Sep 5 1967
From The Space Library
ATS Hydrolic Communications Experiment system, designed to report river height and rainfall measurements automatically via satellite was the object of a cooperative program by the Weather Bureau's Office of Hydrology and NASA, ESSA announced. The synchronous satellite, ATS I, would be the communications link between automatic measurement devices at three locations in the US. and the Office of Hydrology in Washington, D.C. Purpose was the development of a fast, reliable, operational system by which potential flood conditions would be relayed instantly so public warnings could be issued. Sites chosen were Benton, Ark., which started transmitting data to the satellite on Aug. 1; Salem, Ore., which began operating Aug. 4; and Sacramento, Calif. (ESSA Release 67-68)
Trained monkeys completed a two-month simulated space flight which indicated that astronauts could return their spacecraft to earth even after a near-fatal dose of solar radiation. Sixteen rhesus monkeys, trained to operate an instrument panel, were used in a test at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Some of the animals were exposed over a 10-day period to from 500 to 1,000 roentgens of gamma radiation. Three of the monkeys in the high-dose group died but the others survived. This evidence of monkey vitality was of great importance to man because the US. target date for moon landings would come at a peak of the sun's 11-year-cycle for emitting deadly radiation. (C Trib, 9/5/67)
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