July 1971
From The Space Library
Sen. Howard W. Cannon (D-Neu.) praised U.S. space shuttle program in Aerospace article: "Logic dictates that we should move ahead with the shuttle program. Experience tells us that the aerospace industry can respond to even seemingly impossible challenges-and that nations that reject the major challenges of their times do not remain major powers. And a hard fact of international economics is that the United States can remain prosperous in this world only by maintaining and utilizing its advanced technology." (Aerospace, 7/71, 7)
First book taken from earth to moon was not microfilmed Bible carried by Astronaut Edgar D. Mitchell on Apollo 14 (launched Jan. 31, 1971) as had been reported by UPI, Robert H. Goddard Library publication Goddard Biblio Log said. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., had carried miniature copy of Robert Hutchings Goddard -Father of the Space Age on Apollo 11 (launched July 16, 1969, 45 years after Goddard's first liquid-fueled rocket flight) but had not been allowed by NASA to leave book on moon. Apollo 11 astronauts had given three-by two-inch book, published by Achille J. St. Onge, to Mrs. Esther Goddard, who had donated it to Goddard Library at Clark Univ. (Goddard Biblio Log, 7/71, 11-2)
After more than quarter century of dominating international aviation scene, U.S. was "well on its way to becoming, if not an also-ran, just another contender for the trophies of the world's aviation markets," John F. Loosbrock said in Air Force Magazine article. "For indicators, one only had to stroll the display line, watch the flying demonstrations, and eavesdrop at the chalets" at Paris Air Show. Bitterest pill was "lack of American presence in the supersonic-transport competition, while the Soviet TU-144 and the Anglo-French Concorde were impressing customers, the press, the public. .. ." Equally important was "dazzling array of commercial and military aviation products" displayed by European suppliers. For U.S. to forge ahead again in aviation and advanced technology generally it was going to require "new ways of looking at the problem, new ways of doing things. We are pricing ourselves out of the market, not only for what we hope to sell abroad, but even for what we would like to sell to ourselves." (AF Mag, 7/7, 6)
“The Climb Up Cone Crater” article appears in National Geographic Magazine
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