Oct 3 1961
From The Space Library
House Science and Astronautics Committee released interim report on "Research and Development in Aeronautics," which concluded that "the welfare of the Nation, in both its economic and security aspects, is dependent in no small degree on continuing aeronautical research of high caliber." Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson began tour of west coast missile and space installations.
In-house procurement policies and practices of NASA reviewed by headquarters and field personnel in conference at Lewis Research Center.
First regular meeting of the International Academy of Astronautics held in conjunction with the 12th Annual Congress of the International Astronautical Federation in Washington.
Dr. Vladimir A. Kotelnikov, of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, told the IAF that Russian radar returns from Venus indicated a value of 149,599,500 kilometers for the astronomical unit. This was a major revision of the value of 149,469,500 kilometers first released by the Russians in March. The Russian value compared with 149,598,820 kilometers obtained by Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the figure of 149,597,850 kilometers obtained by Lincoln Laboratory. Disagreement remains on whether Venus day is a 9-to-11-earth-day period or 225-earth-day period.
October 3-5: PERT (program evaluation and review technique) symposium held at Huntsville, Ala., sponsored by the American Institute of Industrial Engineering and the University of Alabama.
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