Mar 12 1963
From The Space Library
Dr. Lee A. DuBridge, president of Cal Tech, said in speech before Spring Recognition Dinner of Miracle Mile Association, Los Angeles: "The United States had put 118 space vehicles into orbit, whereas Russia has only placed 34. We are ahead of Russia on scientific data because of these space robes. "Proof of this is in the papers published by the Soviet Union. There has been very little scientific knowledge gleaned from their reports in the past few years, whereas the United States has given a wealth of information on space problems. "Through these probes we have been able to evaluate the temperature on the planet Venus. Of more important issue to us on Earth is the invaluable aid in predicting our own weather. . . ." (L.A. Herald-Examiner, 3/13/63)
The Senate Committee on Commerce confirmed the nominated incorporators of the Communications Satellite Corp.: Edward P. Kaiser, David M. Kennedy, Sidney J. Weinberg, Bruce G. Sundlun, A. Byrne Litschgi, Beardsley Graham, Leonard Woodcock, Sam Harris, George Feldman, Leonard Marks, John T. Conner, George L. Killion, Leo D. Welch, and Joseph V. Charyk. (UPI, Wash. Post, 3/13/63)
Reported that State Dept. officials were "dismayed" and surprised by reports from London that U.K. Government had agreed to establish independent space communications system with 12 British companies. U.S. was hoping, its Communications Satellite Corp. could become the U.S. participant in a global communications system, a noncompetitive, nonduplicative, and cooperative system. State Dept. cabled London to request. clarification as to whether U.K. was actually moving to establish a competitive and potentially duplicating-space communications system. (Finney, NYT [West. Ed.], 3/13/63)
