Dec 13 1972
From The Space Library
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Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+143.52 through T+147.03 Dec 13 1972 Station 3, orange soil, Station 5
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+150.38 through T+156.28 Dec 13 1972 EVA 2 Closeout, sleep
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+156.28 through T+161.04 Dec 13 1972 Wake up, EVA 3 Prep
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+163.12 through T+163.42 Dec 13 1972 EVA 3 Prep
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+163.42 through T+166.51 Dec 13 1972 Stations 6,7,8
Click here to listen to Apollo 17 Mission Audio T+166.56 through T+170.00 Dec 13-14 1972 Stations 8 and 9, Close out
NASA's M2-F3 lifting body, piloted by William H. Dana, completed 26th flight from Flight Research Center after air-launch from B-52 aircraft. Objectives were to evaluate reaction augmentation system and to obtain stability and control data at maximum mach number. To obtain maximum speed, M2-F3 was launched from 14 300 m (47 000 ft) rather than usual 13 700 m (45000 ft) . Landing rockets were used during climb. M2-F3 reached 19 800-m (65 000-ft) altitude and mach 1.5. (NASA proj off)
Library of Congress Congressional Research Service released The Concorde SST (72-257 SP). Report said Anglo-French supersonic trans-port aircraft remained "gamble" despite its technological successes, because of economic and environmental factors. Sonic boom and airport noise remained prime considerations although airlines had decided not to fly Concorde over populated areas. Aircraft's relatively high selling price-about $44 million-plus uncertainty over operating costs, recession in airline industry, and fear of environmental restrictions had slowed sales. Possible environmental hazards included upper-atmosphere and airport pollution from aircraft emissions. (Text)
NASA launched Aerobee 170 sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range carrying Univ. of Colorado experiment to measure solar ultraviolet light. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (SR list)
National Science Foundation published Company Funds Push Total Industrial R&D Spending to $18 Billion in 1971 (NSF 72-318). In 1971 total industrial research and development performance had amounted to $18.4 billion-equal to 1969 level. When measured in constant dollars, 1971 level was 3% below 1970 and 9% below 1969, Federal R&D funds in industry decreased by 1% between 1970 and 1971, to $7.7-billion level. Federal R&D funds to industry had decreased each year since 1968, when they had reached peak $8.6 billion. Company R&D funds totaled $10.7 billion in 1971, 3% above 1970 level of $10.4 billion, smallest year-to-year dollar gain in company R&D spending since NSF series began in 1953. But 1971 company R&D funds accounted for 58% of total industrial R&D performance, highest ratio since 1953. (NSF Highlights, 12/13/72, 1)
Hayden Planetarium in New York announced it was showing serigraphs created by photographer Len Gittleman from photos taken by panoramic camera on Apollo 15 spacecraft. (Am Mus-Hayden Planetarium Release)
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