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112 ASTRONAUTICAL AND AERONAUTICAL EVENTS OF 19 6 2 During June: NASA reportedly called a “tempest in a teapot” the U.S.S.R. criticism of U.S. scientists for not crediting Soviets with discovery of the maximum electron flux in the earth’s outer radi- ation belt. U.S. scientists freely credit U.S.S.R. for determining experimentally that maximum flux was lo-’ particles per square centimeter per second, but Soviet conclusion was based on uncon- hmed assumption which was not authenticated until U.S. scientists analyzed definitive measurements from EXPLORER XII. United Technology Corp. experimented with hypergolic ignition system, spraying highly reactive fluid into nozzle end of solid- propellant rocket motor. Fluid immediately ignited the motor, which developed more than 1OO1OOO-lbs. thrust in the test. Bell Aerosystems engineers, John N. Cord and Leonard M. Seale, recommended in paper to the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences meeting in Los Angeles that a U.S. astronaut be landed upon the moon with the means of survival, perhaps for as long as three years, until an Apollo vehicle could be sent to return him to earth. The astronaut could do valuable scientific work and would be on “a very hazardous mission but it would be cheaper, faster, and perhaps the only way to beat Russia.” Air Force Ofice of Scientific Research (AFOSR) began negotiating a new type of three-year contracts for basic research with Westing- house Electric, IBM, and RCA in the solid-state field. This was the first time that basic research had been contracted on any other basis than one year at a time, is designed to provide more continuity and certainty of completion of research projects. As under the previous system, osn and industry each bear roughly half of the costs of the research. An astronautics ship together with a floating drydock has been proposed as a launching platform for ICBM’s and large space boosters, including Saturn. LCdr. Burton Edelson (USN), writing for the Bureau of Ships Journal, contended that a 10,000-ton ship, such as the seaplane tender Curtiss, could be specially outfitted as an integrated astronautics ship and could handle all solid-fuel launchings, including Minuteman. An accompanying floating drydock could handle large liquid-fuel rocket launchings up to and including Saturn. New camera developed for space usc by the National Bureau of Standards can be operated at a rate of more than one million frames per second. Camera was developed to record luminous phenomena of shock waves in the upper atmosphere as they pass through the so-called “plasma” (highly ionized gases). Such plasma, said the report, has been produced at the Bureau of Standards by sending high-velocity shock waves through helium gas. NASA Wallops Station awarded contracts over $1 million during the month for essential services and construction work. Cost Reduction Task Force of the National Security Industrial As- sociation concluded that DOD was paying more for its procurement because of “cost-oriented” practices. Undertaken at the request of the Secretary of Defense, the released report recommended that fixed-price contracts be used more often and earlier
ASTRONAUTICAL AND AERONAUTICAL EVENTS OF 1962 113 in the procurement cycle, and that price analysis rather than cost analysis be emphasized in buying. During June: Twentieth Anniversary of Army aviation was high- lighted by a two-week celebration in St. Louis, Mo. GE’s 5-93 turbojet engine, being developed for the B-70 aircraft, completed its preliminary flight rating test (PFRT) on schedule. The engine will propel B-70 to speeds greater than 2,000 mph and altitudes higher than 65,000 ft.
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