MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFOHD. OREGON
THURSDAY. AUGUST 22. 1963
Man and Space
Titan Rocket Vibrations May
Cause Astronauts Difficulty
By ALVIN B. WEBB JR.
United Press International
; Cape Canaveral - The fed
eral space agency is upset
over the prospect that the
upcoming Gemini flights into
' space could make human
milk-shakes out of America's
astronauts.
As matters stand today, the
" first Gemini pilots would go
bouncing off into orbit at the
rate of 660 bounces per min
ute. That's enough to jar the
teeth of a hippopotamus.
The culprit in this particu
lar potful of Gemini problems
is the Titan-2 rocket that will
boost the capsule and its two
men. Technicians have dis
covered the rocket is a sort of
"flying accordion, vibrating
up and down at the rate of 11
' cycles per second.
The National Aeronautics
rand Space Administration
(NASA) told United Press In
ternational that "NASA con-
siders the present level of os
cillation as unsuitable for a
manned vehicle."
Intra-service memos on the
subject are phrased consider
ably stronger.
Space agency officials said
that if rocket, spacecraft and
spacemen alike go around
bouncing 11 times every sec
ond there would be "potential
degradation of the functional
capabilities of the pilots."
Translation: The astronauts
would be shaken to the eye
balls. It is admittedly a bit diffi
cult to see anything clearly
while one's head is going up
; and down 660 times per min-
. ule (11 cycles per second
times 60 seconds).
"... The relative motion
between the pilot's head and
the instrument panel, which
also would be vibrating, could
make it difficult for pilots to
read instruments accurately,"
as NASA says.
Reactions Unpleasant
Another space agency of
ficial says tests in the 11-
cycle-per-second area have
turned up a long list of re
actions by pilots, "most of
them unpleasant."
Scientists have concluded
from their studies of Titan-2
military test shots at Cape
Canaveral that the critical vi
brations start a little more
than one minute after blast
off, and that they last for
about 20 seconds or so.
The problem and the re
sponsibility for its solution
has been dumped back into
the lap of the Air Force,
which had the Titans-problems
and all-built to its speci
fications in the first place.
The difficulty has been
duly accorded a name: "Pogo
stick effect."
It has been more or less
pin-pointed: ". . . . Evidently
originating as a pressure dis
turbance in propellant pump
ing and piping system which
results in variations in engine
thrust, which feeds back
through the vehicle's struc
ture, further amplifying the
pressure disturbance . . ."
A two-point general course
of action has been proposed:
1. Stop the vibrations; 2. Fix
up things in the place where
they started; i.e., the fuel
pumps and lines.
Never Worries
The Air Force has been fly
ing Titan-2 missiles for going
on two years, but never wor
ried about the "pogo-stick ef
fect" because the nuclear
warheads the rocket was de
signed to carry don't have eye
balls to shake or teeth tc rat
tle or stomachs to churn.
NASA long ago selected Titan-2
as the Gemini capsule
booster, and has had its scien
tific fingers in the rocket's in
nards for a year or more with
out notable results. The prob
lem is still there, on every
Titan-2 that flies from Cape
Canaveral.
Asked whether the "pogo
stick" cause - effect - solution
would delay Gemini's sched
ule, the space agency an-
1
swerea witn a tirm no .
There is a fair amount of
reason tor this indication of
confidence. Project Gemini
already is more than a year
behind schedule, and it will
be another 14 months-October,
1964-before the first pair
of astronauts will board the
capsule for a flight into
space.
That leaves a goodly slice
of time for finding some way
to take the spring out of the
flying pogo-stick.
Arizona Newspaper Resumes Publication After 7 Months
A 5
Phoenix -IUP1U The Arizona
Journal, morning offset
daily newspaper, resumed
publication Wednesday after
a seven-month shutdown.
The revived Journal's first
edition of 24 pages began
moving to carriers shortly
after 8 a.m.
The new Journal is pub
lished by Central Arizona
CAT REWARDED
Reading, England - IUPD -William
Butler, 73, left his
cat, Tibber, $1,400 in his will
because she served as a
"watchdog" each night when
he went out for a drink, it
was disclosed Wednesday.
Newspapers, Inc., headed by
wealthy rancher James M.
(Jim) Smith.
In a statement of policy on
the front page of today's Jour
nal, Smith said the news
paper's editorial policy would
PLANS U.S. VISIT
Washington - IUPH - Prime
Minister Sean Lcmass of Ire
land and his wife will visit
the United States, beginning
Oct. 15, as guests of President
and Mrs. Kennedy. The White
House said Wednesday the
President extended the invi
tation during his recent trip
to Ireland.
be dedicated to support of the
Democratic party.
"The Arizona Journal will
be dedicated to printing an
objective newspaper that will
not slant or editorialize the
news," Smith's statement said.
"We do not intend to use
the editorial page of the Ari
zona Journal for purposes of
destruction of either political
party," he said. "It is our firm
belief that without this great
two-party system, democracy
will wither and die. It is also
our firm belief that in the
state of Arizona, the two-party
system is all but dead.
This deplorable situation has
come about by the fact that
the major newspapers have
wilfully gone about to destroy
the two-party system."
The old Journal, which had
been published by Arizona
Newspapers, Inc., headed by
Robert Morrison, former state
SERVICES SET
Chelsea, Mass. - IUPII - Fu
neral services were scheduled
Monday at the Arlington Me
morial cemetery outside
Washington for Commodore
John H. McGruder, who skip
pered the presidential yacht
Mayflower for President Cal
vin Coolidge. McGruder, 74,
died Tuesday at the U.S. naval
hospital here.
attorney general, was seized ho, is editorial director; Rob-
by the Internal Revenue Serv
ice and Morrison reached
agreement on payment of the
taxes, and the federal agency
turned the plant back to Mor
rison. Offset Press
During the summer, the
corporate structure of the
newspaper was reorganized
and a new offset press was
leased.
General manager of the
newspaper is Milton L. Whit
tenberger, who has more than
40 years experience in the
publishing business. Ed Em
erine, formerly of Boise, Ida-
SYNTHESIZED MOLECULE A Ceylonese scientist working
at Ames Research center at Moffett Field, Calif., has synthe
sized a life-essential molecule in a way that might have
happened naturally in the earth's primitive oceans four bil
lion years ago. The experiment by Dr. Cyril Ponnamperuma
is the latest in a series, by him and other scientists, that
aonear to demonstrate life could have arisen naturally with
out the intervention of supernatural powers. Here the doctor ;
nnints out the simple lab equipment with which he artilicialiy
produced ATP, a source of energy for all forms of life. (UPI)
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF-
UNFORTUNATE indeed is the citizen who does not or
cannot pay his debts to the U. S. Treasury on time.
But private businessmen, lacking the government's big stick.
must resort to subtler
methods to collect their
bills.
Possibly you have
heard of one desperate
creditor who enclosed a
picture of his wife and 11
children with an overdue
bill, noting thereon, "This
is why I must have my
'' money." Back came a
'letter from the delinquent
with a picture of a ravish
ing blonde, explaining,
"This why I can't pay it."
fW collection letter
that has proven unusually effective begins, "If you will
refer to the date of our original invoice, you will note that
.0 havi. Hone more for you than your own mother: we have
carried you for fourteen months."
! The Queen Elizabeth was about to pull up her gangplank and
sail off one morning last month when a shiny Rolls Royce glided
up to the dock and discharged a heavily furred London matron,
followed by fourteen suitcases. Breathlessly, she explained why
she was so late: "I told that fool chauffeur to take me to the
pierand he took me to the Pierrer
Sunshine Magazine quotes this essay on water by an eipht-year-old
student: "Water is a colorless liquid that turns dark
"when vou wash in it."
C 1963. .eT Bennett Cert. DUtrlbutfd by Klo Testurtt Syndicate
ert Temmey, city editor; Bill
Guthrie, sports editor, and
Mrs. Bobbie Johnston, wom
en's department editor.
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