Nov 30 1965
From The Space Library
A suggestion made at the White House Conference on International Cooperation that the U.S. seek international agreement on a legal code for human activity on the moon received editorial comment in the New York Times: "An important precedent for a code of lunar law exists in the Antarctic Treaty of Dec, 1, 1959. That pact, to which both the United States and the Soviet Union adhere, provides that Antarctica shall be used only for peaceful purposes and shall contain no military bases. It suspends all territorial claims to the Antarctic and establishes the principle that all settlements and activities in the area are open to inspection by observers designated by the nations ratifying the treaty. "The contracting nations agree to make available to each other all scientific information gathered there, and to exchange personnel among their expeditions and stations, "Adoption of an analogous code for the moon would be a major triumph of international cooperation , ." (NYT, 11/30/65, 40)
Science interest among U.S. high school students was declining, Dr. Robert Jastrow, director of the New York branch, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, told the New York City Youth Board, meeting to inaugurate Youth Week, Citing figures from a study covering 1958 to 1963, Jastrow reported a 30% decline in the number of semi-finalists competing for National Merit Scholarship Awards who whose physics as a career preference. He suggested that the image of science as "a dehumanized field of work open only to a gifted few" could be counteracted only if scientists "are willing to step down from this pedestal and interact with young people." (Whitehouse, NYT, 12/5/65, 71)
U.S. Army modified Redstone missile was successfully test-fired from WTR as part of Advanced Research Projects Agency's Project Defender. Some 24 Army-stockpiled Redstones had been ordered by ARPA for use in reentry measurements. This seven-year-old Redstone, among the first Redstones reactivated last June for Project Defender, was the first Redstone to be launched since November 1963. (SBD, 1/13/66, 72; M&R, 12/13/65, 17)
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