Oct 12 1971
From The Space Library
Training mockups of two Skylab spacecraft components- Orbital Workshop and Apollo Telescope Mount-arrived at MSC aboard NASA barge Orion from MSFC. Shipment also included multiple docking adapter exterior shell and portion of airlock module mockup. Trainers and hardware would be used by MSC for training prospective Skylab crewmen for missions scheduled to begin in early 1973. (NASA Release 71-187; MSC No)
USAF grounded 18 more C-5 cargo aircraft as result of Sept. 29 incident at Altus AFB, Okla., in which C-S lost engine and pylon mounting at start of takeoff. Action removed entire fleet of 47 aircraft from service. (AP, B Sun, 10/13/71, A19)
Washington Post editorial commented on Senate's Oct. 6 passage of $21-billion military procurement bill: "The new B-1 manned strategic bomber, the F-14 Navy fighter plane, the ABM, the main battle tank or XM803-these were among the controversial items that easily survived attempts at elimination or modification by amendment " What had recently been billed as "the issue for the seventies, a great debate over priorities and defense spending" had "gone the way of the hula hoop. On the part of a number of senators who just a few years back had made a loud and dramatic commitment to the issue, interest was low, absenteeism high, and preparation for debate pitiful. Sen. Proxmire and those others who carried the main burden deserved much better from their colleagues." (W Post, 10/12/71, A18)
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