Oct 10 1964
From The Space Library
Opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Tokyo were tele-cast live in U.S. via ComSatCorp's communications link using NASA's SYNCOM III satellite. Telecast was delayed on West Coast and taped for later showing by NBC, which said it was avoiding interference with commercial programming. Japan was reported to have expressed dis-appointment to U.S. State Dept., and State Dept. in turn was said to be "deeply concerned" over the procedure. NBC confirmed that future coverage of Olympic Games would be taped or filmed. (ComSatCorp Release; Gould, NYT, 10/11/64, 1, 25)
NASA Electronics Research Center Director Dr. Winston E. Kock announced appointment of James T. Dennison as Director of Technology Utilization, ERC. Dennison joined NASA in May 1963 as a consultant and had been serving as acting director of Technology Utilization Div., NASA Hq. Appointment was effective Nov. 1. (NASA Release 64-244)
Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper, Director of Univ. of Arizona's Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, charged that John Lear's article in Saturday Review (Sept. 5) on RANGER VII's findings was "an insidious mixture of reasonably correct quotations, his own gross extrapolations, unfair allegations and personal peeves. . . "One implication of Mr. Lear's article seems to be that I have given him information to the effect that scientists are under pressure to make statements that are favorable to the continuance of large government projects. This is complete fantasy. . . ." (SR, 10/10/64, 32)
Douglas Missile & Space Systems Div. preliminary study of a manned Mars mission, called Project Deimos, was described by James J. Haggerty, Jr., in Journal of the Armed Forces. Conducted by Douglas engineers J. L. Woodworth, G. A. Ursini, and Phil Bono, the study was based on six-man crew making 830-day round trip. Key to study was chemical-fuel rocket booster of 18,000,000-lb.-thrust power capable of placing 800,000 lbs. in earth orbit. Reusable booster would be fueled in orbit (by other reusable boosters making 10 trips) before sending spacecraft into Mars trajectory. (J/Armed Forces, 10/10/64, 8)
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