Mar 23 1969
From The Space Library
NASA announced release of The Book of Mars, one-volume digest of facts and theories about Mars by Dr. Samuel Glasstone, illustrated with photos taken during Mariner IV mission 1964-65, when spacecraft flew within 6,000 mi of Mars surface. Book traced history of man's acquisition of Mars data and compared Mars with other planets. (NASA Special Release)
William Hines in Washington Sunday Star commented on "deadly dullness" of last five days of Apollo 9 mission: "The flight plan of Apollo 9 -which most people do not see and therefore do not understand-was carefully divided into six 'activity periods,' of which five were each about 24 hours long and the sixth five days in duration. "It is no criticism of the .. . crew that after five days of brilliant spacemanship they took it easy for the rest of the flight. Nor is it criticism of the space program to say that the last half of Apollo 9 was dull. It was planned that way, and if it had turned out otherwise the United States very likely would not be attempting a moon landing in July." (W Star, 3/23/69, C4)
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