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
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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. Achievements in the ex-
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ploration of space are direct
ly linked to overall technol
ogical advancement and in
our age such advancement is
indicative of the relative posi
tion of nations. We Americans
have already felt the sting of
being second in a race in
which we should, and could,
have been first.
Any remaining doubt that
we are really in a space race
with the Soviet Union were
dispelled by the decision last
spring of U.S. President John
F. Kennedy to launch an am
bitious program for manned
lunar exploration.
Must Be First
We have the capacity to bje
first to the moon; therefore,
we must be first.
Unmanned artifical satel
lite!) are bing launched with
increasing frequency to per
form a wide variety of serv
ices for mankind. 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
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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.
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HAS CAPACITY - Dr. Werner Von Braun looks at a model
of the United States' Saturn rocket which has the power
to boost payloads of several tons into outer space. Dr. Von
Braun says the United States has the capacity to be the first
on the moon and must be the first to accomplish this feat.
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Like q Junkie
Producer of Show Fights Incredible
Desire To Campaign for Senator
in
Weil
By DICK WEST
Washington - IUPD - Theo
dore J. Flicker is the director
of a group of strolling play
ers who put
on a kooky
sort of show
called "T h e
Premise."
The produc
tion, which is
about 50 per
cent political
satire and
about 50 per
cent chaos, op
ened in a New York coffee
house some 18 months ago and
was an immediate success.
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. Las Vegas,
Nov., producer of the Galaxy
show said he could not un
derstand what was wrong. He
hung a sign on the admission
window saying: "Closed for
remodeling interior area."
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part of the official seal of the
United Slates since about
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