Nov 14 1966
From The Space Library
Team of JPL scientists left Cal Tech on first NASA-sponsored investigation of Antarctica. Scientists would spend 2« mos. in Wright, Victoria, Taylor, and Beacon Valleys taking samples and conducting tests that might prove valuable in future unmanned exploration of Mars. (JPL Release, 11/13/66)
NASA selected Martin Co. for negotiations on a $1-million, 18-mo. contract to design, develop, fabricate, and test meteoroid detectors for future NASA experiments to study penetration hazard in space. Contract would be managed by URC. (NASA Release 66-293)
ELDO successfully test-fired three-stage Europa rocket from Woomera Range, Australia. Booster was blown up over Simpson Desert 6 min. 42 sec. after launch. (Tech. Wk., 11/21/66, 8)
M2-F2 lifting body vehicle, piloted by Capt. Jerauld R. Gentry (USAF), was launched from B-52 aircraft at 45,000-ft. altitude in 13th glide flight at Edwards AFB. Purposes of this unpowered flight were tests of stability and control and determination of vehicle performance characteristics. (NASA Proj. Off.)
Military should increase its interest in the Nation's technological base rather than rely so heavily on the civilian sector for basic and exploratory research, suggested William Coughlin in Technology Week. He noted the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) program: ". . . . much of the technology on which this military effort is based was developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on programs deliberately tied to the peaceful uses of space. It is a fair question to ask where a military space program would be today vis-a-vis the Soviet Union if the technological base had not been developed under NASA funding. "Other areas of military importance have not been as fortunate because they lack a civilian counterpart. Steps must be taken to see that development of a technical base in these areas is not overlooked. It is not easy to justify expenditure of manpower and funds in this somewhat invisible arena. . . ." (Coughlin, Tech. Wk., 11/14/66, 54)
During week of November 14: Increasing application of engineering techniques developed in space program to medical problems was reported by participants at 19th Annual Conference in Medicine and Biology in San Francisco. Among developments reported: application of computer techniques to detection of pathological conditions and to mass diagnosis of heart disease; automation of classical laboratory techniques in hospital, resulting in increased accuracy and speed; use of new engineering devices to obtain information for better diagnoses; application of new engineering to treatment, including refinements on artificial heart and control of photosensitive epilepsy with a real-time computer. (Tech. Wk., 11/21/66, 30)
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