Dec 27 1965
From The Space Library
Life Sciences Research Laboratory dedicated at NASA Ames Research Center. The laboratory was organized into divisions for exobiology, environmental biology, and biotechnology, In the dedication address, Rep. George P. Miller (D-Calif.) said that "the work done at Ames is a reaffirmation of the avowed goals and aspirations of a world that is painfully searching for peace and hope." Dr. Mac C. Adams, NASA Associate Administrator for Advanced Research and Technology, said during the ceremonies: "This new structure represents many things. It represents efficiency and economy for it brings together a staff and associates numbering almost 250 who formerly were scattered about in 22 separate quarters. It represents a grouping of new research tools which can be used for new advances in science and technology; but most important, I believe, this Life Sciences Laboratory, placed within the complex of physical laboratories, represents the interdisciplinary approach to solving new problems." (NASA Release 65-394; Text; ARC Astrogram, 1/6/66, 1)
Pocomoke City, Md, radio station WDMV proposed that Wallops Island, Va, be renamed Dryden Island in memory of Dr. Hugh Dryden, late NASA Deputy Administrator. (AP, Wash, Eve. Star, 12/ 27/65, B1)
AEC reported it had decided not to build a new type of breeder nuclear power reactor that had been considered as a source of electricity for pumps for California's water project. The reason given was that technical problems had been encountered in research and development. The reactor would have used thorium as the key fuel. It would have been designed to breed more fuel than it consumed and run about nine years on one fuel charge. (AEC Release H288; AP, NYT, 12/28/ 65, 4)
William Hines, science writer and columnist for the Washington Evening Star, was presented the AAAS's top award for science writing in 1965 at the Association's annual meeting in Berkeley, Calif. His award-winning entry was a series of articles on the journey of MARINER IV to Mars. The articles appeared from Nov, 6, 1964, to Aug, 12, 1965. (Wash. Eve, Star, 12/17/65, A2)
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