Dec 19 1965
From The Space Library
The successful Gemini VII-VI mission received extensive editorial comment. New York Times: "The exploits of astronauts Borman, Lovell, Schirra and Stafford and the extraordinary pictures they brought back from space have thrilled men everywhere. Admiration for their high achievements has-if only for the moment-overcome most of the usual division of this quarrelsome world. ., . "Borman and Lovell in Gemini VII took the longest journey in history -more than five million miles. They showed that creatures of the earth's surface can live and work effectively for fourteen days in a weightless environment, in which men must encapsulate themselves as in the womb and bring their own air, food and water to survive. They proved that a human organism is up to the task of staying in space long enough to fly to the moon, to do work there for several days, and then to return to this planet. "The unprecedented precision navigation feat of Schirra and Stafford in GEMINI VI was important primarily because, for the first time, it brought two spaceships close enough together to be joined. Their demonstration opens the way for construction in space and vastly expands the potentialities for human activity in that realm... " (NYT, 12/19/65, 8E)
Washington Sunday Star: "Now it is all over, but it will be remembered in history as one of man's finer achievements...." (Wash. Sun. Star, 12/19/65, C2)
U.S. Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg told the U.N, General Assembly's Political Committee that progress had been made on a start toward a basic international law for space and for the assistance and return of astronauts forced down on foreign soil, He said that an additional topic should be brought under study by the U,N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space: "Within a few years, the need for a treaty governing activities on the moon and other celestial bodies will be real. My government plans to present a definite proposal as to the contents of such a treaty." (UPI, Wash, Post, 12/20/65, A15)
France was exploring with the U.S. the possibility of establishing an international space launching center in French Guiana, John Finney reported in the New York Times, Center's location near the equator would make it possible to launch satellites directly into either equatorial or polar orbits valuable for both scientific and communications satellites. Preliminary surveys were under way. (Finney, NYT, 12/20/65, 8)
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