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...trying to find out what will happen to men when they venture into space on long interplanetary journeys. Cardiologist Graybiel suspects that the gravity-free condition in space may be bad for the heart and the rest of the circulatory system. But is it possible to rotate a spaceship and invest it satisfactorily with something like an artificial gravity? And if so, which rotation speeds will make the men dizzy, and which will be safe...
...eight interconnected engines of the big bird's booster stage are training vehicles on which U.S. engineers are learning to handle the five much larger engines that will boost the Apollo spaceship on its voyage to the moon. Saturn's second stage teaches an even more difficult art. Its six Pratt & Whitney RL-10 engines burn liquid hydrogen, which is incredibly touchy to handle, but has an added efficiency that is considered essential for the moon project. The smooth success of last week's launch suggests that LH2 has at last become a routine fuel...
...want some boy that went to a red schoolhouse and dropped out in the third grade and went off as a road hand like I did when I ran off to California when I finished school, you don't want him to be in your spaceship with John Glenn orbiting the earth. You want somebody that knows where the buttons are and how to mash them and touch them." Mouth in Motion. He talked, talked, talked. During one day-long period, from Tuesday night to Wednesday night, one newsman estimated that he had talked publicly for eight solid hours...
...Soviet launching of a three-person spaceship emphasizes our need to re-elect Johnson, who has already worked long and hard for a better U.S. space program as a Senator and later as Vice President and President. Senator Goldwater is a man who wants to enter the space age wearing a railroad...
...Ivan Benekditov. Central Committee members known to be strong for Nikita were not called, among them Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin in Washington. Khrushchev was confidently preparing a speech, which would point to Khrushchevian successes: a good harvest in the "virgin lands" and the successful orbiting of the three-man Voshkod spaceship, even then whirling overhead...