Sep 24 1965
From The Space Library
Dan Schneiderman, Mariner project manager at JPL, had invented "Conrad," a self-contained radio navigation aid for amateur sailors. The device would sell for less than $100 and function as an entertainment radio when not in use. (Hines, Wash, Eve. Star, 9/24/65)
Water could have been present on Mars during the first 3.5 billion years of the planet's history and then disappeared before its craters were created by meteorites, said researchers Edward Anders of the Univ. of Chicago and James R. Arnold of the Univ. of California at San Diego in a report in Science. The scientists said they believed the Martian craters were only 300 to 800 million years old, compared with up to 4.5 billion years for those on the moon. They added: "... The crater density of Mars no longer precludes the possibility that liquid water and a denser atmosphere were present on Mars during the first 3.5 billion years of its history." (Science, 9/24/65)
Ecumenical Council delegates studied theological problems involved in space travel and the possibility of life on other planets, Some bishops believed the question should have a place in the Council document entitled "On the Church in the Modern World" now under debate by the 2,500 prelates assembled in St, Peter's Basilica. (UPI, Wash. Daily News, 9/24/65)
Columbus Association of Genoa, Italy, announced that Astronauts Charles Conrad, Jr, and Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr, had been selected to receive the 1965 Columbus Prize. (AP, Wash, Post, 9/25/65)
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