Apr 5 1974
From The Space Library
Experiments had been approved for the first High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) mission, to make an x-ray survey of the sky from low earth orbit in 1977, NASA announced. Contracts totaling $23 349 266 had been let for a large-area x-ray survey experiment to map the celestial sphere for x-ray sources; a cosmic x-ray experiment to measure emissions and absorptions of diffuse x-rays and correlate results with radio and visible-light-ray emission; a scanning modulation collimator experiment to determine precisely the celestial position, size, and structure of selected cosmic x-ray sources; and a hard x-ray and low-energy gamma ray experiment to determine the intensity and other properties of certain x-rays and gamma rays. (NASA Release 74-79)
The U.S.S.R.'s Aeroflot Soviet Air Lines made its inaugural flight from Washington's Dulles International Airport to Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport, with a stopover in Paris, initiating regular weekly Washing-ton-Moscow service. Under a U.S.-U.S.S.R. protocol signed 23 June 1973, Aeroflot also served the Soviet capital from New York with two flights weekly during peak periods and one flight per week at other times. (DOT Release 29-74)
Large numbers of scientists and engineers trained in a variety of traditional and interdisciplinary fields would be required over the next several years by increased energy research and development efforts, a Science editorial said. Numbers of graduating scientists and engineers were dropping each year and some signs of a shortage were appearing already. Top-level representatives from R&D agencies-including NASA, the Federal Energy Office, Office of Management and Budget, National Science Foundation, and the Atomic Energy Commission-should examine manpower needs and set up or fund a program for continuing assessment over the coming decade. "Dollar budgets can be changed quickly. Manpower budgets require longer planning time if both dollars and manpower are to be used wisely." (Vetter, Science, 5 April 74, 11)
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