Nov 1 1969
From The Space Library
In Sydney, Australia, during world tour of Apollo 11 astronauts, Astronauts Michael Collins said NASA might someday send women on space flights. "NASA has never barred women," he told news conference. "Flying background is usually what has prevented the young ladies from participating." (AP, W Post, 11/2/69, 18)
Visiting Soviet Cosmonauts Konstantin P. Feoktistov and Georgy T. Beregovoy viewed Apollo 11 lunar rock sample at Smithsonian Institution during tour of Washington, D.C. (W Star, 11/2/69)
Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, Presidential Science Adviser, addressed Sigma Xi Convention in Palm Springs, Calif.: "Science is now a part of society, is a part of politics, is a part of the social and economic system. Scientists must carefully ponder the relevance of their work to the problems of human beings. . . . They must ask the question of whether the scientific work in which they are engaged is of sufficient importance to the progress of knowledge and its application to be worthy of public support. They must face the fact that budgetary problems will be difficult in the years ahead and that we must reevaluate priorities and reevaluate the mechanisms that we have adopted for allocating our limited funds." (Text)
In first large-scale attempt at radar mapping of ice-buried continent surrounding South Pole, scientists of Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge, England, would make at least 20 flights with airborne radar-equipped USN C-130 Hercules aircraft from McMurdo Sound in Antarctic, New York Times said. Radar equipment already had penetrated more than 14,800 ft of ice, recording profile of mountains and valleys underneath. (Sullivan, NYT, 11/1/69, 30)
Article in Komsomolskaya Pravda acknowledged publicly, for first time, that U.S.S.R. had conducted underground nuclear tests "several years ago" to blast oil storage areas in deep salt bed. In same issue Andronik M. Petrosyants, Chairman of State Committee on Atomic Energy, said he had discussed Soviet program with U.S. in Vienna in April . (UPI, C Trib, 11/2/69, 16)
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