Sep 17 1970
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCCLXIII from Baikonur into orbit with 288-km (179.0-mi) apogee, 201-km (124.9-mi) perigee, 89.3-min period, and 65:0° inclination. Satellite reentered Sept. 29. (GSFC SSR, 9/30/70; SBD, 9/21/70, 88)
NASA launched series of six sounding rockets from Wallops Station two Arcas, Nike-Cajun, Nike-Apache, Viper Dart, and Loki Dart to obtain data on atmosphere. Data would be compared with that from orbiting Nimbus III and IV satellites to improve understanding of relations between various data. (NASA Rpts SRL)
Univ. of California physicist and lunar expert Dr. Harold C. Urey pleaded for reinstatement of Apollo missions canceled by NASA because of lack of funds in letter to Washington Post: "We scientific people in great numbers are working on many aspects of this problem. We wish that we could talk more about our conclusions. A bag of rocks requires much. study and much other evidence must be carefully considered. The remaining Apollo missions are needed to secure an understanding of the moon which may be the only planetary object with the very ancient history recorded in its surface rocks." (W Post, 9/17/70, A23)
Christian Science Monitor editorial: "Mankind must add one more category to its pollution roster. outer space pollution. Which means all those left-over, burned-out, still-extant bits and pieces and whole units of spacecraft now circling the earth. There's more of this space junk than we might imagine. Something should be dome about it, preferably by a treaty at the United Nations." (CSM, 9/17/70)
Preliminary results of uncompleted proof-test program had shown "F111 fleet will be structurally sound, and that it will indeed perform its intended mission," Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., Secretary of the Air Force, said in letter to Sen. John C. Stennis (D-Miss.), Chairman of Senate Armed Services Committee. (Text)
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