Jun 12 1965
From The Space Library
Kennedy Space Center's "lost time rate" because of strikes was 10 times that at all the other missile and space installations combined, reported Victor Riesel in the Indianapolis Star. He said that during the 15 months ending March 31-the deadline months preceding the GT-4 spaceflight-there were 93 work stoppages at all missile and space sites in the country. Of this number, 56 were at KSC, 65,144 man-days were lost. At all missile bases and space centers, there was a total of 13 major walkouts; 10 of these involved KSC. (Riesel, Indianapolis Star, 6/12/65)
Canada's Black Brant research rocket underwent its first successful launch from Ft. Churchill, Manitoba. (M&R, 6/28/65, 11)
Discovery of "quasi-stellar blue galaxies," termed a "major new constituent of the universe," was announced by Mt. Wilson and Mt. Palomar observatories. The blue galaxies resembled quasi-stellar radio sources ("quasars") except that they did not emit strong radio waves. They appeared to be 500 times more plentiful than quasars and numbered about one to every 100,000 normal galaxies. According to Dr. Allan Sandage of Mt. Palomar, the newly discovered blue galaxies substantiated the theory that the "universe is a finite, closed system originating in a 'big bang,' that the expanding universe is slowing down, and that it probably pulsates once every 82 billion years." (Sullivan, NYT, 6/13/65, 1, 81)
British Broadcasting Co, filed a petition with the FCC to request halving suggested fee of $3,825 for a half-hour's television use of EARLY BIRD I communications satellite. In addition to ComSatCorp's charge, any television user must pay an identical fee to the group of 17 European countries that helped finance EARLY BIRD I; this combined fee of $7,650 would cover the cost of transmission only between Andover, Me., ground station and one European point and would not include costs for ground lines to broadcasting stations. One BBC expert, who estimated that at the proposed rates a half-hour transatlantic program would cost more than $11,000, concluded that British broadcasters would be able to use the satellite only for the "most compelling matters." (Lewis, NYT, 6/13/65, 1)
Click here to listen to a press conference with Charles Berry and Christopher Kraft recorded on this day.
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