exchange of technology. . . "Events of the past month have put the space race into high gear again. With a lunar window opening in December, it is a strong possibility that both the U.S. and the USSR can launch a manned circumlunar mission as another step towards the ultimate lunar landing. With a Soyuz and an Apollo carrying the Hammer and Sickle and the Stars and Stripes, respectively, around the moon at about the same time, it would require a phlegmatic world indeed not to get excited at these extraterrestrial Olympics." (Av Wk, 11/4/68, 11)
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