FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1966 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1986 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE Sovic MOSCOW (P)-A Soviet space station made history's first soft landing on the moon yesterday, Moscow announced. British sci- entists in England said the un- manned capsule, Luna 9, sent pictures back to earth from the moon's surface. A Tass announcement said the landing was made at 9:45:30 p.m. Moscow time-1:45:30 p.m. EST -after the ship, launched Jan. 31, had hurtled through space for more than three days. Sir Bernard Lovell, director of the radiotelescopic observatory at Jodrell Bank, England, said the feat "puts the Russians ahead in the space race." American Attempt The first American attempt at a soft landing, a key step in put- ting a man on the moon, is not expected before May. A soft landing means bringing an instrument package down on the surface slowly enough so that there is no crash and resultant de- struction. Lovell said the information Luna 9 was radioing back to the Rus- sians makes a manned landing on the moon a possibility within this decade. Capsule From Washington, President Johnson sent a personal message to the Soviet Union on the achieve- ment, saying "all mankind ap- plauds" the landing. Vice-President Hubert H. Hum- phrey, chairman of the National Aeronautical and Space Council, said "particularly do I 'compli- ment the Soviet authorities and experts on their stamina and per- sistence in attaining this lunar goal." Four previous Soviet attempts at a soft landing had failed. Jodrell observatory scientists said Luna 9 had sent facsimile pictures back to earth from the moon's surface. The soft landing, keeping equip- ment intact after slowing down from a speed of some 6000 miles an hour to less than 15 miles an hour, means the Russians may now have the technical knowl- edge to put a man on the moon. The soft landing is accomplished with retrorockets. Retrorockets The success means that for the first time the retrorockets were timed perfectly to ease the ship down. Parachutes cannot be used in the thin lunar atmosphere so rockets firing against the direc- tion of flight have to brake the speed. Now Luna 9 may be able to radio back to earth data on the composition of the moon's surface that could be essential for landing a man. It could also permit taking and radioing back to earth closeup pictures of the moon's surface. These could help choose a land- ing spot for the first lunar ex- plorers. The brief Tass announcement on the landing-the first official word on the progress of the flight since it was launched Monday- gave only spotty details. Nothing was said about the size, shape, construction or weight of the scientific instrument pack- age. It is thought likely to weigh more than 3000 pounds. Nothing was said immediately about the kind of data being radioed back to earth. Soviet commentators soon beam- ed out thousands of words in praise of the accomplishment. One commentator asked how soon would a manned landing on the moon, 238,000 miles from the earth, follow. Hits] "American specialists believe that they will be able to send their fellow countryman to the moon until (sic) 1970. Soviet sci- entists prefer not to tie their hands by precise deadlines, bear- ing in mind the entire complexity of pilot flight to another heaven- ly body." In England, Sir Bernard Lovell, director of the Jodrell Bank Ra- dio Telescopic Observatory, said the landing "puts the Russians ahead in the space race." Officials here quickly concede the landing gives Russia a lead in this important phase of the moon race, but does not necessarily give it the overall edge-which is dif- ficult to assess because of So-1 viet secrecy about much of its space exploration. U.S. Leads The United States leads in many areas-total man hours in space; longest manned flights; demon- stration of maneuverable space- ships; rendezvous of two manned ships and medical data. Russia holds a slight advantage in rocket power and the two na- tions are even in manned space walks. One major goal not ac- complished by either nation is 1oon linkup of a manned vehicle with another satellite. The U.S. Gemini AMBITIOUS PLAN: Commission Recommends Minimum Income Guarantee 8 flight is to attempt such a WASHINGTON iP) --- A blue- hookup next month. ribbon commission recommended The landing also focuses atten- to President Johnson and Con- tion on a similar U.S. effort- gress yesterday that every Amer- the troubled Surveyor program ican family be guaranteed a min- which has yet to get off the imum annual income. ground and which a congressional The annual cost of such a plan committee recently termed "one was said to range from $2 bil- of the least orderly and most poor-'lion to $20 billion, depending on ly executed of'NASA projects." its scope. As many as 35 million Share Findings Americans could be affected if aI American space officials here minimum income level was fixed praised the Luna 9 success and at $3000 a year. ' said they hoped the Soviets would . share the spacecraft's findingsI This was but one of dozens of with other nations. ambitious recommendations that Hopefully, Luna 9 will report on grew out of a year-long study the composition of the moon's sur- by a 14-member National Com- face-whether it is a sea of dust, mission on Technology, Automa-' a dangerous crater-pocked plain, tion and Economic Progress. The a smooth hard covering or some- group was created by Congress: thing else. and appointed by Johnson to study U.S. scientists believe the land- technological unemployment and ing gear they have developed for related problems." this nation's Apollo moonship is Controversy sufficient to survive a landing on1 Many of the commission find- a smooth section of the surface. 1 ings are certain to arouse con- But they will not commit men troversy. Perhaps anticipating to moon journeys until they are this, it said "today's more advanc- sure of the composition. ed ideas will be commonplace to- May Landing morrow." After years of problems, the first The guaranteed income idea was Surveyor now is scheduled to at- labeled worthy of further study temptsa soft-landing on the moon in Johnson's economic report to in May. But some officials give Congress last month. Under the it only about a 50-50 chance of plan, the federal government succeeding. Because of the comn- would make up the difference be- plexity of the mission, seven iden- tween a family's actual income tical Surveyors are being built in and a fixed minimum standard. hopes that at least one will suc- ceed before the end of 1967. Almost every recommendation Russia failed in four earlier soft drew unanimous support from the landing attempts last year. Each panel, which included such prom- failure contributed to the success inent citizens of diverse view- of Luna 9. points as board chairman Thomas I ~_____________________________ ~ -..-. ____________ - - - J. Watson, Jr. of IBM Corp., and $ school. Students would move on Walter P. Reuther. president of i to community colleges or vocation- the United Auto Workers Union. al schools. Recommendations Among the unanimous recom- mendations in the 210-page re- port were these: - The federal government should become "employer of last resort" for the hard-core jobless, paying them to work in its hos- pitals, schools, police departments and other "useful community en- terprises." One-half million jobs would be provided initially at a first-year cost of about $2 bil- lion with the program expanding steadily over a five-year period. -Every young American should be offered free education for two years after graduation frem high Blue Collar -Blue collar workers who are now paid hourly when they work should be paid regular salaries, like white collar employes, so they would have greater stability of income and additional fringe benefits. -Social Security benefits should be increased and public welfare programs should be reformed and made more generous. - The federal government should set a national model build- ing code and deny certain assist- ance, such as federal housing au- thority mortgages, to communities failing to adopt it. In Detroit .. . I CONCEPT EAST THEATER presents Harold Pinter's "THE 401 E. 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The public debate may be re- sumed later, but informal quar- ters said President Johnson's pri- mary objective in bringing the Viet Nam problem before the UN Se- curity Council was to help stim- ulate further peace moves. The informants said this has been achieved. The President was understood to have acted on a recommenda- tion by Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg and Secretary of State Dean Rusk after the administra- tion had concluded last weekend that North Viet Nam's President Ho Chi Minh .had slammed the door on the December-January peace offensive.; Private Basis There are indications that the United States may be content to keep the UN negotiations on a private basis - at least for the present. Future public debate in the Security Council, however, has not been ruled out. If agreement can be reached, for example, coun- cil members might decide it was desirable to formalize the accord. Goldberg himself is participat- ing in a round of consultations with members of the 15-nation council. He expects to talk with each member, including Soviet Ambassador Nikolai T. Fedoren- ko. Informed quarters said he takes it for granted that the talks cer- tainly will lead to new contracts with North Viet Nam and Red China. U Thant Involved A UN spokesman said Secretary- General U Thant also is engag- ed in private. discussions. The spokesman said Thant "still feels that the nonaligned countries could contribute significantly to- ward a peaceful settlement" of the Viet Nam conflict. Goldberg was reported to see at least a few signs that things are moving in the right direction. Informed sourcestsaid he hadnot- ed with interest Hanoi's state- ment that a new Geneva confer- ence is the proper agency for dealing with the Viet Nam prob- lem. i 'i i({(4 t i I QC-ASSEMBLY SHOW Robert Anderson s I 1%i 0 bill Cosby THE DAYS BETWEEN Tonight and Saturday 8:00 P.M.--Trueblood Auditorium Box Office open 12:30-8 P.M. curtain TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR: Ticket sales will re-open CASSAN DRA Friday, Feb. 4, 1:00 P.M. Hill Auditorium Box Office VIET MISERY A member of the 1st Air Cavalry Division, operating near Bong Son during "Operation Masher," clutches the hand of a smal boy whose father lies wounded after a shelling of the village by U.S. forces. Wounded civilians were removed to hospitals by heli- copter after the troops drove a heavy concentration of Viet Cong from the area around the village. Second Balcony..........$2.25 Standing Room .......... $1.00 by C. B. Gilford and Elizabeth Gibson FEBRUARY 16-19 8:00 P.M. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre PREMIERE PRODUCTION! ROSALINDA-MARCH 16-19 PEER GYNT-APRIL 6-9 I1 HOW TO ARGUE FOREIGN RELA TIONS: Senate Committee To Resume "'1 -1 -1.tI Zo4 *, XA T- CAMPUS Dial 8-6416 HOLDING FOR STILL ANOTHER WEEK WITH A -I ru~i un eairiiig 0.11 v WASHINGTON (M--America's role in the Vietnamese war is due for a further airing before the Senate Foreign Relations Com- mittee. The committee decided yester- day to resume public hearings on the issue starting at 8:30 a.m. to- day.. Chairman J. W. Fulbright (D- Ark),. who opposed the resump- tion' of bombing in North Viet Nam, told reporters that witness- es both in.and out of government will be invited to testify and the hearings will continue "as long as they are fruitful." No Conflict Fulbright said he sees no con- flict with the United Nations' de- cision to hold a Security Council debate on Viet Nam. No date has been set for the start of the UN discussion, which was requested by the United States. The Senate committee, barred from conducting hearings while the Senate is in session, decided to meet before and after, Senate hours. It scheduled its second hearing for 6:30 p.m. Monday, on the theory the Senate will have quit then for the day. Fulbright said that "if it works out," nightly hearings will be held while the Senate is disposing of its current fight over union shop legislation. No Plans There are no immediate plans to call Secretary of State Dean Rusk back, but Fulbright said he would 1C3L lI dII1 be "very surprised if the com- mittee feels it is through ques- tioning the secretary of state." Rusk was questioned for more than four hours last Friday by committee critics of U.S. policy in Southeast Asia. Today's witness will be the for- eign aid administrator, David E. Bell. He will be questioned about President Johnson'strequest for $415 million in supplemental for- eign aid funds, largely for Viet Nam, which is the formal business before the committee. 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