Space Smog
Might Hamper
Astronauts
Kf DOUGLAS OILTZ
United Prtti International
Los Angeles (UPO Amer
ica's astronauts could die of
"space smoj," according to
one of the nation s leading
bioastronautic scientists.
This chilling possibility was
advanced by Dr. Thomas B.
Weber, who said:
"A tightly-sealed capsule in
outer space might be turned
into a death chamber by a
smog of contaminants emitted
from the astronaut's own
body."
He said these contaminants
might become lethal during
an extended period of time in
the closed "trap-line" atmos
phere of manned interplane
tary probes and long-duration
space stations. The more men
in the spaceship, the more
deadly it could become.
"This looms as possibly the
most pressing problem we
face in preparing for future
deep space travel," Weber
said.
"Space smog would be 100
times worse than the smog
plaguing Los Angeles."
Weber said that whereas
smog in the earth's atmos
phere is continually circu
lated, a confined spaceship
would surround man with "a
hostile environment of a
vacuum" that would breed a
lethal concentration of "space
smog."
Long Space Trip
On a long space trip, Weber
said, a number of chemicals
from the body such as meth
ane, acetone and ammonia
"could tear up the liver or
dehabilitate the lungs." A
lethal dosage of "space smog"
could come from the astro
naut's breath, saliva, sweat
and other functions.
, "As man enters space his
bacteria will accompany
him," the scientist said.
"For example, the skin bac
teria could decompose many
of the materials exuded
through the skin and produce
sizable amounts of such con
taminants as organic acids.
"New unsuspected toxicants
of high concentration prob
ably would enter the space
craft's atmosphere."
Weber said that, as of now,
there are almost no original
investigations to be found on
toxic hazards in manned
space environmental systems.
What is needed first, he said,
is identification of the con
taminants and then a means
of removing those that could
cause trouble. .
"I have been studying this
crucial problem for six years
and have so far found at least
400 different materials the
human body gives off," he
said. He added that 80 per
cent of these possess a poten
tial of being or becoming
deadly.
React With Each Other
"In the spacecraft's atmos
phere they might not only ac
cumulate but could react with
one another into a contami
nant 100 times more toxic
than either in its original
state," Weber said.
Weber, a former U.S. Air
Force scientist at the Aero
space Medical center at
Brooke Air Force Base, San
Antonio, Tex., is one of the
nation's few authorities on
space toxicants. He recently
became manager of bioastro
nautics for Beckman Instru
ments, Inc.
"Russia is way ahead of us
In simulated space studies in
volving toxicants and our lack
of experience in this field
could be a major roadblock
when we try to embark on
manned flights to the plan
ets." Weber said.
He said the seriousness of
"space smog" has not yet
arisen with astronauts because
flights to date, such as those
In Mercury capsules, have not
been long enough for 111 effects.
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American Samba Is
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By CHARLES BERNARD
United Press International
Pago Fago, American Sa-mpa-iUPft-Anyone
who visited
rundown American Samoa as
little as two years ago would
find it hard to believe that to
day this former slum of the
South Pacific is being polish
ed into one of the tourist jew
els of Polynesia.
The U.S. taxpayer can lake
pride in the fact his millions
being belatedly spent are pro
viding the financial push in
American Samoa. But Sa
moa's 21.000 natives under
the sometimes prodding guid
ance of a quiet-spoken .but
tough-minded governor are
developing the "do-it-your
self" program that bodes well
for their future. .
From 1900, when the Unit
ed States took possession of
American Samoa's 766 square
mile island community, the
place was allowed to slowly
decay until Governor H. Rex
Lee stepped into the picture
18 months ago.
Financing Facelifting
Lee figures the $22.5 mil
lion Congress is expected to
have appropriated by the end
of 1963 will be almost enough
to give American Samoa the
physical; medical and educa
tional, facelifting it has. need
ed for many years..,
within the next two years
Lee is confident a develop
ment company, financed by
private funds of Samoan .vil
lages, will have a 100-room
hotel in operation to attract
the "carriage trade" type of
visitor. In anticipation of this
Pan American World Airways
already has made American
Samoa's new jet runway a
weekly 707 jet stop on its
South Pacific route between
the United States and Aus
tralia. Panam's landing fees,
alone, should run to excess of
$50,000 income to the Samoan
government annually.
Lee in the past 18 months
has caused a host of new
public buildings to be erect
ed, the first major construc
tion in American Samoa since
before World War II. He has
built the jet runway, a hard
surfaced road from one end
of the main island of Tutuila
to the other, added wheals
and is building a medical
center. , "
Educational Television
By the time the hotel is
in operation, Lee is deter
mined to have American Sa
moa equipped with educa
tional television, and have
e r a d I c ated by vaccination
mosquito-borne filarlasis, the
dread disease of the tropics
which swells its victims'
arms, limbs and vital organs
to balloon size. Gone will be
the outhouses which now mar
the otherwise beautiful shore
line of Pago Pago harbor and
in their places a modern new
sewage system.
In an Interview with UPI,
Lee looked back on his ar
rival as governor 18 months
earlier. He said until he saw
Samoa he had not "been
aware of the fact the place
had been neglected as. long as
it had been.
"We had 300 Samoan school
teachers, many of whom had
the equivalent of only a first
or second grade education. We
were turning down two-thirds
of our children who wanted
to and should have gone to
high school. We hadn't ever
really touched on the funda
mental medical problems of
the people.
Ready for Conference
"In 10 years the U.S. Con
gress had appropriated $1.2
million altogether. The year
before I got here Samoa got
$2 million and when I ar
rived I had a $5 million ap
propriation for the year,
mainly to get the community
ready to receive the South Pa
cific Commission Conference
which was held in Pago Pago
last summer."
Lee said "three weeks after
I got here I wired for another
$3 million and followed that
up with a flying visit to
Washington where I told my
story to the Senate Deficiency
A p p ropriations Committee."
As a result, Lee - a career
service Department' of Inte
rior executive who knows his
way around the nation's capi
tal - got $9.5 in 1961 and
has received $13 million for
fiscal 1962. He said "this will
be the last big budget year"
necessary.
Lee said the money spent
by the American taxpayer
and the self-help efforts on
the pari of the Samoan chiefs
and their people show prom
ises of spreading throughout
the South Pacific as gains for
U.S. prestige and help for
approximately one million
other native populations liv
ing in Samoa's area of influence.
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New York -flJFH- The most
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death resulting from use of
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who died from lung cancer.
Tn urinniv Mrs. Edwih
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band's fatal disease was
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agreed to rehear the case and
asked the state court for an
interpretation of Florida law.
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