Jan 15 1970
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCCXIX from Plesetsk into orbit with 1490-km (925.8-mi) apogee, 195-km (121.2-mi) perigee, 101.9-min period, and 81.8° inclination. Satellite reentered July 1. (GSFC SSR, 1/15/70; 7/31/70; SF, 7/70, 282)
Interagency Committee on Back Contamination suggested elimination of requirement for quarantine after lunar exploration because no evidence of back contamination had been found after Apollo 11 and 12 missions. Committee report released to press said, "There is no need to impose quarantine on the crews, the lunar samples or equipment on subsequent missions." (AP, W Post, 1/16/70, A5)
Mrs. Richard M. Nixon christened Clipper Young America, Pan American World Airways' first operational Boeing 747, in Dulles International Airport ceremony. Aircraft was parked alongside Boeing 707 and 40-yr old Ford Trimotor, first aircraft flown by Pan Am. (AP, 'W Post, 1/16/70,14)
Advertisement offering "genuine" moon rock fragments at $1 per carat had been denounced as fraud by West German police in Frankfurt. Check with U.S. authorities had revealed fragments could not possibly have come from Apollo 11 samples, AP reported. (W Post, 1/16/70, A12)
USN announced support aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hornet would be inactivated by June 30. Ship, which had served as recovery vessel in Apollo missions, would be mothballed after 26 yrs of service. (DOD Release 38-70)
Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe and Under Secretary of Transportation James M. Beggs met with West German Minister of Transport and of Postal Affairs and Communications George Leber in Washington, D.C. They agreed to give priority to continuing collaboration on R&D in transportation technology. (DOT Release 2170)
Czechoslovakian press agency CTK had said in Prague that astronomical dictionary in seven languages, issued by Czechoslovakia's Akademia publishing house, was first work of its kind in world, AP reported. (NYT, 1/15/70, 12)
Denver Post editorial commented: "The earth problems seem to us more important at the moment than the space problems, and human survival will be in jeopardy unless the earth problems are solved. Instead of allowing some of NASA's talents and resources to leave the public service, we believe they could be put to work developing scientific and technological solutions to the problems of environment." (D Post, 1/15/70, 22)
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