Aug 2 1961
From The Space Library
NASA headquarters announced that it was making a worldwide study of possible launching sites for Moon vehicles; the size, power, noise, and possible hazards of Saturn-Nova type rockets requiring greater isolation for public safety than presently available.
Dr. Sydney Chapman of the British Royal Observatory reported at Langley Research Center-National Research Foundation-Virginia Polytechnic Institute conference that evidence suggested existence of a third radiation belt surrounding the Earth—except for areas above the poles—at altitudes between 20,000 and 28,000 miles.
USAF announced that two Lockheed U-2 aircraft would begin series of air-sampling flights from Okinawa.
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