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Hamilton Named to
UN Day Committee
Moore Hamilton, Medford
postmaster, has been named
to the committee to promote
the observance of United Na
tions Day in Oregon Oct. 24,
according to Thomas L. Scan
Ion, director of research and
education department of the
Oregon State Labor Council
and chairman of the program.
Gov. Robert D. Holmes this
week signed a proclamation
setting Oct. 24 United Nations
Day in Oregon. Plans for the
second annual United Nations
Day reception in the gover
nor's office that day also were
announced.
Emissaries of foreign na
tions, state, county and city
officials have been invited to
participate in ceremonies in
the capitol at Salem, Gover
nor Holmes said.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1958
Pages 1 to 6
Engineer Tells Experiences Encountered
By Man Making First Trip To Moon
Editor's Note: Two engineers.
Dandridge M. Cole and Donald E.
Muir of the Martin Co. in Denver,
recently told the American Astro
nautical Society in a formal paper
that if the U.S. wanted to spend
the money, it could send a man to
the moon and back within five
years. United Press International
asked Cole to explain in layman's
language what such a trip would
be like, on the basis of facts now
known. This is how he thinks it
would be.
By DANDRIDGE M. COLE
(Written for United Press
International
The pilot for the first Amer
ican Moon Ship lies in his
space suit in his water-filled
acceleration couch as the
mighty four-stage rocket rises
slowly from its launch pad.
His b a ck presses lightly
against the bottom of the
couch, his slight positive
weight controlled by hi s
weighted suit and the buoyant
force of water.
As propellant is burned and
the weight of the rocket de
creases, acceleration climbs
to almost 10 times that of a
falling body, and without the
supporting water the pilot
would be crushed helpless and
perhaps unconscious against
his couch.
But the pilot is an import
ant part of the control sys
tem and it was well worth
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and in full control of his fa
cilities. Pitches Violently
Suddenly, the rocket pitch
es violently.
The pilot watching his in
struments responds instantly
and overrides the auto-pilot
with manual control. A short
circuit in the control system
has caused the rocket to swing
hard to one side.
The resultant pitching of
the rocket could send it crash
ing back to earth, but one of
the most reliable parts of the
control system, the pilot him
self, corrects the thrust align
ment and slowly brings the
rocket back on course.
The fourth stage rocket
burns the last of its propel
lant and the acceleration
drops from a high point of
10 gravities to almost zero.
While the engines supply a
small thrust to permit the
guidance system to control
the cut-off velocity accurately,
the water is pumped from the
pilot's acceleration couch to
storage tanks.
When the engines shut off,
the ship has reached a veloci
ty of 25,000 miles per hour.
The powered phase of the
moon flight has taken less
than 10 minutes.
Now the ship will "fall"
toward the moon for one and
a half days , while the pilot
and all the contents of his
small cabin remain in a
weightless state.
Time Passes Quickly
The 36-hour coasting flight
to the moon passes quickly
for the pilot. He has more
than enough to keep him
busy in making the necessary
navigation calculations and
scientific observations.
The United States has paid
a high fare to transport the
pilot's brain, sensory organs
and nervous system around
the moon and he must earn
his way by performiong tasks
better than an equal weight
of instruments.
A computer and automatic
guidance system of somewhat
greater weight than the pilot
and his supplies could solve
the required navigation prob
lems in a few minutes.-- .v,
Can Make Allowances
But the pilot has lots of
time and he can make allow
ances for unforseen factors
which might upset the results
of the automatic system.
The pilot has been carefully
selected for his high intelli
gence, courage, resourceful
ness, and mental and physical
health as well as for his sci
entific education and flight
training.
A most important phase of
his training was that of orbi
tal flights, one for six hours
and one for two days, have
trained him to meet almost
any situation he might en
counter on his lunar flight.
He has learned to enjoy the
freedom of weightlessness and
experiences little difficulty
except for occasional "falling
nightmares" during periods of
sleep.
Some normal functions such
as eating and elimination of
body wastes are more diffi
cult in a "free fall" and he
chooses to minimize this in
convenience by spinning his
ship for short periods.
Could Produce Dizziness -
The spinning motion of
such a small vehicle could
produce dizziness and nausea
if used at too high rate for
too long a time.
However, the pilot has
found that one-tenth of nor
mal gravity was quite com
fortable for short periods re
quired for eating, etc..
As the ship approaches the
moon, the pilot takes some
careful sightings and makes
a small correction in his
course.
He wants to bring his ship
down as low as possible over
the surface of the moon to
permit more detailed obser-
PILOT'S CHILD Widow of
Ivan C. Kincheloe Jr., holds
her baby daughter, Jeannine
Frances, born Oct 1 in Oak
land, Calif. The baby's
father, killed in a routine
flight last July, might have
been the first man into
outer space, had he lived.
Before his cfeath, he had
taken a research plane to a
world's altitude record of
nearly 24 miles.
Russia to Continue
Nuclear Tests
United Nations, N.Y.-(UPD-The
Soviet Union served no
tice Tuesday it intended to
continue nuclear weapons
tests until it had equaled the
total explosions set off by the
United States and Britain to
gether. Soviet Foreign Minister An
drei Gromyko made the state
ment to a packed news con
ference. He refused to say how
many explosions would be in
volved. He said this could
be determined by research
and comparison in "available
scientific documents."
The U.S. and Britain have
proposed a conference to start
in Geneva with the Soviet
Union Oct. 31 on the question
of possible suspension of nu
clear weapons tests.
They have announced their
own tests would be suspended
for at least a year beginning
with the start of such a con
ference provided the Soviet
Union goes along.
Hurricane Janice
Lashes Bahamas .
Miami (UPD Hurricane Jan
ice lashed the Bahama Islands
with 75-mile-an-hour winds be
fore churning into the open
sea and leaving Hit least one
dead and uncounted damage
in its wake.
An unidentified sailboat
skipper was believed to have
drowned in Nassau Harbor
when waves swamped his 15
foot dinghy.
From other parts of the
city, a favorite for honey
mooners - and tourists, there
were reports of power lines
down, unmanned boats de
stroyed and houses and cars
damaged.
Miami weather forecasters
said no U.S. coastal areas
were in immediate danger.
vation than has been possible
with the instrument's lunar
probes.
He is not too surprised to
find that the far side of the
moon looks much like the
side toward the earth since
the lunar probes have obtain
ed some excellent pictures.
Directs Cameras
However, he watches care
fully for anything of unusual
interest, and directs his cam
eras toward possible landing
areas.
As he sets his course to
ward home, the pilot wonders
what later exploring parties
will find.
An unchanging, sterile
world?
New life forms or new
chemical compounds?
Or perhaps evidence that
man is not alone in the mys
terious and boundless universe.
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