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...Apollo 15 Astronaut Colonel James B. Irwin announced, somewhat mysteriously, that he had had "a spiritual encounter with God on the moon." That, said Irwin, was the reason he changed his mind about profiting from the sale of stamped envelopes he and fellow astronauts Colonel David R. Scott and Lieut. Colonel Alfred M. Worden had smuggled into lunar orbit. (All three were reprimanded, and Worden and Scott are being reassigned from astronautical duty.) Irwin retires from the service this month to concentrate on High Flight, Inc., a nonprofit religious organization. "I don't think my mistake will damage...
...North American Rockwell's Space Division in Downey, Calif. Within three hours after the employment office opened, more than 500 job applications had been submitted. What had brought them to the small industrial city was NASA'S announcement that North American, the prime contractor on the Apollo program, had won a contract for $2.6 billion to develop the nation's first space shuttle. This is one of the largest single contracts ever received by any company, and should help relieve the painful recession that has gripped Southern California's aerospace industry since 1969. North American will...
...barium particles formed into ionized clouds that were used to study the movements of winds in the upper atmosphere and the shape of the earth's magnetic field. To the German public, Lüst is even better known for his lucid scientific commentaries over television during Apollo moon shots. That combination of talents may be highly productive. By using his influence with his fellow scientists as well as promoting greater public understanding for basic scientific research, Lüst could lead the Max Planck Society -and, indeed, all of German science -into new avenues of knowledge...
...Apollo astronauts are permitted to carry "Personal preference kits," in which they put small souvenir items for themselves, families and friends...
Last week, after an elaborate investigation, NASA announced that the three Apollo 15 astronauts, David Scott, James Irwin and Alfred Worden, had carried 400 unauthorized stamped envelopes to the moon and back. Through an intermediary, 100 copies of the moon mail were eventually purchased by a German philatelist named Hermann Sieger, who in turn sold 99 of them for a reported $1,500 apiece...