Nov 10 1961
From The Space Library
USAF Atlas with capsule containing squirrel monkey destroyed by range safety officer at Atlantic Missile Range when main sustainer engine failed 15 seconds after launch.
Reported that ONR-supported radio observatory at Cal Tech's Owens Valley, Calif., had expanded the radius of the observable universe 27 times (36 sextillion miles, the distance traveled by light at a speed of about 186,000 miles a second in 6 billion years).
In reviewing NASA's communications satellite programs, Administrator Webb pointed out that it had been speculated that the satellite system "may have progressed enough by 1964 that we shall be able to watch the Tokyo Olympic Games on television at home."
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