Apr 17 1972
From The Space Library
Newspaper editorials commented on Apollo 16 mission as astronauts headed toward moon from April 16 launch. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin: "The Apollo missions are still high adventure. And if the firing sequence is now familiar, there was still suspense yesterday as the huge Saturn V rocket engines lifted another brave crew of American astronauts .... But as the thunder faded away . . there was the same old question every recent space probe has inspired: at is to be the future of U.S. space research when the Apollo missions are completed?" (P Bull, 4/17/72)
New York Times: "The Apollo effort began in 1961 in an aura of cold war Soviet-American rivalry. But yesterday the Moscow television news gave the Apollo 16 launch equal time with events in Vietnam. Soviet-American space cooperation-perhaps a prelude to truly international team-work-could help greatly in easing world tensions. It would be an unexpected but welcome by-product of the Apollo program." (NYT, 4/17/72, 33)
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial commented on Soviet announcement of plans for Soviet-American space mission: "If successful, the way would be opened for further joint exploratory missions, and for emergency rescues. Hopefully, the experiment would provide a stimulus for further combining ... space efforts. This would provide a valuable interchange of scientific data and a saving in money. The goal should be co-operation in spacefaring by all the nations of the earth." (St Louis P-D, 4/17/72)
April 17-19: Senate Committee on Armed Services' Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Tactical Air Power held hearings on F-14 naval aircraft program. Grumman Corp. Chairman E. Clinton Towl in April 17 testimony said Grumman Aerospace Corp. was "financially unable" to build 48 more F-14 jet fighter aircraft to complete Navy's order for 134 unless Government restructured contract. Grumman would require at least $2.2 million more per aircraft to compensate for expected losses, plus additional amount to provide profit. Navy was seeking $734 million in FY 1973 for 48 F-14s at current unit cost of $16.8 million. Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Chief of Naval Operations, testified April 19 that Government should "stick to the contract." F-14 was "real winner, one the country really needs, but aircraft could be produced profit-ably under current contract terms. (CR, 4/17/72, 4/19/72; Madden, NYT, 4/18/72, 1; Vasquez, NYT, 4/20/72, 5)
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