Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967 - NASA's History Office

ASTRONAUTICS AND AERONAUTICS, 1967 During August
fascinating, but the most interesting of all has turned out to be the picture
of the earth from the distance of the moon.
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This is natural enough: self-portraits are always the best portraits, es-
pecially from the point of view of the sitter.
“But the thing about this self-portrait is the inescapable conclusion
that the earth is really a rather lovely place, when seen from 214,806
miles away. . . .” (W Star, 8/18/67)
Choice of spacecraft atmosphere, according to Space/Aeronautics, “won’t be
pure oxygen, but whether the diluent will be nitrogen, helium or late-
comer neon is far from clear.” It emphasized oxygen regeneration would
require difficult hardware tradeoffs to satisfy variety of missions. (S/A,
8/67, 71)
Federal civilian employment of professional scientific and technical per-
Bonnel rose by 9% from October 1962 to December 1964, NSF stated in
report on occupational characteristics of scientific and technical em-
ployees of Federal Government in December 1964. Engineers, largest of
three major groups-scientists, engineers, and health professionals-
made up 40% of the total 189,500 in 1964. Scientists made up about
36%. DOD continued to be the major Government employer. (Text)
* Soviet northern cosmodrome, whose existence was first publicly announced
at British Interplanetary Society’s November 1966 meeting following
radio-tracking activities at Kettering Grammar School [see Dec. 12,
19661, had maintained steady rate of satellite launches since beginning
with Cosmos satellite in March 1966. New launch site, about 100 mi south
of Archangel and between towns of Yarnerna and Tarasova, still had
not been acknowledged by Soviet authorities. (Perry, S/F, 8/67, 274)
* First issue of Soviet magazine Space Biology and Medicine had been pub-
lished in Moscow. Contributors included medical experts, biologists,
physiologists, and psychologists. Subjects included space psycho-
physiology, and life support systems. (S/F, 8/67, 271)
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