April 1,1968 LEWIS NEWS 3 Staff Conference Technical Features Mohole Papers Now available at the Center Library are the following recently- published technical papers written by Lewis staff members: TECHNICAL NOTES Thermal Radiation Absorpbnce and Vacuum Outgassing Charac- terinitcs of Several Metallic rtnd Coated Surfaces, T. Mimura, E. Anagnostou and P. E. ColarusSO, TN D-3234. Dependence of Surface Conduc- tivity of Sodium Chkoride on the Chemical Nature of the Surface, C. E. May and J. P. Jayne, TN D- Mas C. McLean 3236. Basic Studies of a Low Density Max C. McLean, assistant to the Hall Current Ion Accelerator, Mohole Project Director, National D. L. Chubb and G. R. Seikel, TN Science Foundation, Washington, D-3250. will present a talk, movies and Effects of a Magnetic Field on Neil Armstrong Has lewis Ties slides for ‘the Lewis Staff Confer- the Conduction Heat Transfer at ence on LMonday, April 4, at 8 p.m. the Stagnation Point of a Padally “I’ve wanted to be an NACA test pilot all my life.” in the DEB Auditorium. Ionized Argon Gas, J. F. Schmidt, So spoke Astronaut Neil Armstrong, command pilot of the March Although born and raised in the TN D-3251. 16 abbreviated Gemini 8 mission, during an interview at Purdue Univer- heart of the Rockies at Ogden, Experimental Pressure Drop In- si,ty in 1955 with Bob Graham of Lewis’ Chemistry and Energy Con- Utah, McLean had extensive sea vestigation of Wetting and Non- version Division. Flight Research Cen,ter in Cali- service in the Merchant Marine wetting Mercury Condensing in “I was so impressed with his fornia. Eventually, he was assign- and U. S. Navy. After earning Uniformly Tapered Tubes, J. A. sincerity,” recalls Dr. Graham, ed as one of the prime pilots in bachelor’s and a master’s degrees, Albers and H. B. Block, TN D-3253. “that we hired him immediately.” the X-15 research program. he worked with the Navy’s ocean- Evaluation of Impregnated Lub- ography, hydrographic and geo- ricants in Ball-Bearing Retainers Armstrong’s career at Lewis as Thus, in addition to being Amer- physics efforts. He also had more at 10-6 Torr, L. D. Smith, D. C. an aeronautical research pilot was i’ca’s first civilian astronaut in than four ye.ars of duty at the Glenn and H. W. Scibbe, TN D- short-lived, however, as he trans- space, he is also .the first to have Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- 3259. ferred within a year to the NASA flown both in space and ip the tution before joining the NSF in Cold Prrformance Evaluation of rocket-powered X-16 aircraft., 1964. a 4.59-inch Radial-Inflow Turbine The history and scientific ob- For his work with ,the X-15, he Designed for a Brayton-Cycle Speakers received the IAS Octave Chanute jectives of the Mohole Project will Space Power System, C. A. Was- Award in 1962. He is a senior mem- be reviewed. Conducted unger the serbauer, M. G. Kofskey and W. J. ber of AIAA and a member of the a.egis of the National Science Foun- Nusbaum, TN D-3260. Corner Experimental Test Pilots Assn. dation, this work is a major effort Stress-Intensity Factors by to explore ,the Earth’s crust and Boundary Collocation for Single- April showers will also bring a Armstrong is a native of Ohio. mantle by drilling three miles or Edge-Notch Specimens Subject to shower of NASA space information His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen more into the ocean ,bottom. The Splitting Forces. B. Gross and J. E. to members of eight organizations Armstrong, still reside in Wapa- project name is derived from the Srawley, TN 0-3295. within the next two weeks. Lewis’ koneta. Mohorovicic seismic discontinuity speakers and their engagements in- separating the mantle from the clude : Next Staff Social crust. March Retirements I. Irving Pinkel who will address The project timetable will be members of the Dover Masonic Set For April 75 discussed. A 12-minute movie will A total of almost 50 years of Lodge at Westlake on April 1; The Guerin House again will be show test drillings conducted last George Darchuk has been book- service was compiled by the three the scene of Lewis staff social ye.ar near Uvalde, Texas, where ed for a talk a;t the Lynite Club, a Lewis employees who retired in on Friday, April 15, from 5 to 7 newly developed equipment was March. They are: Aluminum Company of America on evaluated. April 12; p.m. JOHN R. CRANE Warren Mirshak who is sched- Participating in this get-togeth- John R. Crane, an experimental uled to speak at the Assembly Pro- Chess Tourney Set electronic equipment mechanic, er will be staff members of ,the fol- gram .at Wisconsin State Univer- lowing groups :, AD&E, Facilities The annual NASA Open Chess worked in the Electronic Shop & sity, Plateville, Wis., on April 13; Computer Service Section. The Engineering, Sheetmetal Branch Tournament will get underway on Bela Nagy wili be the featured (Fabrication), Personnel a n d Monday, April 11. All Lewis em- “newest” of the trio of retirees, speaker at the Welcome Wagon Crane joined Lewis more than 9 Mechanized Computation & Analy- ployees and members of their im- Sponsor’s Dinner at West Rich- sis Br,anch !I&C). mediate families are eligible to en- years ago. field on April 14; ter. BEN JANAS On the same date Paul Wieber Men’s Softball League Douglas Andersor., ,tournament Ben Janas, who came to Lewis appears before the American As- socia,tion of University Women, chairman, said the tourney consists early in World War 11, has been Captains Meet April 7 of six rounds. One round is played an experimental metal model mak- Euclid Branch; each week. er in the General Machine Section. Dale Cooper is the third Lewis Opening day for the Men’s Soft- Each player is matched against With his service spanning 23 years, speaker with an April 14 date with ball League is scheduled for May an opponent with a similar won- Janas has had a personal part in a talk scheduled for the Roosevelt 2. There is a limited number of op- lost record so that the later games the historic growth of Lewis. School PTA at Elyria; enings for new teams in this year’s will be between opponents of ap- James Diedrich will be behind league competition. Deadline for proximately equal ability. The time EDWARD T. CAHOON the podium on consecutive days, entry of new teams will be the and place of play are arranged by Edward T. Cahoon, an areospace April 15 and 16, with the former Captain’s Meeting to be held opponents for their mutual con- mechanic assigned to the Materials appearance at a meeting of the Thursday, April 7, at 9 a.m. in venience. & Stresses Service Section, is the YMCA Indian Guides, Parma, and Room 133, M&S. Entry blanks and further infor- most recent retiree after compil- the lat.ter before the Ohio State mation are available from Ander- ing almost two decades of service Refrigeration Service Engineers Further information is available son, PAX 2174. at the Center. Society at the Pick-Carter Hotel. from Bill Waters, PAX 4175. 2 LEWIS NEWS Julv 18. 1969 James Useller dies N N James Useller, aeronautical research scientist in the Spacecraft Technology Division, died June 29 following a brief illness. Joining Lewis upon his graduation from Carnegie Tech in 1948, Useller assisted in experimental develop- ment of turbojet thrust augmentation devices including high temperature afterburners. He was involved in the Center’s re- search of unconventional fuels for turbojets including metallic slur- 5 S ries, boron compounds and the use of hydrogen to increase operating TYPICAL MARINER TV COVERAGE OF MARS altitudes and extend ai r c r a f t ranges. Useller trained the original astronauts in the use of the man- Mariner twins perform ualattitude controller for the Mer- cury space vehicle and contributed to the knowledge of ocular nystagmus, an involuntary eye oscillation that oc- after six-month journey curs during aircraft maneuvering. While associated with After traveling over 225 planet July 31, with its sis- will probe the atmosphere the Flight Operations Branch, Useller supervised t h e million miles in little more ter, Mariner VII, following of Mars. An occultation ex- design, development and testing of recovery systems for than six months, the Marin- five days later on a polar periment, passing radio retrieval of data nose cones fired from Aerobee rockets er ‘69 twins will soon meet pass. In this way the twin signals through the Mar- at Wallops Island. Since 1966 he had been associated the challenge of helping spacecraft can furnish data tian atmosphere while the with the Zero Gravity Research Facility. determine whether or not as different as possible spacecraft swings behind the planet, will yield data The author of several technical papers, Useller was the environment on the from the standpoint of planet Mars is suitable for Martian geography and cli- on atmospheric pressures a full fellow in the Royal Aeronautical Society. He was life. mate. and densities. secretary of the Lewis Sportsmen’s Club. The project responsibil- Each of the 900-pound The Mariner ‘69 flights Survivors include his father, Walter J., a brother ity for the Mariner ’69 mis- Mariners is equipped with are a second step in the Walter F., and a sister, Mrs. Teresa Tritsch all of Penn- sion is assigned to the Jet two television cameras to Mars investigation series. sylvania. Useller was buried at Gettysburg National Propulsion Laboratory, photograph the disc of The first fly-by was in Cemetery.