Oct 26 1969
From The Space Library
Estimated 1.5 million persons lined streets of Bombay, India, to welcome Apollo 11 astronauts. It was largest reception given to astronauts and wives during 22-nation tour. (AP, B Sun, 10/27/69, A3)
U.S.S.R. Cosmonauts Georgy T. Beregovoy and Konstantin P. Feoktistov attended football game in San Diego, Calif., during two-week U.S. tour. When interpreter failed to explain game clearly, Beregovoy described action as "All fall down, all get up, all fall down., (AP, W Star, 10/27/69, A5)
Eureka, Calif., high school senior Ronald Titus had identified sketch of future space station released by Tass Oct 11 as identical to drawing in Sperry Gyroscope Co. advertisement in February 1962 Scientific American, New York Times reported. Original Soviet caption had said it was "Soviet sketch of a future space station." Sketch had appeared in Eureka Times-Standard and New York Times as concept of Soviet space station. (NYT, 10/26/69, 11)
In $100,000 experiment to evaluate claims that jet noise had caused female minks to panic and eat their young, USAF planned to send jet aircraft through sound barrier over Univ. of Alaska's experimental mink farm near Petersburg. On ground, observers from Dept. of Agriculture and Cornell Univ. would study mink reaction to sonic boom. Since 1962 USAF had paid 25 claims totaling $67,000 for mink problems alleged to have been caused by supersonic aircraft. (Pinto, W Star, 10/26/69, A22)
Comsat issue had emerged as "classic case of governmental indecision-the result of divided federal responsibilities, complicated technical and legal issues, and powerful, competing industrial interests," Robert J. Samuelson said in Washington Post article. Nearly year had passed since task force appointed Aug. 14, 1967, by President Johnson to formulate "national communications policy" had submitted report. Nixon Administration had begun separate investigation. Meanwhile, "supporters of a domestic system, frustrated by repeated delay, are pushing the White House and the FCC for a quick decision." ComSatCorp had always been "ardent advocate." In 1965 and 1966, NBC and ABC had "enthusiastically embraced" comsats as means of transmitting TV signals. Recently, CBS President Dr. Frank M. Stanton had become convert, "apparently provoked" by AT&T's new, higher TV signal rates. Within month, White House might propose approval of domestic Comsat system but FCC would still have difficult task of approving specific system. Only limited number of comsats could be orbited 24,000 mi above equator without interfering with each others, transmission, even if Government were to allow more than one comsat system. If comsats assumed major role in communications, any decision allocating ownership rights could involve multimillions in eventual annual revenue. At first networks had asked to be allowed to create separate system, while ComSatCorp and AT&T advocated single system. Unresolved issue helped explain "extended years of study." However, recent changes made compromise more likely. (W Post, 10/26/69, Fl)
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