Oct 22 1965
From The Space Library
Ten areas on the moon had been selected by NASA for planning photography by the Lunar Orbiter spacecraft next year. Areas included examples of all major types of moon surface to permit assessment of their suitability for spacecraft landings. Nine of the sites were within the area proposed for Apollo manned landings; eight were potential sites for Surveyor softlanding spacecraft. The 10 areas were located along the moon's equator beginning at about 43° east longitude and stretching to 65° west longitude. (NASA Release 65-335)
In a letter transmitting to Congress NASA's 12th Semiannual Report, covering the period July 1-Dec. 31, 1964, President Johnson said: "In 1958, it was my privilege to introduce the legislation to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, I stated then: 'I confidently believe that the developments of the Space Age will bring the beginning of the longest and greatest boom of abundance and prosperity in the history of man.' "Time is bearing out that belief." (Pres. Doc, 11/1/65, 430)
Sen. Karl E. Mundt (R-S.D.) inserted in the Congressional Record the letter of transmittal accompanying a report on trends in appropriations for Federal departments and agencies for Fiscal Years 1967-70, prepared by the Library of Congress. The table accompanying the letter indicated the NASA appropriation for 1967 would be $5.4 billion; for 1968, $5.7 billion; for 1969, $6.1 billion; for 1970, $6.4 billion. (CR, 10/22/65, 27360-61)
Sen. Philip A. Hart (D-Mich,) introduced S. 2715, a bill to establish a Government patent policy, He said: "The evidence vividly demonstrates that the Government's research undertakings yield a great many inventions. Between 1945 and 1962 Government-financed R&D produced more than 40,000 patentable inventions, Nearly one-third were patented in the 4-year period ending in 1962. The great bulk of these inventions were made by private contractors whose research efforts were supported by the Federal Government, "Each day the problem-judged in quantitative terms-is becoming more serious. Let me give an illustration, In January 1963 .NASA ... reported that its work, conducted both in Government laboratories and private facilities, had led to 786 inventions. By August 1964 that number had increased to 2,500. And by May 1965 -in less than 9 months-the number had doubled to nearly 5,000." (CR, 10/22/65, 27127)
Jack G. Webb was named director of the Federal Aviation Agency's National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center near Atlantic City, N.J, headquarters for FAA's research and development activities. (FAA Release 65-97)
Concern regarding the secrecy shrouding the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program received editorial comment in the Washington Post: "The President has given assurances that although information gained through MOL will relate to America's defense capability, the thrust of the project is peaceful. On the other hand MOL's director seems quite willing to provoke a military race in space. There is one easy, proven method by which the doubts and misgivings about MOL can be allayed. The Air Force should adopt NASA's open public information policies at once and apply them to every stage of MOL." (Wash, Post, 10/22/65, 24)
Address by James G. Allen of the Univ. of Colorado before the American Astronautical Society on the impact of space exploration was inserted in the Congressional Record by Sen, Peter H. Dominick (R-Colo.) : "The space revolution of the mid-20th century must be regarded as the most significant of all those great revolutions of history which have affected the fate of man, By definition, a revolution does produce a series of pyramiding effects, one building up on another. But, in the last analysis, these effects focus upon, and culminate in, truly significant changes in the social and economic relationships which shape one society. "The space revolution of the mid-twentieth century thus is unique, as its course and direction will affect every individual on each of the five continents. Moreover, its effects will lie in an entirely new dimension-beyond the physical realm of man's earthly existence and into the boundless areas of space itself. The space revolution of our day has resulted from the theories, hypotheses and observations of the scientists as their conclusions were tested and applied by the engineers and technicians." (CR, 10/22/65, 27386-88)
Editorial by Henry Eyring, Univ. of Utah, in Science: ", . The crash program on the atomic bomb grew out of groundless fears that our antagonists would get the atomic bomb first. The vast sums being spent at present on a crash program for an early landing on the moon have their own somewhat obscure, psychological basis. If the moon program is really the most effective means of staving off all-out War, expensive as it is, it is still a bargain. On the other hand, the attempts which are sometimes made to sell the moon program on its scientific merits alone, in competition with other scientific uses of the money, are less convincing. The charitable conclusion is that in public affairs it is deemed necessary to oversimplify actual objectives so that the general public will best serve its own interests for the wrong reasons. This oversolicitude is probably neither necessary nor desirable..." (Science, 10/22/65, 439)
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