Apr 7 1962
From The Space Library
Atlas-Centaur launching from AMR was again postponed, this time because of high-altitude winds.
A censored transcript of testimony before a closed hearing of the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee by Dr. Harold Brown, DOD's Director of Research and Engineering, on March 19, was released, disclosing questions by Chairman George H. Mahon on security aspects of the prepared statement which outlined DOD's R&D projects. Dr. Brown replied that it was necessary under the U.S. system to inform the public, that no numbers of weapons or specific capabilities of weapons were given, and that "having the other side know what we arc thinking can in some cases be useful." Sir Bernard Lovell, Director of England's Jodrell Bank radiotelescope, said in an interview in Los Angeles that Soviet secrecy with regard to their space launches was justified. "There are two ways of looking at this thing, you know. In scientific circles it is customary not to announce an achievement until it has actually proven a success." Educational Testing Service received a $30,300 grant from the National Science Foundation for the showing of science films over stations of the National Educational TV Network of 58 stations.
State Board of Education in Minnesota voted to stop requiring any science or mathematics as prerequisite to high-school graduation. Members argued that some students were not suited to courses in science and mathematics.
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