Jun 18 1964
From The Space Library
SAF launched Thor-Agena D booster from WTR with unidentified satellite payload. It was later disclosed that two satellites were orbited with one launch vehicle. ( HEN-4 8 )
Lewis Research Center completed wind tunnel tests to study the aerodynamic forces which would occur on the launch vehicle when Mariner spacecraft was launched toward Mars. (LRC Release 64-55)
Edward Z. Gray, Director, Advanced Manned Missions Program, Office of Manned Space Flight, addressed the National Space Club: "From [the objectives of the Space Act of 1958], the objectives of the Manned Space Flight Program are .. derived. They are: "1. The conduct of manned scientific space flight missions . . . as an integral part of a total program to expand our knowledge of the universe. "2. The development of launch vehicles, spacecraft, lunar and planetary surface equipment .. . and a broad foundation of industrial support, all of which are required to support manned space flight. "3. The utilization of the space environment to provide direct benefits to the earth. . . . "4. The application of manned space flight activities to promote the national security and to stimulate the national economy, scientific achievement, technological growth, and educational capability." (Text)
USAF fired Atlas-D 5,000 miles downrange from Vandenberg AFB as part of an advanced re-entry systems program, and indicated shot was successful. (UPI, Wash. Eve. Star, 6/18/64)
NASA granted Dr. George Wharton, Ohio State Univ. scientist, nearly $70,000 for a three-year research program to determine the least amount of water necessary to sustain earth life. (Wash. Daily News, 6/18/64)
Dr. Edward C. Welsh, NASC Executive Secretary, delivered an address on occasion of the Martin Co. Honors Night Banquet. He suggested that private industry was not doing its share in the job of educating "the public to the value, the significance of space progress, space leadership, and space benefits. It should not be possible for anyone to take seriously the public diatribes against the national space program. Anyone who knows anything about crash programs' or the space program would never talk [about `moondoggle'] . Crash programs have unlimited funds, unlimited overtime, and parallel approaches to the end objective. None of these aspects applies to the space program or even to the lunar project." Dr. Welsh said that in educating the general public, the contribution of the space program to education, national security, technological and managerial innovations, international status, and the national economy should be emphasized. He concluded: "The national space program is a creative force in our society. As we marshal our progressive strengths, let us use them to stamp out the evils of ignorance and misunderstanding. . . ." (Text)
AFSC revealed a device known as RMU (Remote Maneuvering Unit), which is designed to be launched from a manned orbiting mother craft and carries a television camera to examine other nearby objects in space. The RMU would televise its image to the crew of the mother ship. Built by Ling-Temco-Vought, the device weighed less than 125 lbs. and measured less than 21/2-ft. long. It is propelled by a nitrogen reaction gas ejected from one or more of 16 nozzles on the RMU. (AFSC Release 42-43-76)
NASA issued list of its Technology Utilization publications, designed to acquaint the public with useful innovations from space research. (NASA Release 64 149)
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