May 9 1968
From The Space Library
U.S. reconnaissance satellite, orbiting at altitudes of several hundred miles, had discovered that U.S.S. Pueblo was no longer moored in North Korean port of Wonsan. Vessel had occupied that berth since her capture by North Koreans Jan. 23. State Dept. confirmed absence of vessel but would not discuss source of information. (Goulden, P 5/10/68, 2)
In second McKinsey Foundation lecture at Columbia Univ., NASA Administrator James E. Webb discussed "Goal Setting and Feedback in Large Scale Endeavors." NASA had created "in-house technical and administrative competence" making possible "correct judgments" and thus could move "to the voter-judgment arena with confidence." NASA's "integrated system" approach had proved more effective than "independent components" approach of past in solving problems of space development. Successful working partnership of universities, industry, and government had yielded product, in usable resources, "greater than the sum of its parts." Scientific R&D expenditures in large endeavors could contribute more to economic growth in next decade than any other single factor. Maximum transfer of technology to nonspace use should be "purposefully and systematically sought." Costs of space accomplishments had been "less than three percent of the total of our federal expenditures" for first 10 yr and "less than five one thousandths of our gross national product." More than 90% went to laboratories and facto- ries, outside NASA. (Text)
Dr. Charles A. Berry. Director of Medical Research and Operations, MSC, was elected 1969 President of Aerospace Medical Assn. at 39th Annual Meeting in Bal Harbour, Ha. Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin was named honorary member. (MSC Roundup, 5/24/68, 1)
USAF restricted all F-111A flights in U.S. and in Southeast Asia pending investigation of crash in Nevada May 8. Five F-111As in Thailand would conduct no air strikes. (AP, W Post, 5/10/68, 1; AP, W Star, 5/10/68, A7; NYT, 5/11/68, 2)
May 9-10: NASA held Second Conference on Sonic Boom Research at Headquarters to review status of NASA university program on sonic boom research, survey research program at NASA centers, determine most pressing areas of research for SST, and determine most promising avenues of research on sonic boom overpressure reduction. Appraising proceedings, I. R. Schwartz, NASA OART Research Div., said that "significant progress has been made during the past year in our understanding and analysis of the generation and propagation of sonic boom. Further, it has been analytically demonstrated in the NASA program . . . that the utilization of a particular aerodynamic tech- nique can result in large reductions in sonic boom overpressures. . . . [This] allows us to expect vast improvements in future SST conceptual designs." (NASA SP-180)
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