Dec 11 1963
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (2MB PDF)
Sen. Stuart Symington (D.-Mo.) said in St. Louis that DOD's cancellation of Dyna Soar (X-20) manned space flight project probably would accelerate production of Gemini capsule by McDonnell Aircraft Corp. of St. Louis, thus benefiting employment and economy of St. Louis. (St. Louis. Post-Dispatch, 12/11/63)
Following Secretary McNamara's announcement of the Dyna Soar cancellation, New York Times editorialized : "Now the news that the expensive and difficult station-in-space project has been added to the list of tasks to be accomplished this decade makes it more imperative than ever Chat, a new hard look be taken at what we arc trying to do, the wisdom of the choices made, and the adequacy of our resources for the total effort." (NYT, 12/11/63, 46)
NASA announced it would negotiate with IBM for electronic equipment and support in Saturn IB and Saturn V launch vehicle programs. Cost of work over next five years was expected to exceed $75 million. Negotiations would cover integration and checkout of the instrument units, the design and manufacture of data adapters, and development and production of digital guidance computers. (Marshall Star, 12/11/63, 2)
President Johnson issued statement to Cabinet aimed at holding down Federal employment and achieving greater economy measures. He emphasized that 1965 budget totals for civilian employment "must be held below the levels in the 1964 and 1963 budges . . . ." (Wicker; NYT, 12/12/63, 1, 28)
Prof. Linus C. Pauling, in his Nobel speech at Oslo Univ., called for: U.N. supervision of nuclear stockpiles; acceptance of Communist China into the U.N. so that meaningful disarmament can take place; a control system for nuclear weapons under which a country could use them only with U.N. approval; a general agreement to halt R&D of biological and chemical weapons and prohibit their use. (NYT, 12/12/63, 3)
Dr. Gertrude Blanch, USAF Aerospace Research Laboratories scientist, was awarded "Exceptional Civilian Service" medal for her work in mathematics. (USAF OAR Release 12-63-2)
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