Oct 12 1967
From The Space Library
Vertical probe launched by U.S.S.R. carried instrumented payload to 4,400-km (2,734-mi) altitude to study "characteristics of ionosphere . . . general intensity of cosmic rays . . . doses of radiation for various protections at the time of the flight in radiation belts . . . [and] density of neutral hydrogen." Equipment and instruments-including a telemetry system-functioned normally. (UPI, P Inq, 10/14/67, 1; SBD, 10/16/67,239)
NASA Administrator James E. Webb held press conference on management changes: (1) George S. Trimble, Jr., Director of Advanced Manned Missions Program, OMSF, was appointed Deputy Director of MSC. (2) NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications Edgar M. Cortright was appointed Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight. He would be replaced by Donald P. Hearth, Voyager Program Manager. (3) MSFC Deputy Director Eberhard F. M. Rees was named to serve as Special Assistant in Manufacturing Problems to MSC Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager George M. Low. Discussing space law treaty [effective Oct. 101 after making announcements, Webb said it was a valuable further advance of the rule of law into space but noted that laws could be broken. "We have an agreement in the Antarctic . . . not to introduce military operations or equipment and this has worked well. . . . We now have this agreement in space, and . . . the most important enforcer of these that relate to space technology is momentum and continued development of technology. The forward capability is what in essence has produced Cooperation when we have had it. . . . [U.S.S.R.] and other nations must recognize that they're not going to have a monopoly in this field. [Our being] . . . there is the most important way to make sure we get the benefits of the treaty. Without continued development of this kind I am not sure what the treaty means." (Transcript; NASA Release 67-268)
All-weather landing system (AWLS) was certified by FAA for use on USAF C-141 StarLifter aircraft under minimums of 1,200-ft visibility and 100-ft decision altitude. Capable of bringing the 316,000-lb fanjet transport to a landing within 12 ft of either side of runway center line and within 300 ft of either side of a touchdown point, AWLS would considerably improve all-weather landing capability. Developed by AFSC and FAA and produced by Lockheed-Georgia Co., AWLS would program aircraft's flight path, speed, angle of approach, and attitude; generate and provide data to pilot or autopilot; and be nearly self-sufficient. Ultimate goal of AWLS was to enable aircraft to make totally blind landings when ceiling and visibility both were zero. (AFSC Release 185.67)
Satellites should be used to enable land-based air traffic control centers to track constantly commercial airliners flying over oceans, urged Pan American World Airways' chief electronic engineer Ben F. McLeod at NATO's Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) meeting at New York City. McLeod said that within five to 10 years traffic increases and new aircraft would demand improved air traffic control system with positions of hundreds of aircraft being sent automatically by satellites to ground stations for plotting. (NYT, 10/12/67, 50)
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