Aug 31 1964
From The Space Library
RANGER VII team of scientists presented lunar photographs to IAU in Hamburg, Germany, and discussed data obtained from them. Dr. Thomas Gold of Cornell Univ., known as an outspoken proponent of the "fairy castle" theory of lunar surface structure, said there was nothing in the RANGER VII photographs that would give him reason to revise his hypothesis. Dr. Gold also disputed hypothesis of Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper, of Univ. of Arizona, who identified what he interpreted as lava flows on the moon (crater rays, essentially); Dr. Gold stated none of the photographs showed evidence of volcanic lava on the moon. (NYT, 9/1/64)
Placing a 100-in. telescope in orbit by 1975-1980 for studying the stars was "not an unreasonable goal," Dr. Leo Goldberg Told IAU in Hamburg. The Harvard Univ. astronomer summed up arguments for telescope in space by saying that he could not agree with those "who prefer to look at the universe through a hazy, dirty, semi-opaque atmosphere." Cost of such a project could be justified, he said, only if expected lifetime of such an instrument was long. However, he cited Soviet and U.S. progress toward space rendezvous techniques and expected increases in rocket booster power, and said: "The future looks terribly exciting." (Sullivan, NYT, 9/1/64)
Labor Dept. said industry employed 885,000 engineers and scientists in 1963, about 4% more than in 1962. 715,000 of the 885,000 were engineers and 170,000 were scientists. (AP, NYT, 9/1/64, 22)
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