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8 A y.s. THUHBDAY, JANUARY 17, 1863 MEDFOHD MAIL- TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON Ploims IPirobe Initio Meighboiriiinig Space This Year (Editor-! Nolt: Solving tht mytteriet oi ipse with men and celettiel machines remeint lha naiion'a major fcianiifie challanga in this now Yaar. Thara alio will ba mora raiaarch into a tranga naw kind oi light, into lha daap anigma of what makes human and yegetable lifa tick, and mora probat into other tciantiiic spheres. In the following dispatch a United Press International Science writer reports on the thresholds man will ap proach this year.) By JOSEPH L. MYLER United Press International Washington - (UPD - In 1963 man should learn more about the earth, moon, planets, sun, and himself than he ever knew before. The United States plans this year to launch two geo physical observa t o r i e s to study the earth from space, three moon probes to take the first closeup television pic tures of the lunar surface, two orbiting observatories to in vestigate solar eruptions, and many a scientific satellite to glean more knowledge about apace near the earth. This year also will see the first cooperative space ven tures by Russia and the United States. Scientists all over the world, meanwhile, are push-' ing efforts to crack the ge netic code of life, to harness H-bomb reactions for peace time power, to put a strange new kind of light to work in communications and industry, and to solve the remaining mysteries of photosynthesis, the process by which nature manufactures food and fiber from sunlight, carbon dioxide, water, and soil. Life on Venus Spacecraft already aloft should provide some answers to the question whether life can exist on Venus, what Mars looks like to spaccborne tele. vision cameras flying by, and what hazard, if any, is posed to man's space machines by the tiny bits of cosmic dust and debris which swarm In the solar system. America's Mariner 2, the 447 pound spacecraft which flew past Venus last Dec. 14, has reported more informa tion than was ever available before about the brilliant planet and its space environ ment. Information still to be translated should' indicate whether Venus is cool enough and whether it has water enough to support life like Earth's. Russia's Mars probe, launched last Nov. 1, should provide science with new in formation about the red planet.' It is equipped to take tele vision photographs of Mara for eventual transmis sion to earth. America's Explorr 16, launched Dec. 16 to study tiny grains of meteoric matter near the earth, will report this year whether there is enough of this material in the space trails to endanger astro nauts and their craft. View Our Planet Two U.S. satellites ached uled for 1963, known as Ogo and Ego, will gaze at the earth instead of objects far ther out in space. Their Jobs to give science a better idea of the exact shape and size of our planet and its gravi tational nnd magnetic char acteristics. Two solar observatories will seek clues from the surface of the boiling and erupting sun to the origin of charged particles and ionized mole cules which throng In plane tary space. They may help man to find means of fore casting the gigantic solar flares which eject radiations dangerous to astronauts. The lunar studies will be made by three Ranger space craft carrying clusters of tele vision cameras designed to transmit moon pictures up to the moment of impact. They will show objects as small as a beach umbrella. Scientists hope from these pictures to map safe landing areas on the moon for the Apollo astronauts. miiiv.i mi.kid A.iiii m g -dfcd.MM ' 1 dj i t I - RUSSIA TO COOPERATE U.S. space goals and instruments that will be used to achieve them are shown in tills artist's con ception. Besides sending up sounding roc kets and observatories, V. 8. also will have first cooperative space venture with Soviet Union in 1963. (UPI) These flights by the 750- pound Ranger spacecraft will, if they succeed, be the most spectacular space projects planned by the United States in i3. One 1963 Flight America has only one manned flight definitely on the 1963 space calendar.. This is the one-day orbital ' trip Scrap-Saver Set Use scraps for this cozy, brilliant afghan and matching toss pillow. Easy-crochet. Flower Garden afghan-epm- blne vivid colors, pastels and green leaves for old - time charm. Pattern 7088: crochet directions 5-Inch medallions. THIRTY-FIVE cents (coins) for this pattern-add 10 cents, for each patern for lst-class mailing. Send to Alice Brooks, Medford Mail Tribune Needle- craft Dept., P.O. Box 163, Old Chelsea Station, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, ADDRESS and PAT TERN NUMBER. 1963's Biggest Needlecraft Show stars smocked accessor ies-it's our new Needlecraft Catalog! Plus over 200 fresh-to-you designs to knit, crochet, sew, weave, embroider, quilt. Plus free pattern. Send 25c nowl planned for Astronaut Leroy Cordon Cooper, Jr., aboard a Mercury capsule in April. The Russians already have made far longer journeys in space than the Coope- mis sion. If Cooper's flight ac complishes all expected of it, the United States will at tempt no more manned space Jaunts until 1964 when it launches the first trips in the two-man Gemini spacecraft. With Gemini, in 1964 and 1065, the United States will train astronauts in the ren- 'Duck Preview' Day Activities Slated Eugene - Representatives of all major' fields of study will be available to interested high school seniors during "Duck Preview" at the Uni versity of Oregon Jan. 26. The seniors will be given the opportunity to attend ses sions in the department or school of their first and sec ond preference during the afternoon. At this time, course offerings, degree programs, and professional opportunities in the various fields will be outlined by faculty members. Special tours will take the visitors to the science build ing, school of music, school of architecture and allied arts, library, University thea t e r, museum of art, ROTC depart ment, Erb Memorial Student union, freshman dormitories and the Honors college. The office of student af fairs will have an informa tion center with representa tives of the admissions office, scholarship committee, dormi tory office, dean of women's office, dean of men's office, co-operative housing, panhel lenic and Inter - fraternity councils available. The Uni versity Counseling Center also will be represented. Guest speakers and student entertainment will highlight the luncheon to be held in the Erb Memorial Student union. dczvous techniques - the cou pling of craft in space - which will be used in subsequent Apollo missions to the moon. Toward the end of this year a Gemini craft may be put through an unmanned sub orbital flight. The United States, mean while, will send up more com munication and weather satel lites. These will include Syn com, an advanced communica tion satellite which will be put in an orbit, 22,300 miles out in space, where it will seem to hover. Satellites In such "fixed orbits" theoreti cally could cover the whole earth if properly spotted above the equator. First Nimbus Additional Tiros weather satellites will be launched, but the big event of 1963 in this field will be the lofting of thejirst Nimbus. Nimbus will swing around the earth on a pole-to-pole orbit, and its instruments - unlike Tiros' - will 'always point down to ward the planet. IT'S YOUR LAW - Rtspttt or Law Mates Dtmncracy tivt The following article was prepared by the Oregon State Bar information service as a public service. Persons in need of legal advise are urged to consult an attarney with all of the facts since a slight changa in facts may greatly alter a case. JURY DUTY One of these days - per haps soon - you may get a notice telling you to report for jury duty - and to "fail not." In serving, you share one of the most solemn duties known to our democracy. Some people try to get out of Jury service. It may be in convenient or unpleasant. Yet, when you are put on a jury you should think of this as a chance to help make good one of the promises of our Consti tution - trial by jury. Say the following to yourself: "My forefathers wrested my right to serve as a juror from tyrants. "Under our law no one's life, liberty, or property can be taken without due process of law. "Trial by jury is our basic right. All who seek their day in court should have a fair hearing. They will get it from me. "I will not ask to be ex cused from jury service' ex cept in an emergency. "On my oath I will well and truly try each case be fore me, and a true verdict render under the law given me by the judge and the evi dence at the trial without fear, favor, or hope of re ward. "I will listen closely, with open mind to all of the testi mony, instructions and argu ments. I will not make up my mind until all the facts are in and the judge has instruct ed the jury on the law. "I will search for the truth regardless of wealth or pov erty, friendship or enmity, of any party or witnesses. "To someone my decision may mean the difference be tween freedom or imprison ment, poverty or wealth. "Justice, once but a dream, is a reality when I, as a juror, do my full duty. No act of mine shall bring shame to our system of liberty under law." 4-H NEWS Central Point Porkies The fourth meeting of the Central Point Porkies 4-H club was held in the Central Point gymnasium. Plans for a window display for 4-H week were discussed. The next meeting will be held at the home of Eldred Charley Feb. 11. John Swartsfager, Reporter On Nimbus, the weather bu reau pins its hopes for a de pendable, routinely operating satellite weather system. Also in 1963 the United States will launch Echo 2, a bigger and more rigid version of the Echo I and radio mirror launched in 1961 and still -in orbit. Echo 2, as high as a 13 story building, will provide a reflecting surface against which Soviet and American scientists will bounce radio signals for the first space communications between the two nations. This year, too, will see the final orgai.ization of a corpo ration authorized by the Unit ed States to develop a global system of space communications-Russia will participate in this system if she wants to. Try H-bomb Control In non-space fields scien tists are striving to control H-bomb reactions for power. They do not expect immediate success. But "impressive" progress was recently report ed by the Oak Ridge National laboratory of the Atomic En ergy commission, there is enough hydrogen fuel in the earth's waters to give man an inexhaustible supply f power if he ever manages to harness the reactions in volved. Scientists have discovered that the genetic code, which directs the activities of living organisms and controls hered ity, is tvritten in a chemical compound called DNA. Mas tery of the code and how to manipulate it would give man the power to create new be ings and direct their develop ment. He might even control his own heredity. Scientists have partially cracked the code. But' the more progress they make, the more difficulties they en counter. This year may see some of the difficulties re moved. New Laser Light A couple of years ago sci entists created a new kind of light with an instrument call ed the Laser. Laser light is all one frequency and not the jumble of wavelengths en-. countered in ordinary light. Laser light - may be trans mitted through space in ex tremely tight pencil like beams capable, like radio, of carrying intelligence. Focused at close quarters, Laser light can burn holes through diamond, drill through steel, and perform delicate masterpieces of sur gery. Theretically it might de velop into a weapon against missiles, or into a means of transmitting power from spacecraft to spacecraft. In space communications, it should have many thou sands of times the capacity of radio. One Laser potenti ally could handle more in formation than 25,000 tele vision stations operating at once. This year may produce practical means of creating steady sources of Laser light and of "modulating" light beams to carry messages. Every year sees a bit more of the mystery of photosyn thesis stripped away. If man could copy, and improve upon, this process of nature's he could multiply the re sources needed to maintain the earth's evergrowing popu lations. Major progress to ward this end is possible in 1963. GLASSES ON CREDIT! i!j?tC Green Stamp COLUMBIAN OPTICAL CO. MEDFORD SHOPPING CENTER You Can Count on Us... Quality Costs No More at Sears M. "" jfcii M V a V . 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