Sep 4 1968

From The Space Library

September 4: NASA Aerobee 150 sounding rocket launched from MR car­ried National Center for Atmospheric Research experiment to 77-mi (124-km) altitude to retrieve high-intensity air sample from 26.7- to 40.4-mi (43- to 65-km) altitude, using low-temperature condenser. All cryogenic heat exchange and sampler functions performed satisfac­torily; recovery parachute deployed and payload survived impact. Sam­ple of eight moles of air was recovered between 26.8-mi (43.2-km) and 38.9-mi (62.8-km) altitudes. (NASA Rpt SRL)

NASA issued Apollo Status Summary: Apollo 7 crew was participating in verification test of electrically mated spacecraft and launch vehicle. For Apollo 8 mission, combined systems test on Command and Service Module 103 and checkout of Apollo Saturn 503 launch vehicle would continue through week at KSC. (Text)

FAA issued notice of proposed rule to restrict number, type, and equip­ment of aircraft using "high density" airports. New York's Kennedy International and La Guardia, Newark, Chicago's O'Hare, and Wash­ington National would be allocated 80, 60, 60, 135, and 60 operations per hr from 6:00 am to midnight. Rule would set minimum airspeed of 150 knots while under air traffic approach control and require all air­craft to be equipped with radar beacon transponder with 64-code capa­bility and two pilots while under reservations plan. Prior approved departure or arrival reservations would be required for each flight oper­ated under IFR or from designated high-traffic airport. Public hearing on proposed rule would be held at FAA Hq. Sept. 25. (FAA Release 68-53)

At Fort Worth, Tex., ceremonies, Australian Minister for Defence Allen Fairhall accepted first of Australia's 24 F-111C aircraft on order from General Dynamics Corp. U.S. Secretary of the Air Force, Dr. Harold Brown, told assembled dignitaries F-111 "institutes a new generation of aircraft. . . . We have discovered . . . that when compared to fixed-wing aircraft, the variable geometry wing requires far fewer compro­mises to obtain the desired performance." (DOD Releases 779-68, 812-68; AFSC Newsreview, 9/68, 1)

Dr. George Kozmetsky, dean of Univ. of Texas College of Business and of Graduate School of Business, had been sworn in as consultant to NASA Administrator James E. Webb, NASA announced. Specialist in sys­tem analysis, organization theory, quantative methods, and system management, Dr. Kozmetsky would serve on NASA'S Management Advis­ory Panel. (NASA Release 68-153)

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