Nov 4 1972
From The Space Library
President Nixon, in foreign policy speech over nationwide radio, referred to U.S.-U.S.S.R. agreements signed during May 2229 Moscow summit meetings: "We agreed ... to cooperate in protecting the environment, explore in space, fight disease. This means the day is fast approaching when a Russian cosmonaut and an American astronaut will shake hands in space, when a Russian chemist and an American biologist will work side by side to find a cure for cancer, and each time our nations join hands in the works of peace, we advance the day when nations will no longer raise their hands in warfare." (PD, 11/13/72, 1639-41)
Protocol on. agreement between National Academy of Sciences and Soviet Academy of Sciences for further development of scientific cooperation was signed in New York by, NAS President, Dr. Philip Handler, and Soviet Academy President Mstislav V. Keldysh. Protocol agreed on planning 50% increase in interacademy exchange program and increasing interacademy cooperative research program. Parties had agreed to expand joint research after noting "that their efforts had already encouraged the development of the US-Soviet cooperation toward compatible docking mechanisms for space vehicles and other cooperation in space activities, organization of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, as well as cooperation in very long base interferometry in radio, astronomy, oceanography, and other fields." (Text)
NASA launched Nike-Apache sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range, carrying Univ. of Colorado aeronomy experiment. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (SR list)
Suspension in near-earth orbit of huge cosmic reflector to reflect sun's rays onto area of earth's surface with radius of more than 300 km (200 mi) had been discussed by Soviet Cosmonaut Vladimir A. Shatalov in Kraanaya Zvezda (Red Star) article, Tass reported. By concentrating sun's rays on definite sector of earth's surface, Shatalov had said, local temperature could be raised in various sections of earth. "Thus, an opportunity is opening up to control the climate." (FBIS-SOV, 11/4/72, Ll)
Eight nations had reserved satellite TV coverage time for 53 separate broadcasts on U.S. elections, according to Communications Satellite Corp. (AP, NYT, 11/5/72, 83)
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