Mars Missions Set To Beam Mars Pictures To Earth
Mariner 6 and 7 head to Mars after Apollo 11 triumph to provide Earth TV images. Mariner 6 should send back Mars pictures from 2000 miles altitude next Tuesday, with 54 minutes transmission time for the 6 million mile journey. Mariner 7 due to start Aug 3. NASA officials say the missions are on schedule and promise higher quality imagery than four years ago.
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Pasadena
Calif
Mariner 6
Mars
Earth
Mariner 7
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mariner
Mariner 4
NASA
Gerald M. Truzynski
Soviets Seen On Moon In 18 Months
Dr. Thomas C. Paine, NASA administrator, told a shipboard news conference aboard USS Hornet that the Soviet Union would reach the moon within 18 months following the United States Apollo feat. He cited openness as key and predicted possible future cooperation with the USSR in space. Admiral John S. McCain Jr. supported the view, calling the Apollo 11 success a transformative milestone.
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United States
America
Thomas C. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Shipboard
Paine
U.S
John S. McCain Jr
Pacific
McCain
Columbus
Apollo 11 computer near breakdown on descent
Apollo officials disclosed that during the final descent of Eagle the guidance computer ran near capacity due to a rendezvous radar power issue. The problem arose when auto track vs LGC modes caused signals to unlock and create a dither that consumed about 15 percent of the computer’s capacity.
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New York
Apollo
Christopher C. Krafton
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Kraft
Eagle
Stephen G. Bales
Eugene F. Kranz
Earth
Mission Control
Plan To Force Tax Reform Vote In Senate Adopted By Democrats
Senate Democrats approve a plan to force a vote on tax reform before extending the 10 percent surtax. House Ways and Means nears completion of a multibillion-dollar reform bill narrowing real estate incentives and blocking large deductions with tax-free income.
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Eileen Shanahan
New York Times
Washington
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Capitol
House Ways and Means Committee
Democratic Policy Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Finance Committee
Nixon
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Secretary of the Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Ways and Arians Committee
Sen. Dirksen
Kennedy
McCarthy Rejects Senate Run and 1972 Plans
Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy said he would not seek re election to the Minnesota Senate next year nor run for the Senate in another state. The statement opens the door for a possible 1972 independent presidential bid and for Hubert Humphrey to pursue the Democratic Senate nomination in Minnesota.
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New York Times
Washington
Eugene J. McCarthy
Senate
Minnesota
Senators
Hubert H. Humphrey
Computer alarms threaten abort in cockpit guidance
The cockpit computer flashed alarms signaling overwork and potential restarts. Kraft warned continuous restarts could be catastrophic, leaving no navigation to land and forcing abort if the AGS guidance system fails.
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