May 29 1964
From The Space Library
At Aviation/Space Writers Association meeting, Harold B. Finger, Manager of AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office and Director of NASA Nuclear Systems and Space Power, said that in the Kiwi B-4D reactor test last May 13 the "planned power and temperature of the reactor were exceeded. . . . [Also,] there were no flashes in the jet as had been experienced in the Kiwi B-4A reactor test in November 1962, none of the vibrations that had caused damage to that reactor were detected in this test, and extensive data . . . [were] recorded on the reactor performance. ". . . I think we can safely say that our structural problems have been overcome and nuclear rockets can be developed for the performance of future missions beyond Apollo." (Text)
NASA appointed Breene M. Kerr as Deputy Assistant Administrator for Technology Utilization, effective June 1. As deputy to NASA Assistant Administrator for Technology Utilization and Policy Planning Dr. George L. Simpson, Kerr would have operating responsibility for NASA's Technology Utilization program. (NASA Release 64-129)
Soviet Premier Khrushchev was quoted by former U.S. Senator William H. Benton (now U.S. representative to UNESCO in Paris) as saying: "If you wish, I can show you photos of military bases taken from outer space. I will show them to President Johnson if he wishes." Mr. Benton said Premier Khrushchev suggested that U.S. could maintain adequate inspection of Cuba with satellites and therefore should discontinue its aerial reconnaissance flights over the island. (Middleton, NYT, 5/30/ 64,1)
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