Moon mission risks loom as Apollo faces vast challenges
A five part Newark Meridian Tribune feature predicts dire engineering hurdles for NASA's Apollo program. It details the Saturn V's 75 million pound thrust, F-1 engine instability remedies, lunar landing uncertainties, rendezvous tests, and the colossal launch infrastructure at Pad 39, outlining cost, time, and technical risks ahead before men reach the moon.
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Cleveland students to attend National Youth Conference on the Atom
Twenty outstanding Cleveland Northeast Ohio high school science students and four teachers will attend the 1963 National Youth Conference on the Atom in Chicago from November 7 to 9. The program seeks to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy and science careers with tours to Argonne National Laboratory, the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry, and Dresden Nuclear Power Plant, plus talks by leaders in science and education.
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Symbolic fish eyes in Buddhist lore and mackerel life need
Ancient Buddhist teaching uses the fish as a symbol of vigilance against temptation due to its eyelidless eyes that never close. The Atlantic mackerel must continuously swim to breathe. stopping would suffocate it, as it relies on a steady water flow to oxygenate its blood.
Apollo funds show cost in human terms says Sloan official
Warren Weaver of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation compares the Apollo program price to social spending. He writes in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists that $30 billion could fund nationwide teacher raises, support 200 colleges, fund 50 000 new scientists, create new medical schools, endow multiple universities, and establish further foundations, leaving room for public science education.
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Sphere from space vehicle found in New South Wales
A 10 pound hollow metallic sphere from space was found in April near Broken Hill, New South Wales. Australian authorities say it is unclaimed and may have survived reentry intact. The ball could have fallen anywhere, with ownership unclear, and US space authorities are being consulted.
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NASA seeks 10 to 15 new astronauts
Washington reports NASA aims to recruit 10 to 15 astronauts this summer. Applicants must hold engineering or physical science degrees, have at least 1000 hours of jet time or be qualified experimental test pilots, be under 34, and under six feet tall. Applications are due by July.
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Apollo budget prompts questions on national spending
A newspaper summary compares Project Apollo costs with other American expenditures, noting NASA's 1964 budget around 3.54 billion and Apollo's total potential funding up to 40 billion. It highlights tobacco and automobile outlays, gas prices, and consumer product spending, while flagging public scrutiny and the modest share of GNP Apollo would represent.
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NASA awards Bell contract for manned lunar landing vehicles
Edwards California NASAs Flight Research Center awards a 3.610632 million contract to Bell Aero Systems of Buffalo New York to design and build two manned moon landing research vehicles for Project Apollo testing. Vehicles will be about 20 feet high with two propulsion systems, capable of free flight and autonomous takeoff and landing, and will test lunar surface landing scenarios in 1964. The program aims to study landing challenges on varied surfaces using the Bell craft.
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