May 5 1970
From The Space Library
Ninth anniversary of first U.S. manned space flight, by Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., in Freedom 7 Mercury spacecraft. Apollo 13 astronauts visited Grumman Aerospace Corp. plant at Bethpage, N.Y., where LM Aquarius was built. Astronauts received rousing cheer from 15 000 workers. Aquarius received rousing cheer from astronauts. (UPI, W Star, 5/6/70, A2; MSC Hist Off)
ESSA announced that photos from NASA's orbiting ATS I over Pacific and ATS III over Atlantic were being transmitted to National Severe Storms Forecast Center in Kansas City, Mo., providing new source of information on tornado and severe storm development during daylight hours. Beginning June 1, ATS photos would also be sent to National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla., for tropical storm prediction. (ESSA Release 70-31)
Propeller-driven XC-142 V/STOL aircraft on loan to NASA by USAF ended experiments in support of research into V/STOL techniques at LaRC and was flown by NASA pilots to Air Force Museum at Dayton, Ohio. Built by Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc., four-engine tilt-wing aircraft had evolved from wind-tunnel models tested at LaRC and other NASA centers starting in 1956. (NASA Special Release)
John L. Steele, Senior Correspondent of Time-Life News Service, praised James E. Webb's book Space Age Management in speech at Time-Life and Kaiser Corp. luncheon to direct attention to need for pollution control. Former NASA Administrator Webb had written that space accomplishments could "usher in new era of great advances for us and for mankind. . because our accomplishments indicate a fundamental improvement in man's ability to find and use new knowledge." These included new ways in which large-scale organized efforts were managed; encouragement of multidisciplinary efforts using science, engineering, and management; new techniques and tools for research in social and physical sciences; and "creative manner in which these are applied to the solution of age old problems." With these accomplishments U.S. had shown, Webb had written, "that we can perform the most difficult and challenging tasks without departing from or damaging our fundamental values or our democratic institutions." (CR, 5/28/70, 58008-9)
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