Apr 24 1966
From The Space Library
NASA Administrator James E. Webb, in an article written for AP, discussed national power in space: "The question that arises is this: in terms of national power, is there going to be a real contest for the control of this new environment? Is there going to be a shared mastery or an effort at domination? "The danger is clear in having such a very great power available to only one nation, and especially to the Communist nations who have a strong, determined drive to dominate the world, to enforce their views on others.. . . "The US. space program gives us a mastery of the space environment. It gives us the knowledge which permits us to judge what is in our own interest. It gives us the assurance that we are going to be at the decision table when the big decisions of the future are made. It also gives us the image of a `can do' nation, the image of a nation that is not going to focus on pure commercialism or fail to respond to a great challenge. It gives us also the power to exploit space." (Text)
Jet aircraft operating from Washington National Airport. (Wash. Sun. Star, 4/24/66, A1)
U.S.S.R. began series of carrier rocket tests in two areas of the Pacific west and northwest of Midway Island. (AP, NYT, 7/5/66,28)
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