Jun 13 1973
From The Space Library
Deputy Secretary of Defense William P. Clements, Jr., told a Washington, D.C., press conference that the U.S.S.R. was pressing ahead with "new families of missiles" in a quest for military superiority over the U.S. "It is hard information. We know they are testing these missiles. We know what size they are. We know what their capabilities are." (Corddry, B Sun., 6/14/73, Al)
NASA launched a Black Brant VC sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range carrying a Naval Research Laboratory payload to a 240.9-km (149.7-mi) altitude. The rocket was one of the CALROC series {see April 18] to provide a reference, using solar flux data, for the calibration of NRL'S instrumentation aboard the Skylab 1 Apollo Telescope Mount. The rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily and good data were obtained. (GSFC proj off)
The Robert J. Collier Trophy for 1972 was presented in Washington, D.C., by the National Aeronautic Assn. to the 7th and 8th Air Forces and Task Force 77 of the Navy for their "demonstrated expert and precisely integrated use of advance[d] aerospace technology" in the conduct of Operation Line Backer H, the 11-day air campaign in December 1972 that "led to the return of the United States prisoners of war" in Southeast Asia. Adm. Thomas H. Moorer (USN), Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, received the trophy on behalf of the servicemen at a luncheon hosted by the National Aviation Club and the National Aeronautic Assn. Guests included Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator. (Invitation; NAC Off)
Data from drifting buoys equipped with temperature and pressure sensors and satellite communications antennas that reported to French satellite Eole (launched by NASA Aug. 16, 1971) had shown that currents in the western Atlantic ocean were more erratic and unpredictable than earlier imagined, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced. Although in continuous motion, some buoys had ended up approximately where they had started after two or three months of monitoring; others had "moved in unpredicted directions, changed directions frequently, circled, or doubled back." The buoys were part of a NOAA project to identify large-scale mean surface flows. (NOAA Release 73-118)
Kennedy Space Center announced the award of a $98 000 contract to the Environmental Research Institute of Michigan for a feasibility study of the use of ultrahigh-frequency and microwave radars aboard aircraft to provide information on mosquito breeding grounds, determine water drainage patterns, and provide data for water resources management and land use planning in Brevard County, Fla. (KSC Release 132-73)
The Air Force announced the award of a $1 924 913 fixed-price-incentive contract to McDonnell Douglas Corp. for incorporation of engineering change proposals on the F-4 fighter aircraft production contract. A $1 294 776 fixed-price-incentive contract to General Dynamics Corp. for additional funding for inspection and correction of F-111 landing gear pin deficiencies also had been awarded. (DOD Release 296-73)
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