Word: hynek
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hynek Sends Data to USSR...
...Allen Hynek, head of the nation's satellite optical tracking program, said the data would be telegraphed to the Russian Academy of Science in Moscow...
...success of Sputnik has given rise to a tremendous number of proposals, indictments, and disclaimers--and a great deal of confusion. J. Allen Hynek, Director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, is one of the few responsible leaders to realize the satellite's implications and make a constructive suggestion. He proposes that a Secretary of Science be added to the Cabinet...
...great defect of Hynek's proposal is that it is politically impracticable. There is already too much confusion of authority in Washington; the Secretary of Science's domain would be hopelessly intertwined with almost every other department, particularly Defense and Health, Education and Welfare...
...Joseph A. Hynek of the Smithsonian Observatory estimated that after the first week the carrier had descended about ten miles from the apogee of its original orbit and increased its speed by about 20 m.p.h. This put it far ahead of the satellite proper, and made it spiral lower. There it could be getting hot from air friction, but it would probably last for at least two more weeks. Until Sputnik itself shows signs of dropping or speeding up, its date of fiery death cannot be predicted. Dr. John P. Hagen, chief of the U.S. satellite program, thinks that Sputnik...