May 10 1965
From The Space Library
Tass announced that LUNA V probe had undergone a planned midcourse maneuver to change its trajectory. ( Tass, 5/11/65)
Evidence of life on earth 2.7 billion yrs, ago was reported by Univ. of California professor and Nobel prize winner Melvin Calvin. The evidence was in the form of two chemicals, phytane and pristane, extracted from the Soudan Formation, a carbon-rich and precisely-dated geological stratum in Minnesota, Both are carbon-hydrogen compounds; both are manufactured only by living systems; both are stable enough to have survived unaltered. As Calvin reconstructed it, both chemicals were synthesized by chlorophyll-containing plants-fairly high forms of life requiring long ancestry. First signs of earthly life must therefore have existed 800 million yrs. prior to the date currently accepted. (Newsweek, 5/10/65)
Rep. James C. Corman (D-Calif,) announced that a poll taken among his constituents showed that 68.7% supported a program to land an American on the moon by 1970; 14% felt the program should be slowed down; 17.3% disapproved of the program. (CR, 5/10/65, A2275)
Newest U.S. telescope, a 24-in, reflector for photographing stars, was operating at Univ. of Rochester under direction of Dr. Stewart Sharpless. It would be used to study the structure of the galaxies, the gas and dust between stars, and the evolution of variable stars. (Sci, Serv., Wash, Daily News, 5/10/65)
USAF scientist Dr. John W. Evans received DOD's Distinguished Civilian Service Award for his research on the physical processes of solar magnetic fields, mass motions of the solar photosphere, and growth and development of solar flares. (OAR Release 5-65-1)
Second stage (S-IV) for the tenth and last Saturn I launch vehicle was delivered to Kennedy Space Center, NASA, aboard "Pregnant Guppy" aircraft. The stage was flown from Douglas Aircraft Co,'s Sacramento., Calif., facility. (MSFC Release 65-135)
U.S.S.R.'s antimissile missile and other powerful rockets were shown in action for the first time in a film on Moscow television, "Rockets in Defense of Peace." Included were test firings of surface-to-air, air-to-surface, and underwater missiles as well as launchings of intermediate and intercontinental surface-to-surface ballistic missiles, some from underground silos. Also displayed were installations of the Soviet antimissile defense, including testing stations, computer centers supplying data for interceptions, and launching sites for interceptor missiles. One sequence showed firing of an antimissile missile and the interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile at an unspecified altitude. (Shabad, NYT, 3/11/65, 4)
In a New York Times article, Jack Gould suggested that statesmen planning EARLY BIRD I telecasts prepare their speeches well in advance and consider time differences in their scheduling, He noted that President Johnson's speech had received limited European coverage because it was hastily arranged and that the address of West Germany's Chancellor Ludwig Erhard had suffered because of an unusually poor simultaneous English translation. (Gould, NYT, 5/10/65, 59)
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