Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967 - NASA's History Office

August 1 ASTRONAUTICS AND AERONAUTICS, 1967
House Committee on Science and Astronautics’ Science. Research. and De-
velopment Subcommittee released report, Science, Teihnology, knd Pub-
lic Policy during the Eighty-Ninth Congress, January 1965 through
December 1966. Rep. Emilio Q. Daddario (D-Conn.) , subcommittee
chairman, emphasized : “Congress does indeed recognize the impact of
science and technology on modern society and is moving expeditiously
to meet its challenge and shape its potential on behalf of human welfare
[and] . . . is becoming aware of the difficulties and dangers which
technologically applied science may carry in its genes-and is searching
for effective means to counter them.”
NSF Director Dr. Leland J. Haworth, in statement before Subcommit-
tee, said: “In all honesty, it must be admitted that thus far there have
been no broad, systematic, and intensive studies designed to develop an
understanding of alternative policy structures and options open to the
Nation as a whole and to assess the associated opportunities and risks, as
well as the impact, which such policies and choices might have on the
individual agencies, disciplines and the Nation’s goals.” Haworth re-
ferred to the major lack in the studies concerning long-range national
needs. (Text)
KSC held dedication ceremonies for its $1.1-million Visitor Information
Center. One hour later a visitor purchased the 500,OOOth ticket for the
center’s guided tour. (LaMont, Cocoa Trib, 8/1/67)
B/G Harold C. Teubner (USAF), formerly with Hq. USAF comptrol-
ler’s office, became AFSC Deputy Chief of Staff for Comptroller, succeed-
ing M/G Wendell E. Carter, who was being reassigned to the Pentagon
as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/Information) .
(AFSC Release 152.67)
Miami’s Opa Locka Airport was the Nation’s busiest airport in FY 1967,
with a record 596,949 takeoff and landing operations, FAA reported.
Chicago’s O’Hare International was second with 588,527 operations.
(FAA Release 67-61)
Scientists at Royal Aircraft Establishment, near Farnborough, U.K., were
firing bullets at raindrops because they believed damage inflicted on
a bullet impacting with a raindrop was same as damage that would be
inflicted on an aircraft flying at high speed through a squall. Scientists
feared raindrops, relatively minor’ problem to subsonic aircraft, might
cause serious fuselage and wing erosion to the Concorde SST. (Reuters,
NYT, 8/1/67,29)
Cost estimates for developing Anglo-French Concorde supersonic trans-
port had risen to $1.47 billion, House of Commons Committee of Public
Accounts revealed in a report. Additional $75.4 million would probably
be incurred by Ministry of Technology in R&D costs directly connected
with the aircraft. Estimates for develoDment costs were $476 million in
November 1962 when Concorde projkt began. (NYT, 8/3/67, a)
August 2: Senate passed, by routine voice vote, and sent to the House the
$4.86-billion NASA FY 1968 authorization bill (S. 1296). House/Senate
Conference Committee had agreed on a $4.86 billion bill July 31. (CR,
8/2/67, S10578-80)
Five of the 11 scientist-astronauts selected for NASA’s Apollo program were
announced in the Nation’s press. NASA released complete and official list
Aug. 4. (AP, NYT, 8/3/67, 8; UPI, W Post, 8/3/67, Al)
a NASA Arcas sounding rocket launched from Point Mugu, Calif., carried
Naval Ordnance Test Station experiment to 33-mi (521cm) altitude to
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