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[[Apollo 16]] and 17 lunar samples, representing the widest variety of soil and rock from 'both missions, were presented at [[Johnson Space Center]] to Soviet Academy of Sciences representatives Vladimir Shcher­bina and Lev Tarasov by Dr. Paul W. Gast, JSC Chief of Planetary and Earth Sciences Div. The presentation of three grams (one 'tenth ounce) each of rock and soil from the Descartes and Taurus-Littrow landing sites was part of the U.S.-U.S.S.R. agreement for exchange of lunar samples. ''(JSC Release 73-28)'' Some members of Congress were urging a second series of [[Skylab]] mis­sions beginning in 1976, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported. The purpose would be to avoid the hiatus in manned space exploration between the joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. [[Apollo-Soyuz]] mission in 1975 and the first orbital flight of the [[space shuttle]] in 1978. Dr. James Fletcher, NASA Administrator, had estimated the cost of a second [[Skylab]] series at less than $1 billion if the same experiments were flown. Sen. Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. (R-Conn.), would try to add funds for a second [[Skylab]] to NASA's FY 1974 authorization. ''(Av Wk, 3/12/73, 16)'' Brazil was reported to be negotiating with several companies for a $100-million domestic communications satellite system to link its cities with remote areas not reached by ground systems. A special government commission would study proposals for the satellite program to relay thousands of simultaneous phone calls and multiple TV channels. If the program was authorized, Brazil would become the third country in the world with a nationwide domestic comsat system. ''(LATNs, Today; 3/16/73)'' A crew escape module was being tested by the Air Force at Holloman Air Force Base, N. Mex. The detachable crew compartment of a B-1 advanced bomber, designed by Air Force System Command's Aero­nautical Systems Division and [[Rockwell International]] Corp., would be able to save four men from a disabled aircraft over land or water. The compartment could be blasted free of the aircraft by rocket engines; the fins and spoiler would deploy for stabilization until the parachute opened to bring the men down safely. ''(ARC Release 15.73)'' The Subcommittee on Priorities and Economies in Government of the congressional Joint Economic Committee released the report Federal Transportation Policy: The SST Again. The British-French [[Concorde]] supersonic transport was a commercial failure because of high costs, limited range-payload capabilities, and unknown environmental effects, the report concluded. It recommended that no further attempts be made to provide funds for a U.S. SST. ''(Text)'' NASA launched a [[Nike-Tomahawk]] sounding rocket from 'Poker Flats, Alaska, carrying a Univ. of Minnesota and Univ. of New Hampshire auroral studies experiment. The rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily but the tracking radar lost the signal at 55 sec. ''([[GSFC]] proj off)'' *[[February 1973|February]] *[[March 1973|March]] [[Mar 1 1973|1]] [[Mar 2 1973|2]] [[Mar 3 1973|3]] [[Mar 4 1973|4]] [[Mar 5 1973|5]] [[Mar 6 1973|6]] [[Mar 7 1973|7]] [[Mar 8 1973|8]] [[Mar 9 1973|9]] [[Mar 10 1973|10]] [[Mar 11 1973|11]] [[Mar 12 1973|12]] [[Mar 13 1973|13]] [[Mar 14 1973|14]] [[Mar 15 1973|15]] [[Mar 16 1973|16]] [[Mar 17 1973|17]] [[Mar 18 1973|18]] [[Mar 19 1973|19]] [[Mar 20 1973|20]] [[Mar 21 1973|21]] [[Mar 22 1973|22]] [[Mar 23 1973|23]] [[Mar 24 1973|24]] [[Mar 25 1973|25]] [[Mar 26 1973|26]] [[Mar 27 1973|27]] [[Mar 28 1973|28]] [[Mar 29 1973|29]] [[Mar 30 1973|30]] [[Mar 31 1973|31]] *[[April 1973|April]]

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