Jul 8 1963
From The Space Library
Field Enterprises Educational Corp. announced it was withdrawing its $3.2 million contract offer to 16 U.S. astronauts for their personal stories. "It is with deep regret that we are with drawing our bid. We knew there would be a vast number of subtle and complex problems to resolve before we could arrive at a viable contract. "Following our most recent conversations with [NASA] officials, we have reached the conclusion, most reluctantly, that further negotiations would be futile." (UPI, NYT, 7/9/63, 1)
NASA Launch Operations Center awarded two contracts for construction at the Merritt Island site adjacent to Cape Canaveral: Ingalls Iron Works, $11,500,000 contract for three launching towers; and American Bridge Div. of U.S. Steel Corp., $23,534,000 contract for work on Saturn V vertical assembly building. (NYT, 7/10/63, 5)
Dr. Nello Pace, physiology prof. at Univ. of Calif., sworn in as consultant on life science programs to NASA Administrator James E. Webb. NASA Release)
Jr. Lt. Valentina Tereshkova's confirmation that she landed by parachute separately from her VOSTOK VI spacecraft was reported in Aviation Week and Space Technology. (Av. Wk., 7/8/63, 26)
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