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g . SUNDAY. JUNE 2. 1963 - . MEDrOHD MAIL THIElirtE. MEproRD. GBEGOH - - - - " . " " iiploration of Mars Will Be Discussed at Denver Symposium Br JEFFERSON GRIMSBY Unilsd PrMt International Denver - (UTO - The first man to set foot on Mars may not find any BEM. But he probably would consider them the least of hU prob lems anyway. BEM is science fiction writ er's shorthand for Bug-Eyed Monsters, who used to in habit the red planet back in the tranquil days before fic tion started turning into fact. Fantasy is becoming possi bility so rapidly, in fact, that a group of scientists, en gineers and government of ficials, led by Air Force Sec retary Eugene M. Zuckert, will meet here June 6-7 to discuss a subject the science fiction writers used to consid er their private domain-the exploration of Mars. Canaral Program Chairman Dr. George Morgenthaler of Denver, the symposium's gen eral program chairman says the fantastically costly feat could be achieved as early as the middle 1970s. . One of the features of the symposium's closing sessions will be en attempt by partici pants to set this date as close ly as possible. The symposium on the ex ploration of Mars is to be presented by the American Astronautical Society and co sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Ad ministration and several other technical societies. The problems before them are staggering: Closa Enough to Earth -A round trip to Mars would cover about 70 million miles under the best circum stances, and the planet is close, enough to earth only once every IS to 17 years to permit this. -It would take more than a year to accomplish such a journey, using currently en visioned chemical powered rockets. -It would cost a sum con servatively estimated In the tens of billions of dollars. -Before the Mars spaceship A TOUR, m m I 'Hirut 'AGENT MOVING Insert J II AGI JUNE 10, 1963 ......,,,. Leland Clark Insurance 30 Yein '' Safe Insurance a a Savings to ' ' OREGON BANK BUILDING 711 East Jackson St. could even start its trip, lis parts would have to be rocket ed separately into earth orbit and assembled in space. This could require from seven to IS separate rocket launchings. -When assembled, the Mars spaceship could weigh two million pounds. Most 'Earlhlika' Mars is the most "earth like" of the planets. Its rota tion on its axis is about half an hour longer than an earth day. Its temperatures range from about 85 degrees above zero to about 158 below. It apparently has polar icecaps like earths. It has an atmos phere, made up piubably of a lot of nitrogen and a little water vapor and carbon dioxide. Every two years the earth comes between Mais and the sun. At such times Mars may be from 34 8 million miles to 61 million miles from Earth. Mars will be less than 35 million miles away on Aug. 10, 1971. and will not be that close again until the 1980s. One of the plans for a man ned Mars trip now under con sideration involves shooting the components into Earth orbit, assembling them by rendezvous, making the jour ney to Mars, and going into orbit around the planet. Smaller Exploration . Then a smaller exploration ship would be detached, to land on Mars, or possibly one of lis tiny mnons, Phobos and Dcmios, whore a base camp could be established for the trip to Mars itself. After the explorers finish ed their work on the planet, they would return in their small ship to the mother craft, which would leave the Mars orbit, return to Earth, and land. Countless Problems Such a trip, from Earth orbit to Mars and back to Earth, would take 420 days under this plan, including 40 days in Mars orbit or on the planet itself. There are countless prob lems to solve before the ex ecution of such plans. For one thins, nobody has yet joined anything together in space. The space ship must be heavily shielded to protect the astronauts from murderous radiation. Another "life-support" prob lem is the amount of oxygen and food the spacecraft must carry. These supplies couid be 'ess if the astronauts were put into a semi-comatose state for the long trip through space and the flight controlled from Earth. But ti:e Mercury Astronaut program proved that astro nauts must be able to make decisions, or take emergency action if something goes wrong. A Mars crew probably would be busy with celestial navigation and maintenances, too. Peterson Receives Superior Ribbon Colden, Colo. -Cadet Dale W. Peterson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Peterson, Cen tral Point, has recently been named recipient of the 'de partment of the Army Superi or Cadet Ribbon for the sec ond consecutive year at the Colorado Sr.hool of Mines. The award is presented an nually Ui the one outstanding student in each class in mili tary and academic scholar ship. 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