Jul 22 1962
From The Space Library
NASA Mariner Venus probe launched by Atlas-Agena B from AMR, the booster deviating from course at 212 seconds and commanded to be destroyed by the range safety officer of 290 seconds and nearly 100 miles high. Work immediately began to launch another Mariner spacecraft before the end of the 50-day Venus window on September 10, 1962, hopefully within several weeks if difficulty with the Atlas could be ascertained. Mariner had been planned to reach the vicinity of Venus about December 8 and to pierce the dense cloud layers hiding the surface of Venus from observation.
Chairman of FCC, Newton N. Minow, said on "Meet the Press" TV program: "There are some optimists who think we can see the Japanese Olympics in 1964. I would personally think that is stretching it a bit, although the technology certainly will permit us to have a working communications satellite system within three or four years. This is the reason why we are pushing to have legislation passed—it has passed the House and is now pending in the Senate—to determine national policy as to how the communications system will work. As always in this country technology is ahead of public policy. This time we want to keep our national legislative policy abreast of science." United Auto Workers (UAW) of North American and Ryan Aviation voted to delay walkout for 60 days as requested by the President, thus joining International Association of Machinists (IAM) which had previously accepted the 60-day delay in planned strike against General Dynamics (Convair) and Lockheed.
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