Man and Space
Lunar Rendezvous
Technique Believed
To Be Advantageous
Editor's Note: Cape Canav.
oral burcan manager Alvin B.
Webb Jr. is on vacation. In
this gupst column Dr. Kurt
H. Debus discusses why the
United States plans to use the
lunar orbit rendezvous in ef
forts to land men on the
moon.
By DR. KURT H. DEBUS
Director, NASA Launch
Operalioni Center
Written for UPI
Cape Canaveral - CUPlt - The
President has set as a tenta
tive goal the landing of men
on the moon "before the end
of this decade." The USSR, ac
cording to cosmonaut Gher
man Titov, plans to get there
'by 1967" barring unforeseen
difficulties.
A recent step up in booster
launching activity by the Rus
sians in the Pacific area ap
pears to contradict their lat
est view that they now have
'wme doubt whether putting
a man on the moon is worth
while." Drtng Presumption
There is a strong presump
tion that the USSR favors an
arth orbit rendezvous tech
nique over our own lunar or
bit rendezvous mode to
achieve a moon landing. If
this is true, the reason for our
choice of approach (assuming
both modes employ three
men) are worth a brief study.
The EOR mode, as we see
It, involves two launches
one of a fueling tanker, the
ther of a partly empty boost
er and a space-craft before
the moonbound cosmonauts
can take off from earth orbit.
In our LOR mode, a lunar ex
cursion module is detached
from the Apollo spacecraft
and service module and des
cends to the moon's surface
from an orbit only some 60
miles up.
Wait anal fet
The Russians claim that an
mcrfency rescue from an
arth orbit would b "easier"
than from lunar orbit. Fur
ther, that available boosters
f about 820,000 pounds
thrust (slightly more than half
the first stage of our Saturn
C-l) can be used. These boost
ers, presently launching the
"Vostok" spacecraft, are
cheaper to build and therefore
permit far more extensive
testing. That may be true, but
just how the USSR plans to
carry out its objective with so
little power remains to be
seen.
The lunar landing entails
controlled vertical descent to
a largely unfamiliar, defin
itely unprepared surface hav
ing many unknown character
istics. An accurate launch
must be safely accomplished
in this environment by the
crew, unaided by any ground
facilities. These lunar opera
tions are considered the most
critical portion of the entire
Apollo mission. It is imper
ative, therefore, that they be
performed by a vehicle which
is not unduly compromised by
other requirements. For in
stance, the lunar excursion
module features a large pic
ture window which could be
taken back to earth because of
reentry heat. On the other
hand, the heavy heat-shielding
needed to protect the com
mand module can be left in
lunar orbit. In effect, the LOR
mode separates conflicting en
gineering requirements and
allows each module a max
imum of desirable features
with a minimum penalty on
weight and complexity.
Other Advantages
Other advantages of LOR
are:
-Only two of the three crew
members are subjected to the
lunar landing. The third can
observe, monitor and report
to earth from the orbiting
spacecraft.
-Highest performance with
presently planned boosters
and spacecraft designed to
carry man much further into
space and therefore less delay.
To sum up, our LOR mode
has been calculated to offer a
55 per cent greater over-all
mission success probability
than with the EOR technique,
for 10 to 15 per cent less cost.
These naturally, were the de
ciding factors.
Small Worlds
Around Us
By LYNN M. WATKINS
(Aoglitor and Tribune
Syndicate, ;963)
Simple In Tea Compteic
War Man To Keoonotrast
Your food store has dozens
of ef gs all packaged cleverly
in specially elesigned contain
ers. Tomorrow morning, you
and your family will remem
ber whit the wording on the
package read; "country fresh
ggs" and Humpty Dumpty
ill be part of jer meal.
Chances ar yeu will give
bo thought x to the miracu
lousness of them. You will
break the ihll, one by one,
di-09 the contents into the
ftying pan, turn them over
lightly and servo tbem sunny
sido up, or acramble them de
pending on just hew you pre
er your eggi to he cooked.
Man Ways
There are, as you know,
nj number ot" ways eggs can
b cocked, or added to other
dishes to make them better,
dding nutrimeata, nd nour
ishment. They art a staple
put of our diet, m, you might
seasonably ask, "what's the
big rJealT" If that is what you
think, you havea't thought
much about the mystery of
oroation, the miracle of birth,
or the prleity of living
thmg.
Ferhs-ps we hsva taksn the
eguj's eornmoniMH too much
toe granted without fully
ealiiing what a wonderful
object it really is. Wo natur-
lly view with contempt, or
swnpiacency, ny object
whkh i cheap, sonro8lce,
or ooetfy procured.
Old mpt7 DwmptJ is
cmmhv v.he ero incalcul-
AT SALEM WORKSHOP - Three Medford
educators visited the Oregon Program Team
Teaching workshop for elementary teachers
at Morningside school in Salem recently
where five other Medford elementary teach
ers are attending. The previous day the edu
cators visited the secondary teaching work
shop at Marshall and Wilson High schools in
Portland where six Medford secondary de
partment heads are enrolled. Both sessions,
which end Aug. 2, consist of teachers actual
ly working with summer school classes in
such new techniques as nongraded grouping,
flexible scheduling, use of teacher aides,
large and small group instruction, and the
use of closed circuit television and other
technological aids. Visiting the workshops
from Medford were, left to right, William
Ruck, director of Oregon Program activities
far Medford; Mrs. Carroll Haupert, school
board member; and Dr. Elliott Becken, as
sistant superintendent.
Historian Should
Seek More Realistic
Measure for Activity
f At
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When you take ODRINEX, you
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foods you like, but you simply
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for any reason just return the
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fro) Mail &isfilj-
able numbers of him, and
more produced every day.
However, this should not de
tract from his importance or
the sheer wondcrfulness of
him.
Too Complex
No one today, or in any
foreseeable tomorrow, will
ever succeed in putting him
back together again, not all
the king's horses or all the
king's men-he's loo complex.
Whether he sits on a wall
and falls, or is cracked, drop
ped into a fry-pan, he contin
ues to be one of the master
pieces of the Creator's hand;
much more miraculous than
any machine man has ever j
put together. I
Man, in his bumbling way, '
can mess around with ma
chinery, putting together some
single or dual purpose gadg-1
ets from wood, steel, plastic, j
glass or rubber. They accom-;
plish simple tasks, whereby j
man's work may be a little ;
easier, or that will make a
job for some other man. But j
man is not intelligent enough
to create an egg.
Has Him Stymied
Listen to him talk, or be
lieve what he is bragging I
about, and we would think
he could accomplish miracles !
with his silly machines, but j
anything as wonderful as a I
silly, simple egg, has him
stymied to a standstill.
It was many years ago, '
when a serious writer put
together a nursery riddle for
children, wherein an egg, a
common, everydty hon's egg,
fell from a will and broke.
That egg, the iritoT called
Humpty Dumpty.
Supposedly, the child cried,
for its toy was broken. Prob
ably that child, like children
today, believed that an adult
could put its toy back to
gether again. Yesterday s
children, as well as those of
today, have confidence in
adults. The know-it-all-alli-,
tude of most of us naturally '
implies that adults can do any- j
thing. But that adult, regard- !
less of who or what he is, ,
doesn't know enough to make i
a Humpty Dumpty, let alone
put one together again.
"The time is now at hand
when the historian must stop
using the simple chronolog
ical units of old, the year,
and the decade, and the word
'century' in the mere sense
of 100 years, and seek a new
and more realistic measure,
perhaps something like a
'unit of change' in each of
many areas of human activ
ity." This advice was given by
Dr. Vaughn Bornet, chairman
of the Social Science divi
sion at Southern Oregon col
lege, when he addressed the
third annual Southern Ore
gon History conference, which
met at the college and at
the Jacksonville museum.
Subject of his address was
"Centuries Ago" and he was
referring to 1928.
"The year 1928 in the Unit
ed States was truly centuries
ago," the speaker declared
after reviewing the changes
which have taken place since
that year. The twenties, he
labeled the "Age of Certain.
ty," the sixties, the "Age of
Fear.
If a unit of change could
be used as the measure, Dr.
Bornet contended, "we would
find points of expansion and
of compression. The uneven
ncss would be disturbing in
the extreme. But we could
not help but come closer to
understanding the roots of
our unease, our unrest, our
disquietude, and our fear to
contemplate where we have
been, where we now are and
where we might be heading."
In 1928, the speaker re
called "the government recog
nized neither the Soviet Un
ion, from which Leon Trot
sky had just been expelled,
nor the propriety of 'social
drinking. The bootlegger was
a big man with status in so
ciety. If some were yet un
sure about whether or not
women should smote, it Hac
by no means beciuse of any
hazard to lungs or tho car
diovascular system.
"Any thought that taxes I
would one day take even so
much as a quarter of the in
come of a typical business
man or college dean, would
have been laughed at in 1928.
"The whole field of higher
mathematics geared to com
puters lay well in the future."
In conclusion, Dr. Bornet
who had commented that it
was probably just as well that
people do not know today in
what condition they will be
a few short decides from
now, turned to a more opti
mistic note with: "The exor
cise of revisiting the year
1928 brings hope, Americans
then lived on the brink of
catastrophe; it came, they
survived. Our catastrophes
may not corns. If they eta,
we may yet survive and be
glad that wo did, confident
in ourselves nd hopeful of
our eventual destiny is a rf
pie."
Much of the content of his
speech, the college faculty
member said, he had drawn
from his forthcoming boot,
"Labor Politics in a Eamio
cralic Republic."
The conference in Ashland
was followed by a tea in the
Jacksonville museum and Sat
urday evening the conference
guests attended tho Shake
spearean festival.
Pwl Bunyin Ei cut
Slated in Mi
Y r e k a Danny Sailor,
world champion speed high
climber from British Colum
bia, will be one c" several
loggers on hand for the Siski
you County Fair's annual In
ternational Paul B u n y a n
Logging championships in
Yreka, Calif., Aug. 17, it
7:30 p.m.
Sailor will bo entered ii
tho speed climbing events,
where ho Will demonstrate
his skill on the climbing poll.
Sailor's favorite trick is to
climb to the top of the pole,
drop his hat, and then beat
it to the ground.
Fair manager, Jim Jones,
reported that top loggers
from as far north as Washing
ton will be at the fair and
will compete in events such
as the one-man power saw,
single hand bucking, hand
chopping, tho axo throw, and
timber falling.
Points given far first, oc
ond and third places will be
cumulative. In try blanks
gnd official rules can t ob
tained by writing tho Siski
you County Fair, Box 338,
Yreka, Calif. Entries close at
I p.m., I nday, Aug. It.
Highway Officials ..
Start Project of
Road Classification
Salem - The Oregon state
highway department is under
taking a highway classifica
tion study which will deter
mine maximum possible use
of highways by the trucking
industry, according to Forrest
Cooper, state highway engi
neer. Some of the state's older
highways have sharp curves
which cannot be negotiated
by the largest-size trucks
without crossing over the cen
ter' stripe. For this reason,
many of these older highways
are restricted to trucks of
shorter length.
A three-unit caravan will
make the study. The pilot car
of the caravan warns the
other two vehicles of oncom
ing traffic with its two-way
radio or. stops the traffic
when necessary. A bright red
40-foot semi-trailer follows
the pilot car and tests curves
in the road. The operator in
the observation car behind
the truck takes movies of the
turn and voice-records some
of the data. Some still pic
tures are also taken. If the
semi's wheels cross the center
line, it is recorded by the
movie camera.
Pinpoint Trouble Spots
The classification study will
pinpoint the trouble spots,
and a modest program of bet
terment will be undertaken.
In some cases, minor improve
ment of a very few isolated
cases will permit reclassifica
tion of a highway to a stand
ard permitting longer loids.
This information will be
made available to the truck
ing industry.
Previously about 55 per
cent, or 4,100 miles, of high
way had been classified.
There is no problem with the
Interstate highways since they
will take any legal-size truck.
When the remaining 45 per
cent, or 3;400 miles, of pri
mary and secondary high
ways are test run, the high
way department will hrve a
complete inventory of its
roads and the sectioas that
need improving, Cooper said.
The research project is ex
pected to take about four
months. It is being dona in
cooperation with the bureau
of public roads.
Sideswipe Accident
Repaired by Officer
A trailer hitch breaking
loose caused a sideswipe Oc
cident in the Siskiyous Tues
day afternoon a mile north of
the summit, state police re
ported. A car driven by Karen
Campbell, 18. Woodland,
Calif., was headed north pull-,
ing a baggage trailer when
the loose hitch caused the
car to sway and go out of
control. It sideswiped a south
bound car driven by Melvin
Sherman Rcdfield, 78, of
Richmond, Calif., police said.
BOLiHOI OMll TOU1
Moscow - lUPli - The Bolshoi
Bullet will open a 10-week
tour of the United States and
Canida on Ott. 1, it was an
nounced torlay.
SECTION C -
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