Oct 12 1969
From The Space Library
Walter Sullivan described mystery of cosmic rays in New York Times. "No natural phenomena with which we have intimate contact are more awesome." Scores of these high-energy particles flashed through human body every second with energy capable of piercing six feet of lead. Some believed them accountable for aging process. Recent Australian observations had shown some particles (mostly protons) hit atmosphere with 100-billion-bev energy. Princeton Univ. physicists Dr. Jeremiah P. Ostriker and Dr. James E. Gunn had suggested pulsars might be superaccelerators of cosmic ray particles. (NYT, 10/12/69, 8)
October 12-13: Apollo 11 astronauts visited West Germany during world tour. They were escorted to Berlin Wall by Mayor Klaus Schuetz. (NASA. EH; B Sun, 10/14/69)
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