Feb 7 1973
From The Space Library
The House passed and cleared for the President's signature S.J.R. 37, to designate the Manned Spacecraft Center the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in honor of the late President. Rep. Olin E. Teague (D-Tex.), for himself and Rep. Kenneth J. Gray (D-Ill.) , introduced H.J.R. 328 for the same purpose. H.J.R. 328 was referred to the House Committee on Science and Astronautics. (CR, 2/7/73, H838.9, H877)
Selection of John E. O'Brien as Assistant General Counsel for Procurement Matters was announced by NASA. O'Brien, who had been Chief Counsel of Kennedy Space Center since December 1970, would replace John A. Whitney, who would return to private law practice. (NASA Release 73-19)
Rep. Olin E. Teague (D-Tex.), Chairman of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics, introduced NASA-related bills: H.R. 4115, to authorize coinage of 50-cent pieces to commemorate the Apollo 11 lunar landing and to establish the Apollo Lunar Landing Commemorative Trust Fund,; H.R. 4119, to amend the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 to provide for additional reports to Congress; and H.R. 4120, to authorize the NASA Administrator to convey certain lands in Brevard County, Fla. (CR, 2/7/73, H875)
The Federal Aviation Administration announced award of a $3 485 861 contract to Westinghouse Electric Co.'s Aerospace and Electronic Systems Center to design, fabricate, install, and test one prototype airroute-surveillance radar, designated ARSR-3. The radar would include the latest technology to improve coverage area and target detection and to reduce clutter. (FAA Release 73-26)
A New York Times editorial commented on the new role of science in President Nixon's Administration: The extent to which technical expertise was indispensable to governmental decision-making in fields of environmental pollution, defense, and medical policy made it "surprising that the President now has chosen to lessen the role of science and scientists in his Administration." Downgrading science and technology would have effect of a handicap "in getting first-class scientific advice quickly when he needs it. . . . The United States is powerful and prosperous today only because it has made such effective, large. scale use of scientific knowledge in all civilian and military fields.” (NYT, 2/7/73, 34)
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