Feb 11 1962
From The Space Library
Project Oscar Association chairman, M. C. Towns, reported that signal reports on OSCAR I, placed in orbit in December 1961, had been received from radio amateurs throughout the world. No confirmation was received that OSCAR's Morse signal was heard behind the Iron Curtain. Towns announced that the 250,000 hams would have another Oscar, tentatively set for launch sometime in late spring.
Reported in Tass that a Soviet expert on rocket propulsion, not mentioned by name, had said: "The creation of powerful rockets has been full of pitfalls. Our investigations and experiments have not always been successful—far from it. There have been difficulties . . ."
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