Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967 - NASA's History Office

ASTRONAUTICS AND AERONAUTICS, 1967 June 8
Applications Programs Leonard Jaffee told the Armed Forces Communications
and Electronics Assn. in Washington, D.C. “We are almost
approaching the point where the remaining obstacle to global business,
aside from the political problems, will be the zonal time differences.
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At the moment time differences are aggravations to the total realiza-
tion of our new-found communications and transportation capabilities,
but not complete deterrents. . . . Today, if it is important enough, we
make allowances for and tolerate time differences-tomorrow we may
have to do something about [them] . . . because as our business and
cultural patterns change in this space era, these time differences will
become intolerable.
C< . . . the space age has already contributed the concept of ‘one worldone
time.’ By creating a common time and acceptance of a day not geared
to the rising and setting of the Sun, we may be able to extend this to
an acceptance of ‘one day’ consisting of 24 hours . . . during which we
will make optimum use of our roads, our schools, our factories, our
communications and transportation facilities . . . [with] 3-shift use . . .
[so that] current facilities could handle three times as many people.”
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* “Although junior colleges constitute a major segment of higher education
in terms of number of institutions (about one-third), their resources
for science, in terms of expenditures and manpower, are meager,”
NSF reported to House Committee on Science and Astronautics’ Science,
Research, and Development Subcommittee. NSF report, The Junior Cdlege
and Education in the Sciences, stated that junior college “share 6f
expenditures for separately budgeted research and development, in 1963a,
was one-tenth of 1 percent of the total for all colleges and universities;
for science ‘plant,’ 3.7 percent; and for instruction and departmental
research, 4.8 percent.” (Text)
FAA Administrator Gen. William F. McKee received Washington, D.C.,
Air Line Traffic Assn.’s 1967 “Man of the Year” award. (Av Wk,
6/19/67,13)
June 9: USAF launched an experimental reentry vehicle !by Atlas-F booster
from Vandenberg AFB as part of Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry Systems
(ABRES) program. (Tech Wk, 6/19/67,15)
* Ground-based optical astronomy had been throttled by lack of large telescopes,
especially in southern latitudes, said Director Horace W. Babcock
of Mt. Wilson and Palomar Observatories, who explained that
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optical astronomy occupies a central position and will continue to do
so.” He deplored the fact that, in recent years, vital support had been
“woefully small” for construction of ground-based telescopes of large
size (up to 200411 class). He cited 1964 NASA-sponsored study by Panel
on Astronomical Facilities (chaired by Lick Observatory’s Albert E.
Whitford) which had recommended $1-million study for construction
of “the largest feasible optical reflector,” and construction of three 150-
to 200-in telescopes, four 60- to Win telescopes, and eight 36- to @-in
models. (Babcock, Science, 6/9/67,1317-22)
Rep. J. Edward Roush (D-Ind.) introduced to the House H.R. 10674, a
bill to rename the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in honor of Astro-
naut Virgil I. Griwm who died in Jan. 27 Apollo accident. (NASA LAR
VI/65)
* US., France, and U.K. had had excellent displays at Paris International
Air and Space Show [see May 23-31], but visitors had seemed most
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