Jul 13 1966
From The Space Library
Vice President Hubert Humphrey told group of young scientists visiting Washington, D.C., under National Youth Science Camp program to devote some of their talents to solving problems on earth as well as in space. "If we can put a Surveyor on the moon to take pictures, why can't we get some one in from La Guardia Airport to downtown New York City before he collects his old age pension . . . we must try to harness our divergent and separated resources and our energies to solve the problems of our earthly environment." The Vice President forecast scientific breakthroughs for the year 2000, including the elimination of bacterial and viral diseases, the correction of hereditary defects, landing of men on Mars, farming of the ocean, manufacture of synthetic proteins, control of weather on regional basis, and creation of life in the laboratory. (Text)
NASA would negotiate $1.25-million contract with Texas Instruments, Inc., for design, fabrication, and testing of telemetry subsystem for 1969 Mariner missions to Mars. Motorola, Inc., was selected for design, fabrication, and testing of command subsystem for Mariner spacecraft under $2-million contract. Both contracts would be managed by JPL. (NASA Release 66-186)
NASA had assigned MSFC project management of Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) for Apollo Applications (AA) missions. A combination of accurate, high-resolution, solar-oriented telescopes, ATM would be attached to spacecraft so that astronauts could manually adjust it to select and focus upon a specific area on the sun. (NASA Release 66-185)
More than 1,500 building tradesmen staged one-day strike at KSC to protest NASA's method of awarding construction contracts. Work on three. key Apollo projects was delayed by walkout, which had been called by Brevard (County) Building and Construction Trades Council, but preparations for July 18 Gemini X mission continued uninterrupted. (UPI, NYT, 7/14/66,21)
Nation's most modern ship for oceanographic research, USC&GS Oceanographer, was commissioned at Washington [D.C.] Navy Yard in commemoration of Environmental Science Services Administration's (ESSA) first anniversary. President Johnson, speaking at the ceremony, called for international cooperation in oceanographic research and invited 11 nations, including U.S.S.R., to participate in first round-the world expedition of the new research ship. (Text, ESSA Release 66-41)
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