Jun 15 1966
From The Space Library
On floor of House, Rep. George P. Miller (D-Calif.) paid tribute to SURVEYOR I and GEMINI IX-A mission successes and said they were possible because of "the unity of purpose that exists between the aerospace industry and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration." (CR, 6/15/66)
Propulsion technology's short-term potential was overestimated and its long-term potential underestimated, AFSC Commander Gen. Bernard A. Schriever told the Second Propulsion Joint Specialist Conference in Colorado Springs. "This means that we should push technology without trying to tie it to specific system requirements. As a matter of historical record, it can be shown that exploratory and advanced development programs designed to push technology have provided valuable savings in time and money when applied to an engineering development program that encounters serious and unexpected problems. . . ." (Text)
NASA had selected Control Data Corp. to furnish large-scale computer complex for LaRC under $20-million, fixed-price contract. Complex would utilize computers with wide variety of simulators and increase LaRC's capability and effectiveness in conducting advanced research. (NASA Release 66-152)
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey proclaimed Dr. Jocelyn R. Gill "Multiple Sclerosis Woman of the Year" in ceremony at his Washington, D.C., office and presented her with engraved bronze hope chest symbol of Multiple Sclerosis Society. Dr. Gill, an MS patient for over 20 yrs., was with NASA Manned Flights Experiments Office, OSSA. She formerly had been Chief of In-Flight Sciences, OSSA, and on March 1 had received one of six Federal Women's Awards of 1966. (Wash. Post, 6/16/66, D1)
NASA Western Operations Office (WOO) was disestablished as NASA field installation. WOO functions had been assigned to two component field activities-Western Support Office (WSO), which would serve "NASA Headquarters and installations programs and projects in Southern California and Nevada," and NASA Office-Downey, responsible for "overall NASA representation with North American Aviation, Inc., and for providing support to field installation projects at the contractor's site." (NASA Hq. Weekly Bull., 7/19/66, 3)
Boeing Co. revealed new design for its 2707 supersonic transport to be submitted to FAA in SST competition with Lockheed Aircraft Corp. Sept. 6. Major structural changes included: shifting aircraft's four engines from under wings to under tail to provide smoother flow of air to engine and quiet compressor whine; integrating variable-sweep wing with horizontal tail to form single lifting surface during 1,800mph flight; and increasing length (to 298 ft.) and gross takeoff weight (to 600,000 lbs.) to accommodate 300 passengers. (Boeing Release; Edwards, Wash. Post, 6/16/66, C10)
Hourly bus tours-for a fee began at KSC. Announcing the new service, KSC Director Dr. Kurt H. Debus said: "We want to provide the public with as meaningful a tour as can be permitted without interference with mission operational requirements. On Sundays, the public will continue to have the option of the free drive-through, in private vehicles, of the [NASA] center and the Cape Kennedy Air Force Station." (NYT, 5/12/66, 21; Hines, Wash. Sun. Star, 6/13/66, El)
June 15: GSFC selected Brush Instruments Go. for $900,000 contract to provide 22 Unified S-Band (USB) Systems Monitors for NASA's Manned Space Flight Tracking Network. Systems, composed of high-speed, finite sensing and recording devices, would provide immediate reading of critical subsystems performance while simultaneously recording operating events as they occur pinpoint and record trouble or failure, and serve as diagnostic tool for remedial action. (GSFC Release G-11-66)
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