Jul 26 1966
From The Space Library
US. and U.S.S.R. agreed in principle that countries were internationally liable for damage caused to other states by objects they launched into outer space. U.S. accepted, with minor changes in wording, article on liability in Soviet treaty on space law under discussion in Geneva by Legal Subcommittee of U.N. Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space. (Wash. Post, 7/26/66, A12)
At Pentagon ceremony, Chief of Naval Operations Adm . David L. McDonald presented astronaut wings to Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan (LCdr., USN) who set a world record for length of "walk in space" during June 3-6 GEMINI IX-A mission. McDonald suggested to NASA officials that "you get your own Navy" for astronaut recovery operations. USN felt smaller ships not needed in the Vietnam war could be used as effectively for this task as the aircraft carrier and dozen ships assigned to NASA. Speaking later at NASA Hq., Cernan said that what a man needed in space to do useful work was a "three-point restraint system" three points of contact with the spacecraft for stabilization. (Norris, Wash. Post, 7/27/66, A1, A6)
Crew of Gemini 10, John W. Young and Michael Collins are debriefed.
Negotiations were underway between LRC and Martin Marietta Corp. on a $150,000 study contract to investigate feasibility of obtaining data on Venusian atmosphere using "a balloon or other inflatable buoyant device or devices floating in the planet's clouds." (NASA Release 66-196)
MSFC awarded Univ. of Michigan two-month, $29,930 study contract to develop 20-channel "infrared sensing technique to survey the earth's natural resource. Operating on orbiting satellite, system would survey possible mineral deposits, analyze soil for growth potential, diagnose "health" of crops, and predict bountiful fishing areas. (MSFC Release 66-167)
Hundreds of people along Eastern seaboard reported sighting several UFO's. Robert A. Bennett, FAA watch supervisor at Fulton County (Ga.) Airport Tower, sighted three or four objects which slowly changed colors from red to green to blue. (UPI, Wash. Post, 7/27/66, A6)
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