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Lunar Crust To Be Tested By Rockets
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (UPI) -
U.S. space scientists, deep in
plans lo put a man on the
moon, still do not know whether
the astronaut will land with a
jolting crash or a kind of
marshmallow squish.
That's because they're not
sure about the hardness or soft
ness of the moon's surface.
There are two theories about
the lunar crust, according to
sicontists at the National Aero
nautics and Space Administra
tion's (NASA) Ames Research
Center here.
One theory holds that the sur
face of the moon is soft and
fluffy and extends to an un
known depth. The other is that
the mattrcss-uke crust turns
into a harder material about
one-half inch from the surface
To get a better idea about
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SHOWN IN COURT Tim Rooncy, HS-ycar-old son of actor
Mickey Rooncy, is shown in court in Los Angeles Thursday with
his mother, Mrs. Bctly Jane Kcsscl. Young Rooncy, in court for
approval of a new contract with M-G-M Studios, revealed that
he is beginning to look down on his father, Tim said he is 5
feel, 10'ii Inches tall, while his father is only 5 feet 2 Inches. (UPI)
what the lunar surface is real
ly like, the United States plans
to launch two rockets from
White Sands, N. M., next sum
mer on a "dust collecting"
mission.
Donald E. Gault, head of the
planetary sciences branch at
the center, outlines the $7.5 mil
lion project this way:
About 100 miles from the
earth, the nose cone of the first
rocket will open up like a flow
er, with three "leaves" extend
ed, and collect space dust and
debris raining down toward the
moon. The collected material
will be parachuted to earth for
analysis.
Several days later, after the
shower of dust has collided
with the moon, the second rock
et will be launched to collect
samples of the resulting debris.
The two collections will be
compared. If they differ, says
Gault, "we can Infer that the
composition from the second
collection is similar to the lu
nar surface."
The dust also will be com
pared with cosmic particles al
ready collected, and scientists
expect to make a full-scale
analysis of more particles in
l!iti5 when major meteor show
ers are expected.
NASA director James E.
Webb recently said the dust col
lecting project, It successlul,
would bo "a major step toward
determining the composition ol
the moon before we go there
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ASWAN (UPI) - In eight
months, just before the Nile
River unleashes its next flood,
Soviet and Egyptian engineers
plan to wrench it from its nat
ural bed and submit it to the
control of man-made diversion
canals. From that moment on,
the age-old river will be at the
mercy of man.
Work on the six tunnels and
the diversion canal the ma
jor task in the first phase of
constructing the High Dam
is scheduled to be completed
next May 15. At the same time,
the rock-fill dam being erected
just south of the High Dam site
should also have been com
pleted. The river, no longer able to
pursue its normal course, will
flow through the tunnels to feed
an electric power station, and
through the canal to nourish
Egyptian soil.
The tunnels now are almost
completed. Dug at the base of
a huge granite wall, they look
like the headless necks of a
mythical Hydra devouring men
and machines and tons of forti
fied cement. Each tunnel is
nearly 150 feet wide and re
quires 150,000 cubic feet of ce
ment each month to pad its
its walls. '
Work is progressing rapidly
on the rock-fill dam which must
be raised to 100 feet so it can
block the Nile flow. Construc
tion of the power station also
must be completed before the
deadline, although it won't yield
electricity until after the sec
ond phase of construction when
the generators arrive from Rus
sia. When all this work is done,
water will begin to back up be
hind the rock-fill dam, rising to
about 360 feet and submerging
nearly one-third of Nubia, all
the way to the temples of Ka
labsha 100 miles north of the
Sudan border.
The first phase will be com
pleted around November, 10M,
when the main body of the Dam
will have reached 150 feet in
height. The full height of the
dam nearly 600 feet will
not be reached until 1968.
With the end of the first
nhase, the most critical part of
the construction scheme will
have been accomplished. In
May next year, 411 hydrouiicaiiy
operated 370-ton steel gates con
trolling the six tunnels will
swing into operation. Shortly
afterwards, work on tnc second
phase becins. The entire Dam
is scheduled for completion in
liltill.
The project already has de
manded not only men, money
and machines but the taming
of the Nile itself. Three times
Soviet equipment had to be re
modeled so it could deal with
the river's granite walls. Drills
and shovels snapped like maicn
slicks against the smooth but
steel - hard granite. Dynamite I
charges sometimes only shaved i
off a few splinters of the black
rock.
Early in 12 the Soviels and
Egyptians sat down to a month-
long conference in Moscow and i
re-shaped their entire equip
ment. Finally the granite yielded and
t h e Nile's defenses tumbled
down. The tunnels were started
and an endless stream of shovel
trucks and barges began carry
ing the debris to mid-stream for
constructing the Dam's body.
Work still proceeds around
the c'.jck but nervousness has
given way to confidence. "We're
going to break our necks just
keeping up with the schedule,
but there is nothing that wor
ries us any more," said one
Egyptian engineer.
He pointed at the mammoth
pit leading the Nile to the tun
nel openings nearly five
times the size of the Yankee
stadium's grid. "It's all taking
shape now. At one point we
thought we'd never make it.
But we did and now we are
rolling."
Except that the second phase,
too, might turn out to be quite
a neaaacne.
The problem is that Egypt
lacks equipment and material
needed to build the world's
largest dam.
Five old cement factories and
four new ones are working at
full speed only to supply the
dam and Egypt has to import
for other construction schemes.
Road engineers are spread out
all over the Alexandria-Aswan
road testing and reinforcing
every shoulder, curve and hair
pin turn. Some brides have had
to be rebuilt because some of
the equipment coming in from
Russia includes power genera-
Hiking Is National
Pastime in Holland
By MURRAY J. BROWN
NEW YORK (UPI) - Hol
land is a land of dikes, hikes
and bikes as well as canals,
windmills, tulips and wooden
shoes.
Much of Holland lies below
sea level and the giant dikes
hold back the waters of the
North Sea. No visit to Holland
could be complete without view
ing the man-made bulwarks
which have withstood the test
of time and tempest.
Hiking is almost a national
pastime and the tourist is more
than welcome to match strides
with the Dutch in annual walk
ing events. Almost every coun
try in the world is represented
in treks lasting up to six days.
The foreign observer also
gets the impression that bikes
are an integral part of Dutch
life. Throughout the day, coun
try lanes and city streets are
crammed with bicyclists of all
ages.
The Dutch claim you can tell
a lot about a cyclist by the
kind of two-wheeler he rides
and the hours he rides it.
And since tourists might en
joy trying to identify the Dutch
by the bike system, the Neth
erlands National Tourist Office
(ANVV) gives some clues.
During the morning hours,
cyclists appear to the untrained
eye to be practicing circus ac
robats as they weave deftly in
and out of four-wheeled traffic.
These are clerks, office work
ers and others on the way to
their jobs.
A good tip for American tour
ists who intend to drive dur
ing the early morning rush
hour is . . . don't. Park the car
and climb on a bike yourself.
That way you'll not only get to
your destination quicker, but you
will confuse other American
travelers who are trying to
identify the cyclists by their
riding habits.
After the rush around the
coffee hour or about 10 or 11
o'clock in the morning come
a different horde of cyclists.
These are deliverymen and er
rand boys with specially - built
bikes. Some have heavy duty
luggage racks for packages and
bundles. The extra long bikes
accommodate the milkman's
cans; the glaziers have a wood
en rack on the back of the
bikes to carry glass.
Identifiable Cyclists
Window cleaners are easily
identifiable they are the
ones with ladders draped around
their necks. The cyclist who is
black with soot and has a rope
around his neck is not on the
way to a lynching party he's
a chimney sweep.
At any time duing the day,
the neat looking, rather con
servatively dressed men with
brief cases or little black bags
are lawyers, doctors, business
men and others who decided
long ago to solve the parking
problem by traveling on two
rather than four wheels.
Dutch women also ride bikes
in the morning to the mar
ket, in the afternoon possibly to
a luncheon, in the evening lo
the cinema or theater. It is not
unusual to see a housewife or
young woman in a chic dress,
silk stockings and high-heeled
shoes pumping along the street
on the way to some engage
ment.
She may be accompanied by
her husband or date, pedalling
along on his own two-wheeler.
The ANVV says statistics
show that cyclists range in age
from 5 to 80 in Amsterdam.
There are 1 million inhabitants
in that city and 600,000 bikes.
That does not mean the other
4,00,000 residents have to walk
or ride in cars because a max
imum of three persons are al
lowed on each bike for ex
ample, a child in front, one in
the rear and a parent in the
middle at Uie pedals.
tors weighing 150 tons each.
Egypt also will have to erect
two power lines from Aswan to
Cairo, each with a 500,000 KWT
capacity, to carry the electric
power produced by the dam.
Seven other lines will fan out
carrying power almost every
where in the country. In
addition, 12 power stations must i
be built to handle the distribu
tion and 2,400 power towers i
will be needed to carrv the
lines. I
All this needs technicians, ma
terials and manpower and
Egypt is tightening its belt to I
provide them. More than 20,000
men are now employed on the
dam. An entire city, complete
with school, hospital and cine
ma, has been built to accomo- the High Dam, plus an army ol
date them. Graduating engineers weathered experts, engineers,
are promptly shipped to Aswan, technicians, skilled workers and
In the end, Egypt will have a score of new industries.
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