Air Force Pushes Ahead With Plans To Produce Manned Space Craft
Washington -UPD- The Air
Force, pursuing its role as
the future U.S. space force,
rushed plans today for pro
ducing a manned space craft
with a wide variety of mili
tary uses.
Known as Dyna Soar, the
space vehicle will combine
the ballistic missile and the
airplane in a maneuvcrable
machine that can put man into
orbit and let him land rou
tinely on large air bases.
The Air Force Wednesday
announced the badly kept se
cret that Boeing Airplane Co.,
Seattle, Wash., had been or
dered to go ahead with "de
sign and ground testing" look
ing toward construction of ex
perimental Dyna Soars.
The Air Force space ship is
a sharp departure from the
Mercury Project of the Na
tional Aeronautics and Space
Administration. Mercury calls
for rocketing a man into space
in a capsule mounted on an
Atlas missile. His reentry into
the atmosphere would be con
trolled from the ground and
the capsule would be let down
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gently on a parachute.
The Defense Department
holds the Dyna Soar to be a
research and development
project. It shies away from
discussing potential military
uses.
Experts consider, however,
that the Dyna Soar may be
able to perform these military
roles in the late IBiiUs:
-A reconnaissance ship load
ed with photographic equip
ment and infra-red sensing de
vices to detect enemy missile
launchings and other activi
ties. -A satellite interceptor and
satellite inspector. It could ex
amine objects in space to see
whether they were friend or
foe, and could be armed tn
neutralize or disarm enemy
space vehicles.
-As a pilotlcss vehicle, it
could orbit the earth carry.
ing bombs which could be
dropped on command from
earth stations.
-It could be used as an
Intercontinental guided mis
sile, which would follow
devious rather than predicta
ble path to its target.
The Dyna Soar project is
expected to result in a flying
machine by about mid-1964.
The experimental version
will be a winged glider, de
signed to resist temperatures
of 2,000 degrees on reenter
ing the atmosphere. It will
Salcm-OIPD-Oregon Republi
can Chairman Peter Gunnar
was released from a Salem
hospital Wednesday afternoon,
He Is recovering from an at
tack of a form of meningitis.
He entered the hospital April
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Congress Urged
To OK Transfer
01 Navy Range
Washington - (UPD - An Ore
gon state official urged con
gress Wednesday to approve
the transfer of the Navy's
Boardman bombing range in
Morrow County, Ore., in ex
change for state-owned lands
of equal value.
Samuel H. Mallicoat, depu
ty director of Oregon's De
partment of Planning and De
velopment, said the state
would underwrite the cost of
the move to Wagontire in
southeastern Oregon.
In prepared testimony be
fore a Senate armed services
subcommittee, Mallicoat said
the move will permit "order
ly economic development of
Oregon to its highest and best
use."
No Known Opposition
He said there is no known
opposition to the proposed
transfer of the range from its
present Columbia river basin
site. Oregon wants to develop
a space age industrial park at
the Boardman range.
The proposal was introduc
ed by Oregon Democratic
Sens. Wayne Morse and Hall
Lusk as an amendment to the
military construction bill.
Mallicoat also trans mitted
Gov. Mark Hatfield's request
for favorable action.
Robert Weir, representing
the Lake county Chamber of
Commerce, advised the com
mittee he would submit a
statement by Monday.
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New York-IUPD-Stocks met
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trading today with steels, oils
and rails pacing the down
turn. The list suffered its fifth
consecutive setback Wednes
day in the face of what bro
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news background in weeks.
Polaroid added nearly 3 in
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Honeywell nearly 4 in its sec
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Autos met some support
with small gains appearing
in Ford, Chrysler and General
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The Air Force expects to
follow a cautious test pro
gram similar to that planned
for the Mercury Project.
Some time this year, the
first Mercury astronaut is ex
pected to take a 200-mile ride
down the Atlantic range,
achieving a height of 100
miles.
In 1961, plans call fur orbit
ing the first astronaut.
Boeing will build 11 Dyna
Sor.rs. Three will be for
ground tests, four for un
manned flights and four fur
piloted flights.
In the first manned test,
the glider will be boosted into
the sky from Cape Canaveral,
Fla., and fly at speeds slower
than needed to go into orbit.
Later the glider will be hurl
ed into orbit, circling the
glnhe at 18,000 miles an hour.
Present plans called for the
manned space ship to land
on the California desert at
Edwards Air Force Base.
The Air Force did not say
when the first manned flight
.n.,l Uo nttpmnted But oth
er sources indicated a sub
orbital flight might take place
by September, lab.
Boeing was named contrac
tor for the Air Force manned
space program last Nov. 9.
Since then the service and
the industry have debated the
merits of winged gliders as
opposed to capsules like the
Mercury vehicle. The go
ahead to Boeing meant the
Air Force had decided to stick
with the glider concept.
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