Nov 7 1971
From The Space Library
Apollo 15 Astronauts David R. Scott, James B. Irwin, and Alfred M. Worden arrived in London to begin two-week, five-country tour of lectures and meetings with European scientists. (BPI, C Trib, 11/8/71)
Two goats had survived 30 hrs in pressure chamber at 31 atmospheres -equal to pressure at 300 m (1000 ft) below sea level-breathing same oxygen over and over, New York Times reported. Experiment, conducted by Dr. Jacques Chouteau, head of Laboratory of High-Pressure Physiology at Univ. of Marseilles, replaced bulky apparatus normally used to remove carbon dioxide from used air with small cylinder of potassium superoxide. When air breathed by goats passed through cylinder, water and carbon dioxide in used air reacted with potassium to release oxygen, which was returned to chamber. Times said process, developed by Air Liquide under French military con-tract, might be used in space, sealed aircraft, and tanks. U.S.S.R. was believed to use a similar technique. (Hess, NYT, 11/7/71, 84)
Maverick, airborne missile guided to surface targets by TV camera in nosecone, had gone into production by Hughes Aircraft Co. under $69.9-million contract and would be delivered to USAF in 1972, New York Times reported. If missile proved successful, USAF believed its installation on fighter aircraft in West Germany and U.K. could help redress U.S.S.R.'s "quantitive armored superiority in Europe." (Middleton, NYT, 11/7/71, 57)
Canadian Defence Ministry had announced intention to mothball hydro-foil Bras d'Or, classified as world's fastest warship, AP reported. Aluminum craft 61 m (200 ft) long had been developed over 13 yrs at $52-million cost. Vessel had attained speed of 116 km per hr (72 mph) in 1969. Major reasons for decision to mothball were vessel's lack of capability in Arctic waters and fact no foreign sales of craft were forecast, while production costs were up. (NYT, 11/7/71, 5)
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