Feb 7 1969
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCLXV into orbit with 457-km (284-mi) apogee, 272-km (169-mi) perigee, 91.8-min period, and 71° inclination. Satellite reentered May 1. (GSFC SSR, 2/15/69; 5/15/69)
Aerobee 150 MI launched by NASA from WSMR carried Johns Hopkins Univ. payload to 101.7-mi (163.6-km) altitude to measure vacuum uv spectral emission lines from Venusian atmosphere. Experiment worked satisfactorily except for one second near end. No fine-mode acquisition was received and Vernier star-tracker could not track. No data on Venus were obtained. Terrestrial airglow data were obtained. (NASA Rpt SRL)
Nike-Apache sounding rocket launched by NASA from Churchill Research Range carried Southwest Center for Advanced Studies payload to 826-mi (133-km) altitude to investigate auroral disturbances. Rocket and instruments performed satisfactorily and payload was recovered successfully. (NASA Rpt SRL)
Senate confirmed appointment of Dr. Lee A. DuBridge as Director of Office of Science and Technology. (CR, S1536-7)
Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe said in Washington, D.C., that committee of academicians, committee within DOT, and committee representing other agency executives had begun extensive review for Nixon Administration to determine whether Government should continue subsidizing SST development. (Herbers, NYT, 2/8/69, 1; Reuters, W Post, 2/8/69, A2)
Royal Crown Cola International announced former Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr." had become its president. He had been chairman since January 1967. (NYT, 2/8/69)
Committee of air traffic controllers said it had evolved program which would enable FAA to postpone restrictions scheduled to go into effect April 27 at five major airports. Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization would petition Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe to substitute "revamped procedures which would make operations safer and more efficient," said F. Lee Bailey, counsel. Restrictions would curtail services into New York, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. (NYT, 2/8/69)
In Science, Walter Orr Roberts, President of University Corp. for Atmospheric Research, wrote: "Manned exploration of the moon will provide answers to age-long speculation about its nature. Perhaps even more important than what we find will be the fact that we have done it. The event will mark the successful attainment of a goal that demanded technological attainments of unprecedented complexity and difficulty. Our sights were set upon this goal nearly a decade ago by President Kennedy. I was, I confess, one who feared he had asked the impossible." Weather forecasting-one example of earth-oriented use of space science-would require space satellites of new and sophisticated character. "We will not solve this problem unless we can somehow inspire atmospheric scientists of all the world to commit themselves to the goal. . . . Space technology is perhaps the most important single component of the technology development needed for success. What better use could be found for our incredible talents in space? After the moon, the earth!" (Science, 2/7/69)
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