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...goes as planned, is the Gemini-Titan 4 space shot scheduled to blast off from Cape Kennedy Thursday at 9 a.m °All three networks plan extensive coverage of the launch (which NBC will broadcast in live color), frequent reports from the space craft during the 63-orbit, four-day flight, a generous assortment of specials and summaries and even an attempt to have a pool reporter with audio gear aboard one of the recovery helicopters. Elsewhere...
White's excursion was the outstanding feature of a 62-orbit voyage which end Monday afternoon, when the capsule, containing White and James McDivitt is scheduled to parachute to earth. The sight is the longest, the highest and the most ambitious yet attempted by the United States...
...Gemini capsule failed, however, in its attempt to rendezvous with the burned-out second stage of the huge Titan II rocket which propelled it into orbit. The rendezvous was called off after McDivitt and White burned half their fuel in fruitless pursuit of the tumbling booster...
...Jamming of programs may be tried, just as the Soviets now jam Voice of America broadcasts Another trick that has been suggested is to learn the frequency and code of a satellite's station-keeping system and send it commands that will make it shove itself out of orbit...
Even if such hostilities never materialize, there will be economic struggles to control the satellites, which are the first space ventures with a big money-making potential. As more and more countries get into the act, so many satellites may be sent into orbit that they could overcrowd the airwaves, making communication difficult or impossible...