Nov 24 1964
From The Space Library
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center announced selection of Beckman Instruments Corp. to negotiate final contract for three Satellite Telemetry Automatic Reduction Systems (Stars) at slightly more than $1,000,000. The contractor would be responsible for manufacture, installation, and maintenance of the system as well as training of Goddard personnel. This second phase of the Goddard Stars project would pro-vide a highly automated method of preparing large quantities of data for later analysis by the scientific community. (GSFC Release G-33-64)
At the Aerospace Medical Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, four college men completed a test in which they lived on astronaut food for 28 days in a spacecraft type of capsule and 14 more days in hospital isolation. They ate what was called "freeze dehydrated foods" that came in one-in. cubes of beef, chicken, etc. Liquid was distilled water, tea, and fruit juices. No ill effects were apparent (NYT, 11/27/64, 31)
Canada announced the completion of negotiations for building a 150-in. optical telescope at Mt. Kobau, B.C., in commemoration of the recent visit to Canada of Queen Elizabeth II. (Shaw, CSM, 11/24/64)
Izvestia, the Soviet government newspaper, announced the death of Y. A. Korovin, a leading Soviet authority on international and space law. (AP, Galveston Tribune, 11/25/64)
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