Apr 30 1967
From The Space Library
Launch of first manned MOL had been postponed by USAF from 1968 to 1970 because of "development problems," George Wilson reported in the Washington Post. According to USAF officials, the problem was not money but the "meshing of the various parts that go into the Manned Orbiting Laboratory." (Wilson, W Post, 4/30/67, C1)
Vladimir M. Komarov was twelfth Soviet cosmonaut to die in a spaceflight accident, Julius Epstein, a Stanford Univ. professor, told UPI. He claimed he had conclusive evidence including the names of Soviet cosmonauts who had supposedly died on space missions. Epstein said US. policy of not disclosing Soviet space disasters that U.S.S.R. does not publicize was based on the State Department's desire "not to embarrass the Russians. (UPI, P Inq, 5/1/67, 1)
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