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FRIDAY. APRIL 27. 1962 MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Ambitious Space Projects Planned By United States Edilor i note: Dr. Wern hir von Briun. director el the George C. Merihell Spece Flight Center tnd ent of the world'! loading tockot oxptrtt, hii written i (pedal dlipatch for Unit d Proit International on "Tha Future oi Humanity." Ha ttatat thai tha Unltad 8taiet hat tha capacity to ba lint on tha moon and mutt ba (int. By DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN Copyright. 1962 By Unltad Presi Intarnational Huntsville, Ala.-(UPC -The United Statet, working in co operation with and on behalf of the other nations of the Western world has one of the most important and exciting challenges in history. Few accomplishments have had such profound effect on the future of humanity than will the result of this im mense and fascinating en deavor. 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Our Tiros metorological satellites have proven their worth by per mitting meteorologists to pre dict more accuracy the weath er and de t e c t disastrous storms. The military has de veloped warning and recon naisance satellites to help us maintain our military posture. Earth-encircling and navl gational and geodetic satel lites are proving themselves daily. We are also developing such scientific satellites as orbiting solar observatories and the orbiting geophysical observatories. The first solar observatory was successfully launched last month. It is now reporting back to earth how the sun affects the weather and any threats it may pose for space travelers. But per haps of most immediate and practical interest is the com' munications satellite which will help put the man in the street In closer touch with his fellow humans around the world. Developes Vehicles We at the George C. Mar shall Space Flight Center are responsible to our parent or-ganizatlon-the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Ad-ministration-for the develop ment of the space vehicles that will orbit satellites, send scientific payloads to distant planets and launch manned lunar expeditions. The sub-orbital flights of astronauts Alan Shepard and Virgil Orissom, and the more recent orbital flight of John Glenn, were carried out under Project Mercury, the first of ifD" ipM ROSE PRUNING tHT JJ Ml Liquid BOOK ROSE FOOD M N.w r.s. pn.in M -" 'f'"" M " MX X g r Ro nnRl Trunin, Book gjlggj g $39 RETAIL $11 59 gtogJJ i f FORONlt jUn iMate- Jg: three man-in-space programs ' being directed by NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center at Houston, Tex. Project Mercury will be succeeded by the Gemini man ned spacecraft project, which calls for the orbiting of two-man spacecraft. Gemini will be used to test the "or bital rendevous" technique by which an orbital launch vehi cle and a manned spacecraft will be joined while in earth orbit and "relaunched" to ward the moon. Experience gained in this I method of landing astronauts 'on the surface of the moon I will be under Project Apollo. A three-man spacecraft, Apol- will effect circumlunar and lunar landing missions sched uled before the end of this decade. Designs Now Saturn The two elements of this lunar rocket will be launched into orbit by 7.S million-pound-thrust advanced Saturn vehicles currently being de signed at the Marshall Center at Huntsville. We recently re quested proposals from indus try for a detailed systems definition and preliminary de sign of the Nova launch vehi cle, which will be a logical follow-on to the advanced Saturn. Nova, to be capable of placing more than 200 tons in earth orbit or sending more than 73 tons on an earth escape trajectory, will be able to perform manned lunar landings with Apollo-type spacecraft in direct flights from earth. Following the first tenta tive steps into space with Project Apollo, man will pull on his seven league boots and take giant strides across space to the nearer planets of the solar system. For Mars, and perhaps Venus, direct surface landings should be possible this century if the state of the art of astronautics con tinues to advance rapidly. Hazards Too Great However, landings on fro zen Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune .may never be feasible, limiting man to land ings on their natural moons. The problems of direct land ings on the giant worlds are extremely complex and pose demands upon the design of manned spaceships that are far beyond our present capa bilities. To illustrate the mag nitude of the' problem we need only consider the diffi culty of trying to decelerate such a craft in the tremend ous gravitational field of Ju piter and then attempting to take off again through an amazingly thick, turbulent at mosphere. I have discussed briefly some of our present projects to show the tremendous task ahead in order for America and the free world to gain and keep the position it de serves in space explorations. We are now working fervent ly toward that end; the mas sive launch facilities are be ing built, the rockets are be ing designed. What happens when we get in space? The environment will be threatened by metc roids, radiation, temperature extremes, lack of almosphcre and lack of pressure. But if he understands and obeys its laws, space will treat him well. Entirely New When we build our first outposts on the moon, or when we build our first orbiting space stations, our engineers will be called on for construc tion projects using strange materials in circumstances never before encountered. On the moon, for Instance, we will have to have road ways, living quarters and lab oratories. We will have to use materials available there, for the most part, and we will have no precedent lor build ing even the most crude si rue turos In such an environment True, this goal to the realms of space bitiour. program. But it is a natural thing to do - to find out Just what is out there and how we can use our new-found knowledge to better our way of life. -mm .11".. s.h?7e3 a. j r I ;4 . .y ft? ft tmIAML : Lid In 5 week test, OKTHO Liquid Rose Kood gave more bloom . , longer, stronger stoma . . . more i luxuriant growth. SPRAY or 8PRINKLH Apply ORTHO Liquid Roee Food with ORTHO Lawn Sprayer at tached to garden hose, or with sprinkling can. 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Flicker thereupon organ ized a second company and in stalled it at the Shoreham Ho tel in Washington. The Shore ham is not exactly a coffee house, but the show made a big hit here, too. I had a talk with Flicker this week when he came down from New York to check on the local cast. For someone In show business, he seemed to be behaving rather strangely. Gets Handshake Every few minutes he would give me a jovial slap on the back or reach over and shake my hand. I also no ticed that he kept referring to the actors in the show as "my constituents." It was all so uncharacter istic tnat I finally asked tl something were wrong. Flick er repfied that he was having a recurrence i f a mental dis turbance that came upon him when he was getting the show going here last January. "I find myself fighting an incredible desire to become a senator," he said. Feeling sympathetic, and wanting to comfort him. I asked if he felt like talking about it. Flicker gave his lit tle brown beard a nervous tug looked up at me with tear filled eyes, and blurted out a horrifying story. Began At Opening "It began on opening night," he said in a choked voice. "I looked over the audience and there were some of the peo ple who actually create the havoc that we satirize on the stage. "All of a sudden a funny ' feeling came over me and I found myself thinking of my- j self as being one of them. ' "Later on, I met a few sena tors personally. The next ! thing I knew I was engaging them in quiet conversations about affairs of state. . "It was like being a junkie. Once I was hooked, I had to have more. I began doing weird things, like getting up at 8 a.m. to visit the Capitol. It was the first time I ever got up before noon. "My constituents were af fected by it. too. The agent for the actor's union started calling himself a lobbyist. Rather than demand things in the usual way, he would buy me dinners and give me ci gars. "He spent four weeks in fluencing me to buy a new light bulb for the dressing room. Another member of the cast began addressing the stagehand as the 'legislative assistant.' "What finally made me real ize that I had to get out of Washington was a chance I got to do a new show next fall. Without thinking. I said I couldn't do it because I would be too busy campaign ing." (X) VOTE for HENRY F. PADGHAH Democratic Candidate for STATE SENATOR Pd. Pol. Adv. by H. Psdgham 1309 Court, Medford Seattle Fair Show Closed by Theater Board Seattle -IUPD- The Seattle Board of Theater Supervisors has closed down a World's Fair nightspot because it em ployed a pretty young girl in a showbox to beckon and lure customers. It was the only one of sev eral racy shows on Show Street to be closed. The show, Girls of the Galaxy, featured showgirls in various stages of undress. The board apparently . was not as concerned with what went on inside the theater as they were with what passersby could see from the outside. "The girl promenade out there in Ihe window," John Peluso, board chairman, said. "She strutted and beckoned to people like a hawker. Com ments from the men were not in good taste. Their calling back to her was crude." Peluso said he personally heard ribald comments from men passing by while chil dren and unescorted young la dies were nearby. He also contended the show had been changed from Ihe original production which the board had previewed and pass ed. Originally, Peluso said, bare-breasted girls had re mained motionless in the background while the central entertaining figure was fully clothed. But when he saw the show Sunday night, he said, barc-breastcd girls in tight leotards "promenaded out to the edge of the slage and when they moved around the stanc it was something." Arthur Townsen. 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