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... really simulate these type of maneuvers with total realism. However, the “flying bedstead” was close—an experimental hovercraft with simulation 1/6 gravity field. When they did Apollo 10 and they sent ... our fellows on the console, Willis M. Bolt, Dan Joe D. Payne, and Jim James V. West and I’ve left someone out , Jim James H. Alphin. And they were in ... building the database. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' What are your memories of STS-1? '''Bennett:''' I guess I remember seeing the bird fly over here, JSC , with all that tile missing before it ever ...

... , P EB, 5/1/68; Wilford, NYT, 5/2/68, 18; ARC Astrogram, 5/23/68, 3)'' Second stage of vehicle expected to be first manned Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was ... Administrator for Administration. ''(NASA Ann)'' Oakland Tribune editorial, "Space Race Has Big Stakes": "The orbital bomb is one chilling example of the potential military threat posed by the Soviet space program ... orbital bomb threat, not simply with defensive measures but with an offensive military capability of our own. . . . The ultimate prize in the space race may be national survival." ''(Oakland Trib, 5/1 ...

... radical design cloaked in secrecy and later often referred to as the source for many flying disc anecdotes. Around this time work also began on the Avrocar, a cushion effect vertical ... Siddeley, purchased De Havilland and began the consolidation of the two Canadian aircraft companies. A.V. Roe's Canadian Applied Research Applied Research Division was merged with De Havilland's Special ...

... the whole problem, as you know, is to have 100 objects flying through the air at thousands of miles an hour and to ... 300. "And therefore, the problem is not the size of the bomb but rather the problem of discrimination, the problem of selectivity, targeting ... annual budget of $22,600,000 and 4,500 total personnel (1,617 scientists, engineers, and techni­cians.) During year just completed, Aerospace ...

... ; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Kent V. Rominger header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Aug 7 1956 header4 = ... veteran of five space flights, Rominger logged over 1,600 hours in space. He flew as pilot on ... Special Honours Defense Superior Service Medal. Distinguished Flying Cross. Defense Meritorious Service Medal. NASA Distinguished ...

... V. Chambers - Interviewed by Kevin M. Rusnak''' '''Huntsville, Texas – 20 January 2000''' ''' ... due to a flight control system failure . '''Rusnak:''' When Neil A. Armstrong was flying it. '''Chambers:''' Oh, yes, right. Yes. And it was an interesting problem ... systems. We were asked to join a team that was evaluating the B-1 bomber at that time. It had three different data-bus systems. People ...

... remained otherwise healthy. ''(Science Service, Wash. Daily News, 5/1/63)'' Brig. Gen. Samuel C. Phillips (USAF), Director of Minuteman ... case . . . " Comparing the 2,500 test firings of V-2 to the less than 50 of Thor IRBM, ... airplanes that would move and operate without crews, improvements in bombs... communications systems . . . television, weather, medical research; atomic energy, ...

... estimates, Soviet buildup could give U.S.S.R. capability of delivering about 1,000 nuclear warheads and bombs; U.S. could deliver up to 43/2 times that number. Both U ... /2/68, 2; Marder, W Post, 2/2/68, Al; NYT, 2/6/68, 42)'' V/A Charles E. Weakley ''(N, Ret.)'', former Commander of U.S. Atlan­tic Fleet Anti ... Planning Div., formerly under Associate Administrator for Organization and Management. ''(NASA Release 68-11)'' February 1-2: Tenth anniversary of Explorer I see January 31 1968 Jan. 31 was commem­orated ...

... and alter its aiming point slightly. Primary objectives of NASA's Lunar Orbiter V mission were: (1) to place three-axis-stabilized spacecraft into high-inclination lunar orbit; and (2) ... flying at high speed through a squall. Scientists feared raindrops, relatively minor' problem to subsonic aircraft, might cause serious fuselage and wing erosion to the Concorde SST. ''(Reuters, NYT, 8/1 ...

... astronauts, particularly the number of hours of flying time required and the justification for such requirements. ‘‘(UPI, NYT, 3/2/66,22; NASA LAR V/36)’’ The Feb. 28 deaths of Astronauts ... wide range of scientific subjects at British institutions. ‘‘(Schmidt, NYT, 3/2/66, 13)’’ March 1-3: “Space Maintenance and Extravehicular Activities” meeting sponsored by USAF Aero Propulsion Laboratory and ...

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