Nov 30 1966
From The Space Library
NASA launched two-stage, 30-ft long Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket from Wallops Station in cosmic ray and ionospheric experiment for Univ. of New Hampshire. 120-lb. payload reached altitude of 223 mi. (359 km.) and impacted 142 mi. downrange in Atlantic Ocean. Measurements obtained were radioed back during flight and recorded at ground receiving stations. (Wallops Release 66-56; NASA Rpt. SRL)
NASA Aerobee 150 launched from WSMR reached 136-mi. (219-km.) altitude in NASA-Univ. of Minnesota experiment to measure atmospheric temperature and composition from 62-to 124-mi. (100-to 200-km.) altitude. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (NASA Rpt. SRL)
Charles W. Mathews, MSC Gemini program Manager, was named Director of Saturn-Apollo Applications in NASA Hq. Office of Manned Space Flight. He would replace M/G David M. Jones (USAF), Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight Programs, who had been Acting Director. (NASA Release 66-310)
First AEC-NASA Tech Brief was published, launching joint program for announcing to US. industry useful technical innovations resulting from their research programs. Tech Briefs would be issued in five categories: electrical and electronic; energy sources; materials and chemistry; life sciences; and mechanical. (NASA Release 66-307)
National Science Foundation and National Foundation for the Advancement of Arts and Humanities urged in comments filed jointly with FCC that satellite system be devised that would "permit the distribution of high-quality programs in the arts, humanities, and sciences to remote areas in the Nation where educational and cultural opportunities are often minimal." Comments were filed in response to FCC request for suggestions on establishment of comsat facilities by organizations other than Government and communications companies. (AP, Wash. Post, 12/1/66, A18)
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