Oct 24 1964
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. announced launching COSMOS XLIX artificial earth satellite into orbit: apogee, 490 km. (304 mi.) ; perigee, 260 km. (162 mi.) ; period, 91.83 min.; and inclination, 49° to the equatorial plane. Onboard equipment was said to be operating normally and ground tracking station was processing incoming data. (Tass, Krasnaya Zvezda, 10/25/64, 1, ATSS-T Trans.)
President Johnson announced U.S. and U.S.S.R. had reached final agreement on exchange of meteorological data, tentatively reached in the Second NASA/Soviet Memorandum of Understanding of June 6, 1964, and approved by U.S.S.R. Oct. 23. Exchange of conventional data via the special telecommunications link would proceed soon. Formal terms of agreement would be made public next week at meeting of U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. (UPI, Wash. Post, 10/25/64; NASA Off. of Int. Pro.)
Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Development of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics recommended steps to be taken to distribute Federal funds more widely throughout the country: conference of representatives of Government and industry to explore methods of wider distribution; study by President's Office of Science and Technology to identify institutions with greatest growth potential; addition of NSF funds "for the specific purpose of insuring the existence of at least one center of excellence in research and technology in each appropriate region of the Nation"; development of long-range programs by the Administration to be carried out at under-used science centers. (Simons, Wash. Post, 10/25/64)
Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Barry M. Goldwater issued report on science prepared by his Task Force on Space, Science, and the Atom, in which he had this to say of Project Apollo "Man should indeed explore the moon, but I see no good reason why we must incur the large unnecessary expense of a crash program. The first man on the moon will probably not gain for us any vital military advantage." He proposed instruments be sent to the lunar surface, emphasis be concentrated on efforts to assure the "security of near-space." (Wash. Post, 10/25/64, A9)
According to NORAD Commander-in-Chief Gen. John K. Gerhart (USAF) , manned Soviet satellites have passed over North America 44 times. He added: ". . . strong modern aerospace defenses are indispensable; they are a vital part of deterrence-they are essential to survival and they are our insurance to victory." (J/ Armed Forces, 10/24/64, 6)
October 24-25: Employees' Open House at NASA Lewis Research Center, with employees and their families touring the facilities and exhibit areas. Estimated 8,000 persons visited the Center. (Lewis News, 10/ 30/64,1)
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