Oct 13 1963

From The Space Library

NASA Administrator James E. Webb, interviewed by the New York Herald Tribune, acknowledged that parts of Project Apollo were behind the schedule as written two years ago. He singled out on-board power-"we have counted on fuel cells .... To say that the fuel cell is behind is not an adequate statement, but to say that problems have been encountered in solving the problems of enough on-board electrical energy to do the job would be an accurate statement"-and the Titan II booster for the Gemini program-"We must know what happens to men and equipment under a weightless condition for a week or two. We had hoped to get this information at an earlier. date in making our plans for Apollo and future flight missions. We still will get it early enough to do the job within this decade." (Ubell and Loory, N.Y. Herald Tribune, 10/13/63)

Editorial in the New York Times: "The House of Representatives, moved by sheer frustration and a kind of primitive emotionalism, occasionally acts in such a way as to undermine its reputation for rational lawmaking. The vote to prohibit the use of moon­ project funds in any cooperative lunar attempt with the Soviet Union is a case in point. This restrictive proposition was pre­sented without advance notice, received virtually no debate on its merits, and was then adopted with barely half the membership voting .... The Congress of the United States should not re­lieve Premier Khrushchev from making the decision on coopera­tion, or noncooperation, with the United States in the explora­tion of space." (NYT, 10/13/63, 8E)

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