Astronautical and Aeronautical Events of 1962 - NASA's History Office

168 ASTRONAUTICAL AND AERONAUTICAL EVENTS OF 19 6 2
During August: Under Secretary of the Air Force Joseph V. Charyk
told Seventh Symposium on Ballistic Missile and Space Tech-
nology that USAF had flight-tested two Agena D upper-stage
vehicles, the first firing occurring in June. Agena D would
accommodate a variety of payloads, whereas earlier models
Agena A and B had integrated payloads.
Congressman Bob Wilson of House Armed Services Committee,
addressing the Institute of World Affairs, recommended establish-
ment of a U.S. Military Space Academy. He said he was “deeply
concerned over the tendency of our space program to emphasize
the experimental and scientific and de-emphasize the military
aspects of space. . . . The Air Force has started a limited
program to train spacemen for the future. It should be expanded
into a full-fledged space manpower program. Perhaps a ‘fourth
service’ should be set up to train men in astronautics, hypersonic
aerodynamics, the physiological and psychological aspects of
flight. ”
0 American Rocket Society gave Congressman George Miller of
House Committee for Science and Astronautics a special award
for his ‘(outstanding leadership in space.”