May 19 1967
From The Space Library
U.N. space law treaty had been ratified by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, Tass announced. Presidium acted on behalf of the Supreme Soviet when the full body was not in session. Ratified by US. Senate April 25, treaty would become effective when US., U.S.S.R., U.K., and two other nations had filed ratification papers. Washington Evening Star later commented: ". . . [the space law treaty] may not be one of the most significant agreements of our time, but it is surely the most far-reaching, encompassing nothing less than the infinities between us and the stars. It is an agreement, moreover, that puts America and Russia on the same side. It can be helpful as an example of what the two of us can do together-down here on the troubled earth-to promote a good and enduring peace." (NYT, 5/20/ 67, 1, 5; AP, W Star, 5/20/67, A5; W Post, 5/20/67, 1; W Star, 5/22/67, A16)
Press briefing on Esro II satellite and NASA International Cooperative Programs was held at NASA Hq. Arnold W. Frutkin, NASA Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, discussed the areas of cooperation between NASA and ESRO, emphasizing the "unprecedented data exchange agreement. . . . I don't think there is anything quite as sophisticated or as extensive in the international field. Under this agreement. . . ESRO assumes responsibility to collect all of the European technical report literature relevant to space activities, indexes and abstracts it, reduces it to a standard microfiche or microcard format which is compatible with our own system, and provides that material to us. We incorporate it in a single combined publication every two weeks, listing all of the US. and European literature in the field so that it is available to both sides. . . . Brian M. Walker, ESRO Project Coordinator for Esro II, announced that next ESRO satellite Esro I - would be launched in late 1967 to study the ionosphere. Esro II was scheduled for launch from WTR May 29. (Transcript)
USAF awarded two fixed-price incentive-fee contracts to continue development of the MOL: (1) Douglas Aircraft Corp., contractor for the laboratory vehicle, received $674,703,744; and (2) McDonnell Aircraft Corp., contractor for Gemini B spacecraft, received $180,469,000. (DOD Release 464-67)
A street and school in Warsaw, Poland, had been named for Vladimir M. Komarov, Soviet cosmonaut who died April 24 when Soyuz I spacecraft crash-landed, AP reported. (AP, NYT, 5/19/67, 4)
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