Mar 7 1968
From The Space Library
In draft U.N. Security Council resolution at Geneva Disarmament Conference U.S., U.S.S.R., and U.K. formally committed themselves to take "immediate action" against nuclear attack or threatened attack on any country that renounced nuclear weapons. Object of big-power cooperation was to reassure governments asked to ban spread of nuclear weapons by treaty signature. (Hamilton, NYT, 3/8/68, 1; Middleton, NYT, 3/10/68, 8; NYT, 3/8/68, 40; 3/11/68, 14)
Astronauts James A. Lovell, Jr., Charles M. Duke, Jr., and Stuart A. Roosa were chosen prime crew for 48-hr at-sea checkout of Apollo spacecraft, scheduled to begin March 18 in Gulf of Mexico. Apollo's at-sea post-landing systems for first manned mission would be checked from deck of NASA's motor vessel Retriever. (H Chron, 3/7/68)
MSFC awarded $11,096,282 contract extension to Feb. 1969 to Sperry Rand Corp. for engineering support in applied research, testing, and design at MSFC's Astrionics Laboratory. (MSFC Release 68-37)
New salt fog chamber at Naval Missile Center's environmental laboratory in Point Mugu, Calif., had improved and speeded tests of missiles and rockets. Chamber provided 70-120° F environment for weapons up to 14 ft long and operated automatically for round-the-clock tests. (PMR Release 280-68)
U.K. Defence Equipment Minister Roy Mason advised Commons that military aircraft programs in 1968-69 would be worth more than £100 million ($240 million) for R&D alone. Employment in the industry had fallen from 268,000 in December 1963 to 264,000 in December 1967, but output was up by £133 million ($349 million) and exports by £90 million ($216 million), and Government assistance for civil transport aircraft had quadrupled. Mason added that current offset agreements with U.S. would not now be changed to affect existing contracts which had provided high-level sales for aircraft and engine industries. (InteraviaAirLetter, 3/8/68, 3)
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