Jun 9 1971
From The Space Library
Newspaper editorials commented on Salyut 1-Soyuz 11 missions: New York Times: "It must be recognized that Salyut and its successors raise important new problems for international law and international relations. Back in 1960, during the celebrated case of the American U-2 plane shot down over the Urals, Soviet leaders became very indignant about a manned American vehicle flying over their country. There have been no similar protests about the manned and unmanned satellites of the space era, but uneasiness must grow as political leaders in many countries contemplate the potential military uses of large semipermanent manned space stations such as Salyut." (NYT, 6/9/71)
Baltimore Sun: "One point the achievement demonstrates is the intensity of Russian concentration on a definite program. As repeatedly defined, and demonstrated in practice, it is a program which sees orbital endeavor as the logical next step, with deeper explorations limited for the time to automatic systems." (B Sun, 6/9/71)
MSFC announced it was evaluating proposals to provide technical systems to develop and calibrate instruments for marine and atmospheric re-search from 6 firms out of 80 who had received RFPS. Contract winner would install equipment in MTF'S Central Instrument Facility. (MSFC Release 71-99)
Deputy Secretary of Defense David M. Packard, in testimony before Senate Banking and Currency Committee investigating financial status of Lockheed Aircraft Corp., warned against danger of setting precedent in passing legislation to guarantee up to $250 million in private loans to Lockheed: "It's very desirable not to establish a precedent that the government will (aid) any company that gets into trouble." (Samuelson, NYT, 6/10/71, 1)
NASA selected eight firms to negotiate contracts for MSFC engineering support services. One- year contracts to be negotiated were: $8 million to Brown Engineering Co. for services at Astronautics Laboratory, $1.5 million to Hayes International Corp. for services at Product Engineering and Process Technology Laboratory, $4 million to Federal Electric Corp. for services at Quality and Reliability Assurance Laboratory, $3.5 million to Northrop Services Inc. for services at Aero-Astrodynamies Laboratory, $1 million to Planning Research Corp. for services at Central Systems Engineering Office, and $10 million to Sperry RAND Corp. for services at Astrionics Laboratory. (NASA Release 71-102)
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