Nov 19 1967
From The Space Library
Development of ocean data environmental science services acquisition (ODESSA) system, consisting of unmanned, deep-sea, automated buoys, which would record simultaneously oceanographic and meteorological data, was announced by ESSA. Each buoy would support a group of surface and subsurface electronic sensing packages which would gather and transmit data to central recording station console, either aboard ship or on land. Data could also be recorded at each buoy station on magnetic tape record. A valuable research tool for oceanographers, the ODESSA system would also have potential use for study of pollution in harbors and estuarine waters and fish habitats. In major role, it would serve ESSA's investigations of the continuous exchange process at interface of air and sea. (ESSA Release 67-80)
Rear-engine aircraft, built by Sierradyne Corp. and leased by Northrop Corp., was being flight-tested at Dulles International Airport. The 670-lb S-1 experimental aircraft had 87.5-hp engine, 200-mph maximum speed, 20-ft wing span, and 18-ft length. Power plant was placed in fuselage, near aircraft's center of gravity, with nose space left free for equipment. Reduction of cockpit noise, elimination of "propwash," and improved visibility were accomplished by design. (Northrop COT.; Corrigan, W Post, 11/19/67, D8)
Using $55,000 NASA grant, UCLA had purchased a 24-in telescope with photometer and spectrograph for observatory at Thacher School, Ojai, Calif., New York Times reported. Telescope was 15th largest in California and already had produced the most complete spectrographic coverage of stellar explosion of star Nova Delphini. (NYT, 11/19/67, 73)
Development of new 60-mph hydrofoil, designated Burevestnik, had used aircraft turbine engines and water-jet propulsion, Soviet trade-union newspaper Trud reported. The Soviet craft had completed its tests to prove that its hardware was much superior to diesel-engine and propeller models previously developed by Soviets. (NYT, 11/20/67, 85)
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