Jun 1 1971
From The Space Library
U.S.-Canadian agreement on joint program to use satellites and aircraft in surveys of natural environment was announced by NASA. Objective was to advance remote sensing technology for monitoring air, water, land, forest, and crop conditions and for mapping ice movements, ocean currents, and geologic, hydrologic, vegetation, and soil phenomena. Canadian Dept. of Energy, Mines and Resources (EMR) would receive data at ground station in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and data-handling facility at Ottawa directly from NASA's ERTS satellites, scheduled for 1972 and 1973 launch. Canadian and U.S. test areas would be designated. Ground and aircraft data acquired and exchanged would be available to international community as soon as practicable. No funds would be exchanged between EMR and NASA. (NASA Release 71-95)
British aviatrix Sheila Scott left London Airport in twin-engine Piper Aztec for 55 000-km (34 000-mi) flight around world one and one half times, during which her physical reactions would be relayed via Nimbus 4 satellite to ground station at Fairbanks, Alaska, and then to GSFC computer. NASA and U.K.'s Institute of Aviation Medicine had installed equipment in aircraft to monitor pulse, breathing, voice, brainwaves, mental alertness, and other functions while Miss Scott spent 18 hrs in air under cramped conditions. Instrumentation also would monitor air pollution at normal flight level of 3000 m (10 000 ft). (Cerutti, C Trib, 6/2/71; NASA OSSA)
Storage lifetime of seals, 0-rings, and gaskets in rocket engines and Saturn IB and Saturn V booster stages had been extended from 8 to 10 yrs in program of rocket test firing at MSFC, MSFC announced. (MSFC Release 71-91)
Comments on U.S. Mariner 9 and U.S.S.R. Mars 2 and 3 missions were made in New York Times editorial: Three spacecraft-"one American and two Soviet-now speeding toward Mars represent the best type of international competition. Their rivalry centers about the pursuit of knowledge, with the honors going to that nation whose instruments send back the most important data on the red planet that is one of the earth's nearest space neighbors." U.S. led Mars race to date, "because of the brilliant feats by Mariners 4, 6, and 7. In the 1960's the pictures and other data acquired by these pioneering vehicles completely revolutionized scientists' views of the Martian terrain and environment." (NYT, 6/1/71)
NASA issued Management Instruction continuing NASA Historical Advisory Committee to advise and assist in implementation of NASA historical program and designating as members Dr. Louis Morton, Chairman of Dartmouth College Dept. of History, Committee Chairman; Dr. A. Hunter Dupree, Dept. of History, Brown Univ.; Dr. Melvin Kranzberg, Dept. of Humanities, Case Western Reserve Univ.; Dr. Rodman W. Paul, Dept. of History, Cal Tech; and Dr. John B. Rae, Dept. of History, Harvey Mudd College. Executive Secretary for Committee was James P. Nolan, Jr., of NASA Office of Management Development. (NASA NMI 1156.2C)
President Nixon submitted to Senate nomination of Frederic G. Donner for reappointment as member of ComSatCorp Board of Directors. (PD, 6/7/71, 867)
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