Jan 8 1968

From The Space Library

Two-volume Review Board report, Status of Actions Taken on the Apollo 204, was submitted to Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences and House Committee on Science and Astronautics' NASA Oversight Subcommittee by NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, Dr. George E. Mueller. According to report, major changes made in Apollo project included: installing quick- opening hatch; eliminating most combustible materials in cabin; remak­ing spacesuit, primarily of glass fiber instead of nylon; equipping and training launch pad workers for fire fighting, placing metal shielding over exposed electrical wiring; and replacing aluminum oxygen pipes with more-fire-resistant stainless steel pipes. NASA reported spacecraft had been modified by North American Rockwell Corp. so that it could use ordinary air or oxygen-enriched air, as well as 100% oxygen, while on launch pad. (Text; Wilford, NYT, 1/20/68, 1)

Spain had submitted "declaration of intent" to withdraw from ESRO, Space Business Daily reported. Under March 20, 1964, eight-year or­ganization plan, Spain would have contributed 2.66%, $7.98 million, of ESRO's total budget of $300 million. Nine countries would remain in ESRO: Belgium, Denmark, West Germany, France, Italy, The Nether­lands, Sweden, Switzerland, and U.K. (SBD, 1/8/68, 27)

Five or six meteorites landed on earth every day, usually undetected, National Geographic Society reported. Some 8 billion meteors actually entered earth's atmosphere daily, but intense heat from air friction va­porized all but largest. (NYT, 1/8/68, 47)

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