Jul 7 1971
From The Space Library
NASA announced it had issued RFPS for automated HEAO to study high-energy radiation from space. Proposals were due Aug. 27 at MSFC and contract would be awarded early in 1972 if HEAD became approved project in FY 1972. Single contract for two spacecraft would continue through launch and mission operations support for seven years. Contract called for system engineering of HEAO payload; design and development of spacecraft; procurement and integration of orbit adjust stage and shroud; integration of experiments; design, develop- ment, and delivery of one set of HEAO ground support equipment; and launch operations support. Winning contractor also would provide mission operations support for observatory for up to two years for each mission. (NASA Release 71-127)
Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine at New York Univ. Medical Center had accepted for evaluation and testing motorized wheelchair controlled by sight-switch, NASA announced. Switch, worn on head, enabled user to open and close circuit controlling chair's wheel movements with his eyes. It had been developed under NASA direction to help astronauts in training to operate equipment under extreme flight conditions. Institute's director, Dr. Howard A. Rusk, had estimated that more than 100 000 quadriplegics-persons with no use of arms or legs-could achieve mobility if chair could be made available. (NASA Release 71-122; A&A 1970)
Pravda article said prospects were good for U.S.-U.S.S.R. agreement in SALT, which resumed in Helsinki July 8, but stressed that agreement must provide "equal security" for both nations. "Action is met by counteraction. If one side strengthens its defense, then the other feverishly looks for new, more powerful means to pierce the defensive shield of the opponent. This process, if it is not stopped with the help of reasonable agreements in curbing the arms race, is endless" (NYT, 7/8/71, 3)
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