I 1 I CFSTl PRICE(S) $ I I 1 i 1 ~ Hard copy (HC) / I / b/ Microfiche (MF) /'@a 1 \/ 1 ff653 July65 REPBRTS AllD OPEN Lil'ERATU@E Vola VII, 10. 6 ENfR?ES,'-71,64+72,015 JUNE 1963 JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. PASADENA. CALIFORNIA $I66 27241 I (ACCESSION NUMBERI - (NASA CR OR TMX OR AD NUMBER) t ASTRONAUTICS INFORMATION ABSTRACTS REPORTS AND OPEN LITERATURE VOL. VII, NO. 6 ENTRIES 71,646-72.015 Compiled by: V. S. ANDERSON N. IVES T. P. MACDONALD B. H. NICHOLS E. C. SIDWELL JET PROPULSION LABORATORY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PASADENA,CALIFORNIA JUNE 1963 ASTRONAUTICS INFORMATION ABSTRACTS REPORTS AND OPEN LITERATURE Volume VII, Number 6 Entries 71,646-72,015 Copyright @ 1963 Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Prepared Under Contract No. NAS 7-1 00 National Aeronautics & Space Administration JPL ASTRONAUTICS INFORMATION ABSTRACTS, VOL,V!I, NO. 6 REPORTS AND OPEN LITERATURE PREFACE This issue of the JPL Astronautics Information Abstracts- Reports and Open Literature covers the month of June 1963. As in the past, the Astronautics Information series is selective. Report and open literature citations are restricted to the subject of space flight and to applicable data and techniques. Data and tech- niques arising from other technologies are reported only if their rela- tionship to astronautics is clear. The intent is to give full coverage to astronautics but to exclude peripheral material. Except under unusual circumstances, the JPL Library is not able to lend copies of the material cited herein. However, when known, the ASTIA AD numbers are included in the citations. Users should request reports from the originator. Subscribers to most of the periodicals covered are listed in the Union List of Serials published by the H. W. Wilson Company of New York and in the list of periodicals abstracted by the Chemical Abstracts Service of Ohio State University. 111 I. JPL ASTRONAiiTiCS iNFORMATiON AESTRACTS, VOL. Vii, NO. 6 REPORTS AND OPEN LITERATURE I CONTENTS Reports and Open literature ................237 Author Index ...................... 291 Subject Index ...................... 305 Sourcelndex ...................... 355 Periodical Citations ...................363 V jpi ASTRONAL'TiCS !NFOEM.AT!C)N A-BSTRACTS. VOL. VII, NO. 6 REPORTS AND OPEN LITERATURE ASTRONAUTICS INFORMATION ABSTRACTS ABLATION lithium, potassium, and calcium. Theories of the origin and seasonal variation of upper atmospheric sodium are reviewed. 71,646 AN EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF SEVERAL ABLATION MATERIALS IN AN ELECTRIC-ARC- The observation of the twilight fluorescence of lithium, after HEATED AIR JET the injection of quantities of the metal into the mesosphere Chapman, A. J. and lower thermosphere, seems to be a promising technique April 1963 for the study of upper atmospheric dynamics. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C. 71,649 LIGHTNING-ENHANCED Nz' RADIATION IN THE TN D-1520 NIGHT AIRGLOW An investigation to determine the ability of several ablation Moore, J. G. materials to reduce surface heat transfer in an electric-arc- journal of Geophysical Research, v. 68, no. 5, heated airstream has shown that ammoniiim chloride has a pp. 1335-1337, March 1, 1963 higher heat of ablation, and thus greater ability to reduce During the night of July 27-28, 1962, a zciiith night air- surface heat transfer, at stagnation enthalpy potential below glow photometer recorded intense flashes of the 0-0 band of 8500 Btu/lb than teflon, nylon, Avcoat 19, or GE-124. The the first negative system of N,+ caused by lightning strokes trend of results indicates that, for stagnation enthalpy poten- in an electrical storm some 60-km distant. The peak intensity tial above 8500 Btu/lb, nylon would have a higher heat of of the brightest flash was about 50 rayleighs above the back- ablation than ammonium chloride because of an increased ground of 28 rayleighs for the 3914 A emission in the airglow transpiration effect. Results obtained for a wide range of above China Lake. test stream conditions with subsonic and supersonic flow from the present investigation and several references indicate that the heat of ablation is primarily sensitive to stagnation en- 71,650 OBSERVATION OF THE DAY AIRGLOW Wallace, L. thalpy potential. Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 68, no. 5, pp. 1559-1560, March 1,1963 AIRGLOW A Littrow spectrograph was flown in a balloon on Septem- 71,647 DYNAMICAL STUDIES OF THE OXYGEN GREEN ber 24, 1962 to observe the day airglow. The spectrum in the LINE IN THE AIRGLOW region 4500 to 7500 A was photographed in the second order. Tohmatsu, T., Nagata, T. This spectrum showed a stronger Fraunhofer spectrum than Planetary and Space Science, v. 10, pp. 103-116, 1963 had been expected, and the 6300 A line of atomic oxygen was (Paper presented at the International Astronomical Union present but not prominent. Symposium No. 18 on Theoretical Interpretation of Upper Atmosphere Emissions, Paris, France, June 25-29, 1962) ANNA If3 Variations in intensity of the oxygen green line [01]5577 A in the airglow are discussed on the basis of the photochemical 71,651 GEODETIC STUDIES WITH THE ANNA 1B excitation theory, with special reference to the dynamical SATELLITE behavior of the oxygen transition region for photodissociation. American Geophysical Union, Transactions, v. 44, no. 1, pp. 241-246, March 1963 (Also available in National Academy of Sciences, ZGY 71,648 METALLIC EMISSIONS IN THE TWILIGHT AND Bulletin, no. 68, February 1963) THEIR BEARING ON ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS Jones, A. V. The orbital data, experiments, and instrumentation of the Planetary and Space Science, v. 10, pp. 117-127,1963 Anna 1 B are described. (Paper presented at the International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 18 on Theoretical Interpretation of Upper Atmosphere Emissions, Paris, France, June 25-29, 1962) ANTENNAS The possibilities are reviewed of obtaining information 71,652 DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE about dynamic processes in the upper atmosphere by observ- HORN ANTENNA Blackmore, R. W. ing variations in the concentrations of naturally occurring and Bell Laboratories Record, v. 41, no. 4, pp. 122-129, artificially introduced metallic atoms detected by their twi- April 1963 light fluorescence. In the case of natural sodium, it is con- cluded that dynamic effects are probably responsible for the The design, fabrication technique, and materials for the seasonal variation, although the exact processes involved re- Andover, Maine, horn antenna are described, and a table of main ohsciire. Even less is known in the cases of natural operating parameters is given. 237 JPL ASTRONAUTICS INFORMATION ABSTRACTS, VOL. VII, NO. 6 REPORTS AND OPEN LITERATURE i ANTENNAS (Cont’d) 71,658 COMMENTS ON THE INCORPORATION OF MAN INTO THE ATTITUDE DYNAMICS OF 71,653 THE HORN ANTENNA DIRECTION SYSTEM SPACECRAFT Klahn, R., Byrne, E. R. Roberson, R. E. Bell Laboratories Record, v. 41, no. 4, pp. 130-134, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, The, v. 10, no. 1, April 1963 pp. 27-28, Spring 1963 The design of the directional control system used on the Man is discussed as a source of attitude disturbance within horn antenna at Andover, Maine, and its operation during a the vehicle. tracking event are described. 71,659 ASTROPHYSICAL AND RADIOBIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF HUMAN SPACE FLIGHT (ASPETTI ASTRO- FISICI E RADIOBIOLOGIC1 DEL VOLO UMANO APOLLO PROJECT NEL COSMO) Pasinetti, A., Pasinetti, L. E. 71,654 PROJECT APOLLO’S MISSION: GET TWO Rivista di Medicina Aeronautica e Spaziule, v. 25, AMERICANS TO THE MOON no. 3, pp. 466499, July-September, 1962 Reid, M. (Abstracted in Aerospace Medicine, v. 34, no. 3, Electronics, v. 36, no. 6, pp. 18-20, February 8, 1963 pp. 279-280, March 1963) A general description of the Apollo project is given, and The astrophysical characteristics, origin, and distribution the electronic equipment to be used is described. of ionizing, solar, cosmic, and Van Allen radiation found in space are discussed. Calculations are given of the dosage for cosmic radiations affecting both the interior and exterior of a space vehicle travelink through the Van Allen belt. Con- ASTEROIDS sideration is given to the reduction by biological shielding of 71,655 THE 1963 APPROACH OF MINOR PLANET 1580 the radiation dose and the cutaneous lesions caused by protons BETULIA and by weak and ultrashort X-photons. Radioprotection of Hodgson, R. G. pilots by means of drugs (i.e., sulfhydryl compounds) ad- Strolling Astronomer, The, v. 17, no. 1-2, p. 1, ministered parenterally about half an hour prior to radiation January-February 1963 exposure is suggested. An unusual opportunity to observe a minor planet in rela- 71,660 BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRESENT tively close proximity is afforded in 1963 when 1580 Betulin STATE OF SPACE FLIGHT (CONSIDERAZIONI approaches to within only 0.157 AU from the Earth. The BIOLOGICHE SUI VOLI SPAZIALE ESEGUITI predicted magnitude is 16.1 on April 21 and June 20. An FINO AD OGGI) ephemeris adapted from Harvard Announcement Card 1580 Lomonaco, T. is included in this brief discussion of the asteroid’s approach. Ricista di Medicina Aeronautica e Spatiale, v. 25, no. 3, pp. 431-449, July-September 1962 (Abstracted in Aerospace Medicine, v. 34, no. 3, p. 271, March 1963) ASTRONAUTS Physiobiological data derived from Russian, American, and 71,656 MEDICAL PROBLEMS OF MANNED SPACE FLIGHT French suborbital and orbital flights from 1949 to 1961 utiliz- Gazenko, 0. G. ing ruiimals and humans are reviewed. During the orbital Space Science Reviews, v. 1, no. 3, pp. 369-398, flights of Gagarin and Titov in 1961, neither Soviet astronaut March 1963 showed any significant change in cardiovascular or respiratory function during the active phase of the flight. No changes Certain medical problems of human space flight are sur- were observed during the period of weightlessness, and no veyed on the basis of experimental research carried out in the disorders of motion or muscle coordinntioii were rccorded.