Feb 13 1968
From The Space Library
President Johnson, presenting National Medal of Science to 12 scientists, said: "In a democratic society, the public attitude toward science must always be a real concern of the scientific community. If that attitude is to be favorable, science must be prepared to play its part in correcting the flaws in our environment." Award winners were: Jesse W. Beams, professor of physics, Univ. of Virginia; Francis Birch, professor of geological sciences, Harvard Univ.; Gregory Breit, professor of physics, Yale Univ.; Paul J. Cohen, professor of mathematics, Stanford Univ.; Kenneth S. Cole, senior research biophysicist, National Institutes of Health, and visiting professor of biophysics, Univ. of California at Berkeley; Harry F. Harlow, professor of psychology, Univ. of Wisconsin; Louis P. Hammett, retired professor of chemistry, Columbia Univ.. Michael Heidelberger, professor of immunochemistry, New York Univ.; George B. Kistiakowsky, professor of chemistry, Harvard Univ.; Edwin H. Land, president, Polaroid Corp.; Igor I. Sikorsky, retired engineering manager, Sikorsky Aircraft Div. of United Aircraft Corp.; and Alfred H. Sturtevant, professor of biology, emeritus, Cal Tech. National Medal of Science was Government's highest award for distinguished achievement in science, mathematics, and engineering. (PD, 2/19/68, 285-6)
NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, DART, Charles W. Harper presented 31st Wright Brothers Lecture, "Prospects in Aeronautics Research and Development," at AIAA meeting in Washington, D.C. He said potential of air transportation had not been realized, partly because aeronautics R&D had not fully met its challenges, and suggested: (1) aeronautics researchers and socioeconomists cooperatively analyze possible air transportation approaches to provide basis for most effective R&D program; (2) emphasis on theoretical analysis in all sciences of concern to aeronautics be greatly increased; and (3) increased experimental effort be directed toward solving problem of system integration. (Program; AIAA Paper 68-217; NASA LAR VII/14)
Air Force Chief of Stag Gen. John P. McConnell announced renaming of Bunker Hill AFB, Ind., to Grissom AFB in honor of Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom (L/C, USAF) who was born in Mitchell, Ind., graduated from Purdue Univ., was first astronaut or cosmonaut to make a second space flight, and died in Apollo fire Jan. 27, 1967. (DOD Release 151-68)
NASA issued 20 RFPs for final design of two ATS satellites. Of two contractors selected to develop final design, one would be designated to build spacecraft. Planned for launch in early 1970s, two satellites carrying communications, navigational, and meteorological experiments would be placed in synchronous equatorial orbit at 22,300-mi altitude by Atlas-Centaur booster. Current program of five ATS launches had two successes in three launches; remaining two (ATS-D and -E) would be launched in June 1968 and in mid-1969. (NASA Release 68-31)
NASA awarded Boeing Co. Space Div. $3,064,946 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract, effective through September, for continued prelaunch systems analysis and integration for first manned Apollo/Saturn V launch vehicle. Contract brought total for Saturn V systems integration contract to $200 million. (MSFC Release 68-29)
ERC scientists Dr. Lothar Frenkel and Thomas E. Sullivan and Bell Telephone Laboratories scientists M. A. Pollack and T. J. Bridges had measured frequency of laser light with error margin of about 20 parts in 1 billion. They viewed experiments as important step toward new measurement of speed of light, a fundamental physical constant, and of distances of space. (ERC Release 68-3)
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