j~ VOLUME III, Number 1
7 January 1963
WHAT AWAITS FIRST MSN
TO HAKE TRIP TO MOON
You ore on the moon# You and your fellow explorers have at last suc
ceeded in your pioneering flight# And what do you see?
Look up into the black sky# That blue glob6 you see is the earth# The
planet you left has a bluish glow because its atmosphere scatters more blue
rays than any other color# The sky is black because the moon scatters no
light rays at all#
You are in a world of eerie desolation-, airless and waterless# Your
feet plough silently in dry moondust inches deep. There is no atmosphere
to carry sounds There is no trace of life#
You look around and see on the horizon mountains higher than Everest;
you see yawning craters that could swallow a small state# From some of
these craters curious streaks of brightness radiate for immense distances#
You have entered a new world - strange, sinister in its vastness and
silence# Yet in one respect at least you are better equipped than Columbus,
for earth scientists have provided you with excellent maps of the area where
you landed - if, that is, you landed on the side of the moon that perpetually
'faces earth#
This is your introduction to the l.unar world#
SALUTE TO WRIGHTS MARKS 59TH YEAR OF POWERED FLIGHT
Kitty Hawk, H. C* The 59th anniversary of man’s first powered flight was
celebrated here as Air Force and Navy-jets flew over the Wright Memorial to
the two brothers who pioneered the s.pace age*
Tribute to Wilber and Orville Wright was paid during the ceremonies by
Air Force Maj* Robert M. Whitc0 Maj® White astronaut wings for taking the
X-15 rocket plane to a height of 59 miles,.
Plans for the 60th anivorsary next year include construction of an air
strip to be completed in time for the observance* A* Clark Stratton, assis
tant director of the National Park Service, said that a reproduction of the
Wright Brother’s plane, the.Kitty Hawk, will be built and put on display*
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