(Iowa City, Iowa), 1962-12-28
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are 174-lf>,ouncr ~Bird'"ls I£afest ~r;umph lor. SUI • The largest and most complex sponsor of the SUT research along its older brother, Injun I. The lat· at as many as po sible oC the III "ould have been ori nted in the llUly help experimenters find geophysical research satellite ever with the National Aeronautics and ter satellite went up on June 29, phy ical fo rce at work wh n a arne way. but th t lIite w cause or the growing Jist oC geo· built at SUI has been launched suc· Space Administration. The 114· 1961 , and is still functioning despite phenomenon such a a display or IIOSl when the launch vehicle (ailed physical phenomena observed by Ip cess(ully, the SUI scientist·in· pound "bird" includes a vastly great odds against electronic orthern Lights occurs. la t January. One of Injun n 's charge reported Thursday. complex array of 18 radiation de parts lasting so long. The SUlowan said that because primary ml ions wa to make SUI in truments in space. probably will miss Injun III, latest in a series oC tectors, three photometers Cor In his talk before the Astronaut· geophysical research j oCten the measurements of certain light A world-wide group of some JII orbiting observatories from the looking at auroral light, a mag ical Society, Dr. O'Brien also enu· tudy of uncontrollable, unrepro- frequencies emanating (rom aur· Ira king and receiving stations 'clmi, Y. A. 'riLUe's SUI Department oC Physics and netic orientation system, and a two merated some of the important ducible phenomena, one should oral display . Th instrumen be used from arterback, also was Astronomy, is now gathering data independent data telemetry sys· scientiCic accomplishments oC In· make a mn ive tudy of :I given abo:lrd Injun I to do th is were will to record data factor. Although the on phenomena such as natural terns wttich are commanded from jun J, which include discovery and "evcnt" in space rather than try to blocked by the other . :Ilellite, Injun 111 with Injun I, wltb the and arlificial radiation bells, the earth. "mapping" oC the artificial radia· meaSUre and fit together phenom. main receiving tation located in d out with the club Now Injun III, with its in ru· ould be ready, Sher· mysterious and beautiful Northern ProCessor Brian J. O'Brien, SUl lion belt created in the July 9 high ena that occur in two or more geo the basement of the Ul Phy ics al dccision would be Lights, and "whistlers," the very physicist who directed the scienti· alii ude nuclear detonation at physical events. men working properly. promise Building. There the electronic bit Thursday's workout. low frequency magnetic disturb· fic design and the overall program John ton I land. Injun III is still in its early to give it build rs the be t view will be recorded on tape to be fed ances which may have something yet of uspected inlerreJations of into SUI's IBM 7070 computer for alned an ankle Dec. of Injun Ill, reported on the He also presented some o( the days and continues to spin rather to do with imparting the energy launching of the satellite Thursday Lirst data from Injun III - tape rapidly, but the sateJJite i ex· geomagneticaJJy trapped charged changing into meaningful printed ls' final regular sea· punch to charged particles trapped at a Philadelphia meeting of the recorded sounds ot very low fre· peeled to come under the innuence particle , aurorae. the solar wind. number . lC necessary, a print-out in the magnetic Lield about the American Astronautical Society quency "whisllers." Injun HI car· of a permanent magnet which wilJ very low frequency magnetic of data can be made 011 the giant rode about 50 miles earth. held in connection with the 129th ries a pioneering experiment de· line it up with the magnetic lines "wh i tiers." and day· night di£(er· computer directly from lhe " bird " , heir usual stadium Like the highly successful and annual session oC the American signed to investigate the squealing, of the earth. This gives a definite ence in the shape or the tOne of as It pa miJe high near lowtl e advantage of the durable Injun I, the new Iowa In Association (or the Advancement warbling electronic noises which orientation to the atelLite 0 that trapped radiotion about the earth. Cit y. or facilities where jun went into an orbit that takes oC Science. are difficult to detect from ground· interpreters of d:Jta will know the Theoretical ludie of the rad ia· A number of SUI students. some klyn Dodgers held it over the northern and southern He announced that Injun 111 based stations due to the damping direction in which the various de- lion zones have been UMble to cx of \I'hom will use their ellJleri. during World War polar regions at a 70 degree angle circles the earth every U6 min· effect of the earth's almo phere. tectors look. plain many or the re ults obtnined ments ond re ult in wrillng ad· to the equator. utes (rom approximately 1,730 Dr! O'Brien emphasized that In· Such orientation was handicap. from Injun 1 data, Dr. O'Brien vanced degree these , contribUted work th.r. aglin . The 24-inch diameter aluminum miles to 150 miles high as the space jun UI is a rather comprehensive ped on Injun I because another stated. Thus In jun III seek as to the de igo and ftibricDtion and ably Friday morn· shell of Injun III was furnished by research tool whirls over the north "observatory" tbrough which SUI Isatellite in the same "buckshot" much accurate data s po ible te ting of Injun III over th nine urning to New York the Office oC Naval Research, a and south polar regions along with researchers hope to obtain a look launching failed to epa rate. Injun in an integl'ated experim nl that months of construction. Much depend, on nd the condition of Id at Yank.. St,. is covered. Gr ••n Injun III iday and mlY work dium Saturday. Lifting 114 pound. of SUI outer space research instruments in the form of InjUn III Ire thrH key figur.s in the design and fabrication of the SUI .arth sat.lllt•. From left are Curtis Laughlin, PlY load Y,* Wis. *1.4'1 - The ackers came back m.nlg.r; Prof. Brian O'Brien, scientist.in:,harge, and Don Gurne", ail Iowan istmas holiday Wed· project .ngin.. r. Inlun III is now In orbit Iround the earth and Is Serving the State University of Iowa and the People of Iowa City cold realities of pre· sending back d,t. on northern and S4uthern lights, "whistlers," nse of their Nation· Ind rldlation belts. Established In 1868 United PreSl International aod Associated Press Leased WlreslUld Wirephoto lawn City, lowo , rrldrur. December 23, )962 ague championship iants in New York seldom have reali· r. Defense Seely, g, who has been 'Living Death' lor IK: Hoist U.N. Flag t idling speed since nee at MinneapoUs r, was moving as JFK Meet For 1e this season, and A-Bomb Survivors Over West Berlin timc in more than PHILADELPHIA VPI - To this a psychiatrist sa id Thu rsday. nched a long series day the 90,000 survivors of the Th y fecI: " [ Almost died . I \1 S ,ow ( \ P ) - Sm ipt Prr mi r Khrll',hch hn. r( n Wl'rl ks from placement. Hiroshima atomic. bomh live in a should have di ed. I am not wholly Budget Talks sort of partnership with death, alive," his proposal to hoist the nill'd . ntions flng o"rr troops in We,t Taylor said hap. PALM BEACH, Fla. IA'I - Presl· a rcal good work· ------------ That was th ~ report of Dr. Rob· Berlin, hilt modifi('d hi It ' rtn~ for n sell I men\. crt J. Lifton , of Yale University, dent Kennedy and Secretary oC Defense Robert S. McNamara Khrllshdll'v's tl'rms wen' srt forth in n hArshly word d fresh from a 4If~· month study of nuday's workout, huddled for 21h hours Thursday in Chri ~ tm . s Eve klt,'r to \ (',t C crmnn haneellor Konrad Ad n· r.ned th. som. Fetler Wins the people devastated by the bomb 17 years ago. a last·minute search for excess fat aurr, publish d Thm day, tive vi.w thlt. "It in the $5t·billion military budget. The Governm Dl paper hve la gh we'll be rlldy For most of th e Japanese vic For the first hour·and·a·half oC th.y." tim s of Hiroshima, the moment the their session, at the holiday White Labor See'y publl . hcd the I Iter under the cap Atlantic IFirst' bomb wcn t off is still recalled House overlooking the Atlantic, tion: "To improv the cUm In vividly , Dr. Lifton lold a session Kennedy and McNamara were central Europe." oC the American Associalion Cor joined by the Joint ChieCs of Starr. ITo Re-Enter Th goverment p per bve tin, Story Award the Advancement of Science. Gen . Curtis E. LeMay, Air Force (ollowing deai: These people are called hi· chief of staff, arrived in a mood • Th We t would allree to 1\. Andrew Feller, who was born in bakusha - those who wcre exposed to dispute a Kennedy.McNamara Doek Strike Quidotl' It s occupation 01 the West· Latvia and is currently studying to the bomb . Theirs is a continuing decision to scrap development o[ CTII scc·tor uC Iii' dlvld .