Mar 3 1964
From The Space Library
Albert J. Evans, NASA Acting Director of Aeronautics, said before Subcommittee on Advanced Research and Tracking, House Committee on Science and Astronautics: "The Aeronautical Research effort of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has one specific goal: to provide technical information for use by the aircraft manufacturers of the United States, information which is sufficiently far advanced to permit the design and production of military and civil air vehicles which are superior to those of any other nation. "Our aeronautical program is classified in four broad disciplinary categories . . Aerodynamics, Structures, Air-Breathing Propulsion, [and] Operating Problems. "The resources utilized in accomplishing the NASA Aeronautical Research program are found primarily in the highly-competent technical staffs of the four Research Centers of the NASA. The in-house effort is supported, as required, by a certain amount of out-of-house contract research performed by universities, non-profit organizations, and private industry. The funds requested for the NASA Aeronautics program support these in-house and out-of-house research efforts. The program, however, is predominantly an in-house effort, conducted in the established framework of the theoretical and experimental research activity of the NASA Research Centers. . . (Testimony)
AEC announced plans to explode two experimental nuclear reactors-one a Snap-10A for spacecraft use and the other a ground-based reactor for civilian power-during forthcoming two weeks. The tests, to be made at AEC's National Reactor Testing Station, Arco, Idaho, were intended to provide "vital safety information." (AP, NYT, 3/4/64, 5, AP, Wash. Post, 3/4/64)
Dr. Evelyn Anderson, research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, was among the six distinguished' career women to receive Federal Women's Award at banquet in Washington. (NASA Notice)
Douglas Aircraft Co. was awarded follow-on study contract for Manned Orbital Research Laboratory by NASA Langley Research Center, to refine the NASA concept and examine the feasibility of cylindrical six-man space station using equipment providing intermittent artificial gravity. Selection of Douglas for contract negotiation was announced last December. (LARC Release)
Sen. Gordon Allott (R.-Colo.) said on Senate floor: ". . . how is it that this country develops a plane which costs a vast sum . . . and now it is declared that we have fully and successfully developed an advanced experimental jet aircraft, but the very committee which has to approve the appropriation required for the development of that aircraft knows nothing about it? ". . . having sat on the Defense Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, beginning in 1959, and having attended at least 98 percent of all the meetings all the time that subcommittee has met, the first time I ever heard a word mentioned about the A-11 was when I turned on the television, over the weekend, and saw the President make the announcement. . . . Unfortunately, I have not been able to ask the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee . . . about this matter; but all the rest of my colleagues on the subcommittee have told me they know nothing about the A-11. . . ." (CR, 3/3/64,4006-07)
Sen. William Proxmire (D.-Wis.) inserted into the Congressional Record an editorial from the Wall Street Journal concerning Government participation in financing the supersonic transport:" . .. The question, as we see it, is not whether there will eventually be operational supersonic airlines, or even whether the Government has any business in that business. Rather, it is a question whether the Government is trying to rush the thing before its economic time, with too few charts and too little knowledge. "A more cautious flight into the unknown could well make for speedier progress in the end-not to mention sounder investments." (CR, 3/3/ 64, 4067)
Spokesman for Maser Optics, Inc., said "laser rifle" had been delivered to Army's Frankford Arsenal. "Laser rifle," producing intense bursts of light, could be used for such tasks as igniting objects or detonating explosives. (UPI, NYT, 3/4/64, 23)
March 3-6: British aviation officials met with FAA representatives in Washington for technical policy discussions of civil aviation matters. Methods for exchanging information on environmental aspects of supersonic transport were, among the matters discussed. ( FAA Release 64-19)
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