Sep 7 1963
From The Space Library
Second birthday of Michoud Operations, NASA facility in Louisiana used for fabrication of Saturn I, Saturn IB; and Saturn V rocket stages. To date, NASA had awarded $739 million in contracts which will be carried out primarily at Michoud, and some $41 million had been spent on rehabilitation and modification of plant and construction of new facilities. More than 7,800 persons are now working at Michoud, most of them employees of NASA contractors. (Marshall Star, 9/11/63, 1, 2)
French plans to orbit four-pound "Satmos" satellite in 1964 revealed by unnamed French Government officials. To be launched by Army's National Office of Space Research using four-stage Berenice rocket, satellite would provide data on re-entry from outer space. (UPI, NYT, 9/8/63,42; M&R, 9/16/63,12)
Cal Tech reported new study of meteorite records going back 260 years has been undertaken by geochemist Harrison Brown, who would use. electronic computers to man meteorite patterns. (A&AE, Nov.,1963,11)
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