Aug 28 1962
From The Space Library
USAF announced launch of an unidentified satellite with Thor-Agena D vehicle from Vandenberg AFB.
NASA reported that power output of orbiting satellites ARIEL I, TRANSIT IV-B, and TRAAC dropped after U.S. high-altitude nuclear blast on July 8, the energetic particles created by explosion damaging the satellites' solar cells and thereby reducing their ability to convert sunlight into electricity. Many satellites, including TELSTAR, showed no signs of damage from radiation. TELSTAR’s solar cells survived because they were specially designed to withstand radiation in the Van Allen belts.
Speaking at meeting of American Institute of Biological Sciences in Corvallis, Ore., James C. Finn, Jr., of North American Aviation, predicted a permanent moon base would be established before 1990. He said the base would be dug at least 40 ft. underground to protect crew from bombardment by meteors and radiation and from temperature extremes between day and night.
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