Nov 24 1964

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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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