Mar 14 1965
From The Space Library
Writing about the visit of President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey to NASA Hq. for a briefing on NASA programs on Feb. 25, Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker ( USAF, Ret.) said in an article for the San Diego Union: "I was particularly pleased at the deserved tribute the President paid Jim Webb and Hugh Dryden, I have known them both since 1937. They are extremely modest men. They avoid personal publicity. They are not jealous of subordinates, but prefer that the publicity and credit for NASA successes carry the pictures and headline the names of those members of the NASA team most directly responsible. For this reason they can attract and hold able people. . . "While we are giving out the space medals, it is only fair to say that without the vision and tenacity of Lyndon Johnson, the first man on the moon could not be an American. "To have man's most dramatic and significant adventure become the achievement of a slave state instead of a free society would be intolerable." (Eaker, CNS, San Diego Union, 3/14/65)
Soviet scientists announced development of compact, light-weight nuclear power system, similar to U.S. Snap program, to meet relatively low power requirements of up to several hundred watts by using heat from decay of radioisotopes as energy source for generation of electricity. Tass described system as a power-generating package weighing 150 kg. (330 lbs.) with a capacity of up to 200 watts and a lifetime of 10 yrs. Known as Beta, the installation was designed to ensure continuous operation of automatic weather stations in remote areas. (NYT, 3/15/65, 5)
U.S.S.R. reported that number of Soviet science teachers and scientific researchers had doubled between 1958 and 1963. At the end of 1963, 565,958 workers were engaged in scientific research and teaching, compared to 284,038 at end of 1958. Most of this increase was in persons having only basic undergraduate scientific and technical training, with women increasing more rapidly than men. Engineering sciences accounted for more than half the total of all Soviet scientific workers; physicians and mathematicians comprised second largest group; persons in medicine and pharmacy, the third. (Schwartz, NYT, 3/14/65, 18)
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