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Nuclear Rocket To Put Man on Mars Believed Long Way Off
TUESDAY. DECEMBER 3, 1963
By JOSEPH L. MYLER
United Press International
WASHINGTON (UPI) - The
space experts say only atomic
power can put men on Mars.
If that is the case, the first
manned expedition to search for
life on the Red Planet appears
to be at least 20 years away.
Some years ago officials of the
Atomic Energy Commission and
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA)
were hoping a nurlear rocket
would be ready for testing in
1965.
Now they talk of 1970 or 1972
as the first flight test date and
they concede this is an optimis
tic forecast. Even if this sched
ule is met, spaceworthy A-pow-ered
rockets won't be ready for
deep space missions before the
1978-1983 period, the experts
say.
As of last June 30 the AEC
and NASA had spent $430 mil
lion on Project Rover, the joint
enterprise to develop an atom-
Baby Sifter Teaches
Children To Drink
BELMONT, Calif. (UPD
Bruce E. Radcliff, 32, was
charged with contributing to
the delinquency of minors Mon
day for allegedly serving vodka
highballs to the two daughters
of his former wife.
San Mateo Dist. Atty. Keith
Sorenson said Radcliff, who
was baby-sitting with the 9 and
1-year-old girls, told him:
"Children should learn to hold
their liquor, and this seemed as
good a time as any to teach
them."
Grange
Hews
Gold Hill
GOLD HILL During the lec
turer's hour at the Nov. 2t
meeting of Gold Hill Grange.
Mrs. Willie McLean presented a
reading of the Pilgrim Fathers.
She told the difference of the
modern version of Thanksgiving
as we think of it today as com-( Bone Race
pared to mat tirst inanKsgiving Refreshments were served
uay, WMCll me l llliliia annual
hancuul ol
Mrs. Nora Wait, chaplain
gave a Thanksgiving prayer.
Those present participated in
the program by telling for what
they were thankful
The entertainment was con
cluded with a game "The Wish
starving, shared a
dried corn, berries and venison
with the friendly Indians.
A tableau was presented rela
tive to Thanksgiving depicting
the Four Freedoms:
Freedom from Want, was por
trayed by Master Herman
Kamping, his wife, and family;
Freedom from Fear, by Ford
Jones, the doctor, and Allan
Kamping, as the child, with Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Scott, the par
ents; Freedom of Speech by
Joe Thomas, and Freedom of
Religion by Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Stripling with their
Bibles.
the dining room at which time
songs of blessings were sung.
Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. S. M.
Christensen and Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Jones.
Arthur Gascon received the
first and second degrees. There
was only one officer absent.
The next regular meeting of
Gold Hill Grange will be Thurs
day, Dec. 5 at 8 p. m.
During .the recent Booster
Night, little Jimmie Martin re
cited the 23rd Psalm from
powered rocket for exploration
of the solar system beyond the
moon.
Through the current fiscal
year, which started July 1, Ro
ver spending is expected to add
up to $647.4 million.
Could Reach $2 Billion
By the time the first nuclear
rocket has proved itself in
flight, the cost may reach $2
billion, approximately what it
took to develop the first atomic
bomb.
By that time, with luck, the
first Americans will have land
ed on the moon and returned
with samples. They will have
made the round trip on chemi-
Republicans Urge
Civil Rights Bill
WASHINGTON (UPI) - Sev
en House Republicans today is
sued a plea for passage of the
civil rights bill, saying it was
needed to "conquer the forces
of hate loose in tne nation.
All members of the House Ju
diciary Committee, the Repub
licans said the bill was not a
cure-all for the nation's "ills"
but they said it would eliminate
"many of the worst manifesta
tions of racial prejudice."
The GOP members issued
their own argument to follow up
the main majority and minority
reports on the bill published
several weeks ago.
The seven lawmakers were.
William M. McColloch, Ohio;
John V. Laindsay, N.Y.: Clark
MacGregor, Minn.; Charles
McC. Mathias Jr., Md.; Wil
liam T. Cahill, N.J.; James E.
Bromwell, Iowa, and Garner E.
Shriver, Kan.
Their report came as backers
of the civil rights bill were try
ing to force the Southern-led
cal rocket power,
Chemical energy is good
enough for moon trips. But for
flights as far as Mars and back,
engineers want the fantastically
greater power provided by the
splitting atom.
If the rockets were ready,
1973 would be a good year for
astronomical reasons to try for
Mars. Other less favorable op
portunities will present them
selves in 1975 and 1981. .
But the chances of having nu-
Mars until after 1981
Until Nov. 30, 1962, the nu
clear rocket people were confi
dent that they could fly a test
model, if not by 1965, at least
by 1966 or 1967.
Gel Strange Results
But in a test of a flightless
version of the atomic rocket en
gine in Nevada last November
some strange things happened
that the designers had not an
The reactor core, as a result
clear rockets at their disposal of unexpected vibrations, began
in the next 15 to 20 years are to break up and spit out parts
so uncertain that the space of itself in a short-lived exhibi-
planners are now resigned to tion of fancy fireworks,
putting off manned trips to As a result, the whole busi
ness had to be redesigned, and
it may be 1965 or early 1966 be
fore further ground testing of a
rocket reactor can be undertak
en. After that will come the long
and difficult task of putting the
hardware together for a flight
test in 1970 or 1972. It will take
nearly a decade longer to per
fect man-carrying atomic rock
ets. People familiar with other
fields of atomic research and
development are not surprised
that Rover has run into trouble.
The atom is by nature mean
and dangerous.
In the case of the nuclear
rocket, the engineers are de
manding something that can
operate reliably at extremes
ranging from about 430 degrees
below zero the temperature of
the liquid hydrogen propellant
to 6,000 degrees above zero, the
temperature of the reactor fuel
core.
It must be able to make this
transition in a matter of sec
onds, shut down for a brief
coasting period, and then start
up again in the near vacuum of
space.
The designers expect to test
40 to 50 flightless reactors be
fore they are ready to build an
actual rocket engine. So far
they have ground-tested six re
actors. If they have run into trouble
already, they expect more trou
ble in the future. But they In
tend to keep plugging, because
the long future of space explor
ation depends on their success.
As of July 1, 1963, some 700
persons, exclusive of construc
tion workers, were employed at
the Nevada nuclear rocket test
grounds. By Jan. 1, 1967, this
number is expected to grow to
2,700.
Old atomic hands in Congress
hope the project won't run out
of steam before it achieves re
sults. They recall the old pro
gram to develop nuclear en
gines for aircraft which theor
etically would be able to fly
hundreds of times around the
earth without refuelling.
By the time the nuclear air
craft engine was chopped off in
1961, it had cost the taxpayers
$1 billion. There still is no such
thing as an atom-powered air
plane. The way things look now
there never will be.
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