Sep 14 1967
From The Space Library
Richard J. Keegan, Chief of the Procurement Division, GSFC, was appointed to new position of NASA Assistant Director of Procurement (Policy and Review). (NASA Ann)
The Institute for Strategic Studies of London, England, had said that the US. was way ahead of the Soviet Union in missiles, but that the Russians were closing the gap, reported New York Times. The Institute's annual report, "The Military Balance," said deployment of a limited ballistic defense system around Moscow had increased protection of Soviet land-based ICBMS. The new Soviet defense system now being installed along the eastern Baltic coast-the so-called Tallin Line-might be primarily an extension of radar coverage. The report also noted a "probable reduction in the combat effectiveness" of the Chinese armed forces because of the domestic upheaval. (NYT, 9/15/67)
NASA Arcas sounding rocket was launched from Barking Sands, Hawaii, to 38-mi (60 km) altitude in NOTS experiment to measure incident solar ultraviolet irradiance in support of Ogo IV's mission. First of a series of seven, rocket failed to attain experimental results because of parachute malfunction. (NASA Rpt SRL)
France delayed the signing of an agreement with Britain and West Germany for development of a European "airbus" to carry 250-300 passengers in the 1970s, reported Reuters. Officials insisted that there were only "minor differences and that the agreement, reached last July, would be approved. Britain's Rolls-Royce Company would supply the engine, the RB-207, to be constructed in cooperation with the French firm of SNECMA and MAN of West Germany. France would build the aircraft. (Reuters, W Post, 9/15/67)
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