oo l’hunv i,n~(,e }:,- ; ,h:L:v:h~ :-.~n:~. a],- tl~,~ pry. r=t,: -Sd,, ~. ~z:, 1 Ling, ~4,~,*i trill, (~*~k iLmd p:~v,-d ’]],! ~r,,!]l)~, .5~hl ¸~r,~:~. 73 ~.~ rg, >:,:url 1o ~bh. t~,, ¸U:, ’:,:Lt ], ei,I. :~:th i,¸ ,~, rl~.,,2-tJkt~ in :1 II c:/ ¯ t :flgh ql>~ nil d ea’~ c: c~o[o r Wlth $45. r< 2Is~;cr,, 1 TC-~O0 4,fen~a J~? )lit, .%KC, y,]lOvc,It ~69-~475. coolly awarded Charles C. Kubo- kawa, Man-Machine Integration, a seven-month fellowship which will enablehim to conductresearch at the National Aerospace Laboratory in Tokyo,the Japanese equivalent of NASA. Mr. Kubokawawill begin he research in theearly fall. The Civil Service Commission has announcedthat a 4.8 percent cost-of-living increase willbecome effective July i for retired Feder- al employees, This increase will be reflected in annuity checks mailed August 1. Federal employees who retireon or beforeJune 30, 1972 will also receivetbe4.8 percent cost-of-living annuity increase. The Civil Service Commissionempha- sized that, to receive the increase, the retiring employee must not be in a pay status after June30, 1972. Employees who have further questions or mterestconcerning this ~nnouncement shouldcontactBetty rhomsen, Ext.561(}. CHAHLE8 C. KUBOKA~,.t The fellowship is awarded an- nually by the Japanese Science and Technology Agency for the promo- tionof international scientific co- operation to onespecialist from each of six countries; Australia, France, b-ermany, Netherlands, United King- :.re’n, and the U.S. Dr. Kenneth K. Yoshikawa of Ames’ Physical Gas-Dynam csand Lasers Branch receivedthe award in1967. Mr. Kubokawahopes to, "do an in-depth survey of critical problems nf the,Japanese Airline pilots le.g. aircraft operations, training, sim- ulations) to identify problems and later determine whether these prob- lems ;ire universal or can be attrib- uted to cultural dffferenees, lJurmga recentinterview air. Kubc}kawa explained the area he would like to study, "Human Fac- tors, as a discipline, began during ?,\VII, when psychologists were calledin to solve manyhumanerror problems oCCuring in flying an air- craft.Controls and s~itches, for instance, would 1~- placed to close together and would look alike al- though usedfordifferent functions, So, the pilo( would often hit the Wrongswitch or use the wrongcon- trol ill an emergency. Human Fac- tors came about then, to make the two (man and machine) work in con- cert ratherthan in conflict with eachother. "Today,the U.S. sells many of their aircraft to Japan. I would like to find out if the Eastern man has problemswith our plane’sinstru- mentation, for example, because they are accustomed to reading in a differentway, and may thereby Nave different scanpatterns." If there is not enough time to conduct this study he intends to con- duct a surveyof humanfactors re- searchin Japan and, "perhaps ar- range an exchange program that could benefit bothcountries in this area. ’~ Visiting Japanhas been a tong- time ambition of Mr. Kubokawa. When he )oined the Air Force in 1951, he asked to be sent to the Far East, liefeltassured thathis request would be approved since he speaks fluentJapanese and his surname is Oriental. However, clueto the usual bureaucratic confusion, Mr. Kubo- kawa was sent to Maine. The base at which he was sent was located farther east tbam any other AirForce Basein the Continental U.S. Mr. Kubokawa will be joined by his wife,Beth,and their three daughters, Loft, Lisa and Keri in ,Japan. VOLUMEXIV RUMBER19 June 8, 1972 New Wing Concept by Ames Scientis A radical change in the basic geometry of an aircraft wing might according to preliminary NASA theoretical and test predictions, allow future }et transports to oper- ate quidtly and efficiently at both take-off and supersonic speeds. Dr. R.T. Jones, a senior staff scmntist at Ames, is suggesting that an anti-symmetrical wing,pivoting on its center point, may be the way to achieve supersome transport capability without the penalties of high fuel consumption and noise associated with conventional SST aircraft in production. "Manhas an instinctive feeling for bilateral symmetry, ,~ Dr. Jones remarks, "which is no doubt de- rived from wing naturally evolved birds and animals, It is natural for us to mold the shape of a super- sonic aircraft to suitthis instinc- tive feeling. Howe~er, nature does not provide us with a guide for supersonic flight; there are no supersonic birds. "It is interesting, and probably important, thatmathematicaI theory indicates a completely different kind of symmetry for supersonic air- craft." Dr. Jones is credited with the development in 1945 of swept-wiug theorieswhich were instrumental in advancing aircraft speeds into the transonic ’and supersonic ranges. .’,lost Jettransports nowin use are based on his aerodynamic theories andh~s work with slender delta wings. The new designwouldappearto havea conventional straight wingat rightangles to the fuselage during take-off on mediumlengthrunways such as the WashingtonNational Airport. An aircraft in this con- figuration would require onlyabout one-fourth the take-off energy now needed by comparabledelta wing jet transports with similar pay- loads. As the conceptual aircraft reaches the speed andaltitude where swept wings would be efficient, the entirewing would rotateabout45 degrees so the wing on one side would point more m the direction of flightand the otherhalf would trail toward therear. Studies indicate that cruising in thisconfiguration at supersonic speeds up to about Much I. 2 would not produce a sonicboon on the ground and could be accomplished with nearly the same fuel economy per passenger mile as current jet air- craft at subsonic speeds. Over oceanareas wheresoniceffects are not detrimental, the conceptual air- craftcouldcruise up to Much 1.5. If current testing, computational prediction and further research ver- ified the promise of the new de- sign,the antisymmetricaI wingcon- cept would open the door to devel- opment of a more commercially efficient, ecologically acceptable jet transport for the nation’s future needs. Ames is continuing theoret- ical computer studies and wind tun- nel studies using models "flown" at speeds up to Much1.4.
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coolly awarded Charles C. Kubo-kawa, Man-Machine Integration,
a seven-month fellowship which willenable him to conduct research atthe National Aerospace Laboratoryin Tokyo, the Japanese equivalentof NASA. Mr. Kubokawa will beginhe research in the early fall.
The Civil Service Commissionhas announced that a 4.8 percent
cost-of-living increase will becomeeffective July i for retired Feder-al employees, This increase will bereflected in annuity checks mailedAugust 1. Federal employees whoretire on or before June 30, 1972will also receivetbe 4.8 percent
cost-of-living annuity increase. TheCivil Service Commission empha-sized that, to receive the increase,the retiring employee must not bein a pay status after June 30, 1972.
Employees who have further
questions or mterestconcerning this~nnouncement should contact Bettyrhomsen, Ext. 561(}.
CHAHLE8 C. KUBOKA~,.t
The fellowship is awarded an-nually by the Japanese Science andTechnology Agency for the promo-tion of international scientific co-operation to one specialist from each
of six countries; Australia, France,
b-ermany, Netherlands, United King-:.re’n, and the U.S.
Dr. Kenneth K. Yoshikawa ofAmes’ Physical Gas-Dynam csand
Lasers Branch received the awardin 1967.
Mr. Kubokawa hopes to, "do anin-depth survey of critical problemsnf the ,Japanese Airline pilots le.g.
aircraft operations, training, sim-ulations) to identify problems andlater determine whether these prob-lems ;ire universal or can be attrib-uted to cultural dffferenees,
lJurmg a recent interview air.Kubc}kawa explained the area hewould like to study, "Human Fac-tors, as a discipline, began during?,\VII, when psychologists werecalled in to solve manyhumanerror
problems oCCuring in flying an air-craft. Controls and s~itches, for
instance, would 1~- placed to closetogether and would look alike al-though used for different functions,So, the pilo( would often hit the
Wrong switch or use the wrong con-trol ill an emergency. Human Fac-
tors came about then, to make thetwo (man and machine) work in con-cert rather than in conflict witheach other.
"Today, the U.S. sells many oftheir aircraft to Japan. I would liketo find out if the Eastern man hasproblems with our plane’s instru-mentation, for example, because
they are accustomed to reading ina different way, and may therebyNave different scan patterns."
If there is not enough time toconduct this study he intends to con-duct a survey of human factors re-search in Japan and, "perhaps ar-range an exchange program thatcould benefit both countries in thisarea.’~
Visiting Japan has been a tong-time ambition of Mr. Kubokawa.When he )oined the Air Force in
1951, he asked to be sent to theFar East,
lie felt assured that his requestwould be approved since he speaksfluent Japanese and his surname is
Oriental. However, clue to the usual
bureaucratic confusion, Mr. Kubo-kawa was sent to Maine. The baseat which he was sent was locatedfarther east tbam any other Air Force
Base in the Continental U.S.Mr. Kubokawa will be joined
by his wife, Beth, and their three
daughters, Loft, Lisa and Keri in,Japan.
VOLUME XIVRUMBER 19June 8, 1972
New Wing Concept by Ames ScientistA radical change in the basic
geometry of an aircraft wing mightaccording to preliminary NASAtheoretical and test predictions,allow future }et transports to oper-ate quidtly and efficiently at both
take-off and supersonic speeds.Dr. R.T. Jones, a senior staff
scmntist at Ames, is suggesting thatan anti-symmetrical wing, pivotingon its center point, may be the wayto achieve supersome transport
capability without the penalties ofhigh fuel consumption and noiseassociated with conventional SSTaircraft in production.
"Man has an instinctive feelingfor bilateral symmetry,,~ Dr. Jonesremarks, "which is no doubt de-rived from wing naturally evolvedbirds and animals, It is natural forus to mold the shape of a super-sonic aircraft to suit this instinc-tive feeling. Howe~er, nature doesnot provide us with a guide for
supersonic flight; there are nosupersonic birds.
"It is interesting, and probablyimportant, thatmathematicaI theoryindicates a completely different kindof symmetry for supersonic air-craft."
Dr. Jones is credited with the
development in 1945 of swept-wiugtheories which were instrumentalin advancing aircraft speeds into thetransonic ’and supersonic ranges..’,lost Jet transports now in use arebased on his aerodynamic theories
and h~s work with slender delta wings.
The new design would appear to
have a conventional straight wing atright angles to the fuselage duringtake-off on medium length runwayssuch as the Washington NationalAirport. An aircraft in this con-figuration would require only about
one-fourth the take-off energy nowneeded by comparable delta wingjet transports with similar pay-loads.
As the conceptual aircraftreaches the speed and altitude whereswept wings would be efficient, theentire wing would rotate about 45degrees so the wing on one sidewould point more m the direction
of flight and the other half wouldtrail toward the rear.
Studies indicate that cruisingin this configuration at supersonicspeeds up to about Much I. 2 would notproduce a sonic boon on the groundand could be accomplished withnearly the same fuel economy perpassenger mile as current jet air-craft at subsonic speeds. Overocean areas where sonic effects arenot detrimental, the conceptual air-craft could cruise up to Much 1.5.
If current testing, computationalprediction and further research ver-ified the promise of the new de-
sign, the antisymmetricaI wingcon-cept would open the door to devel-
opment of a more commerciallyefficient, ecologically acceptable jettransport for the nation’s futureneeds. Ames is continuing theoret-ical computer studies and wind tun-nel studies using models "flown"at speeds up to Much 1.4.
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TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP . . . in accomplishing a, seriesof simulations of Augmenter Flight Test Vehicles (AWFTW) the Ames Flight Simulator for Advanced Aircraft, has resultedin a NASA Special Achievement Award for William B. Cleveland{left), Simulator Computer Systems Branch. Working with the
Sigma 7 and Sigma 8 computers Mr. Cleveland’s was the finalsimulation to run on these ne~i systems. Although difficulties wereencountered, he was able tomake necessary alterationsand achieved
a simulation thai has been enthusiastically accepted by highly ex-acting test pilots. George A. Rathert, Jr. (right}, Chief of theSimulation Sciences Division, presented an award check and letterof congratulations from Dr. Hans Mark, Ames Director, to Mr.Cleveland at a ceremony attended by his branch chief, Robert M.Barnett (center).
Two from Ames
on CAEA BoardMike Donahoe, Educational Pro-
grams Officer, and Barbara Busch,
Educational Specialist, both of theAmes Public Affairs Office, wereelected to the Board of Directorsof the California Aerospace Edu-cation Association for the organ-ization’s 1972-73 year.
The organization is composed ofmembers from a wide variety ofaerospace-related fields including
various colleges and high schoolswhich teach aerospace as a part
of their curricula, the aircraft in-dustry, Civil Air Partol, The 99’s
(women pilots), the State Depart-ment of Aeronautics, FAA and NASA.The goal is to improve the teach-ing of aerospace, including aviationand space exploration, to the schoolsystems of California.
Serving as President for the 1972and 73 year will be Earl Connolley,a teacher at Aragon High School,San Marco. All members serve on theCAEA in a voluntary capacity. Indi-
viduals interested in further infor-mation about the CAEA may con-tact Mr. Connolley in care of his
high school, or either Mr. Donahoe,ext. 5544 or Miss Busch, ext. 5091.
"’[hank You" from Skylab- Home
Bond Drive Chairman In Earth Orbit"A great amount of effort was
put forth by several Ames employeesduring the recent U.S. Savings BondDrive. As Drive Chairman I wouldlike to express my appreciation forthe time and enthusiasm spent hythe Division Captains and their can-vassers throughout the campaign.
"Of particular help to me wasRobert A. Cooper, Financial Sys-tems and Analysis, who assisted
in all aspects of the campaign, andMiss Barbara F. Busch, Public Af-fairs, whodirected outsidepuhlicity.
Donald B. Kornreich"
"Thank You" Note"Dear Friends,
I Kid a wonderful Lime at myretirement gathering. Thanks to all
of you who came, making it sucha happy occasion.
My Branch worked hard, I ap-preciate the time, effort, mostofall
the thought.Thank you each and everyone for
your gift contribution, the lovelystole is "my only" and the check
will make that dream sewing much-ine cabinet really come true.
Most Sincerely,Ben Ailm~an"
"CAN DO" . . . Mrs. Germaine W. Lord (pictured above), Illustrator with the U.S, Army Air Mobility Research and Devel-opment Laboratory in Ames’ Graphics and Exhibits Branch, was
recently commended for her "exceptional performance" duringthe past year. S.A. Augustine (above), of the Army Laboratorypresented the Certificate of Achievement during a recent cere-mony.
The certificate reads, in part, "Without exception, Mrs. Lordaccomplished this workload with a cheerful ’can do’ attitude, out-
standing professional expertise, and complete devotion to duty whichwas instrumental in more than satisfying the requirements of thetasks imposed upon her."
Skylab, planned for launch in thespring of 1973, will be a homey littleplace compared to previous space-craft.
There will be 13,000 cubic feetof area in which to move and work.And, privacy will be possible.
Instead of the bland diet of pre-vious missions, Skylab occupantswill dine from 2,000 pounds of food,stored in 11 food storage containersand five food freezers. No fine chinaor crystal will be provided, but metalcans with pull-off tops will offer amixture of frozen, dehydrated and
dry foods that may be heated or chil-within the crew quarters.
For drinking, food preparatmn,showers and ether needs, 6,000 lbs.of water will be tored in l0 tanks.
Clothing will not be washed onSkylab. So, when a erewman chanhe will dispose of theusedgaby placing them in a "trash can."an empty tank beneath the floor ofhis living quarters.
The garments, sized for indivi-dual astronauts, will be stowed inspecially marked lockers. There
will be 60 changes of jackets, shirtsand trousers. Thirty constant-weargarments, 15 pairs of boots andgloves, and 210 pairs of shorts areamong the clothing inventory.
For the first time, astronautswill also share a bathroom stockedwith 55 bars of soap and 210 poundsof towels.
They will also have on hand 15(7roils of teleprinter paper, 104 film
magazmes, a medical kit, and 10,~’pens and pencils, and a vacuu~"cleaner.
Three three-man crews will b~.launched aboard Apollo/baturn IDvehicles to Skylab, about 90 daysapart. The first Skylab mission isplanned to last 28 days, the re-maining two not more than 56 day.~each.
Although Skylab is some 50 tim~sgreater in volume than Apollo, ex-perts at Marshall Space Flight Cen-ter have a strict plan for providi,’lg
and stowing the more than 13,00i}individual items needed for the long
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Essay ContestOpen to All
Fhe National Space Club is spon-
soring the Robert H. Goddard His-
tarical Essay Award competition for
1972. This annual nationwide com-
petition, open to any U.S. citizen.
offers a $500 prize and theGoddard
Historical Essay Trophy.
Essays may treat any signff
~ant aspeets of the historical
v’elopment of rncketry and ar
nauties and will be Judged or
originality and scholarship. T.hey
may bring new information to light
or cast a new and different light
upon events or individuals influenc-
ing rocketry and astronautics in the
dnited States.
Entries should be submitted by
November 1, 1972, to the Goddard
itistorieal Essay Contest, c/o No-
~.ional Space Club, 1629 K btreet
i,f~lpV,~, Washington, D.C. 20006.." ~;ssays should not exceed 5,000
,~,ords and should be fully docu-
mented. For rules nf the contest
call Code AAH {ext. 53612) or the
"qational Space Club (296-46901.
GOLF¯ . . by Kay Bruck
May 17 was the date for the
:~mes Golf Club retirement lunch-
,:on for two of its staunchest sup-
?criers and ex-presidents, Ed
Jourtney and dohn Mulkern. The
Lookout tnn, Sunnyvale Golf Course~wnere else to Nave a golfing re-
:~irement party?) was the place chos-
en to hid our fond adieus and pre-
sent them each with an appropriately
~igned golfer’s tray (for the 19th
~;e, of course).
Each ot them sent a special note
ff tKmks for the nice party¯ Ed
Courtney said, ’"Ftxmk you to all
members of the Ames Golf Club
!or my retirement luncheon and
gift. It will be a pleasant reminder
:)f past games and nlemorable
friends."
John Mulkern’s note reads: "1want to express my thanks to the
of the Ames Golf Club for
the lunch and gift presented to me
the occasion of my retirement.
will Cherish the association with:he Ames Golfers and depart with
memnries of many happy days~pent with this fine groupoffriends,
leaving, 1 wish each member the
of health, success, and many
nore years of pleasurable golfing.’*
1 know l speak for all our golf
aembers when 1 say "Many happy
nd health}, years of retirement to
oth of you and to your wives."
The duly tournament will be at
(Palm Course). Watch for
nnouncement.
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"Ames Airiags"¯ . . by Jeanne Richardson
ARCHES OF TRIUMPHAmes was well represented in
the "Greatest Foot Race of All,"the recent Bay-to-Breakers in SanFrancisco. Five Ames joggersstarted the 7.8 mile run, and fivefinished; a blisterin~ feat.
JERRY P. BAItRACK, STOL Re-search Aircraft Office; VtTO A.
D’ALO1A, Experimental Fluid Dy-namics Branch; ARTHUR MAN-DELL, Cost Analysis and SpecialProjects; GEORGE T. LENEHAN,
Chief Counsel’s Office; and DALE1. SHUTE, Model and InstrumentMachining, hoofed across the fin-
ish line in that order.The winner among the Ames
atheletes, Jerry, improved by oneplace over last year, to be the 290thfinisher. Which is nothing to wheez
at, considering there was 1952 peopleat his heels. Vite was a short sixslots behind Jerry at the end.
Jerry said, "By the end of the
race 1 didn’t feel that good, but itwas fun. He thought the race, over-
all, was a "fantastic thrill and agreat spectacle."
Jerry’s time, by the way, was48 minutes, just 12 minutes behindthe winner.
THEY GO UP, DIDDLE LEE UP UPin the little town of Taft, Cafif.
{near Bakersfield) four Ames menspent three days of grueling glidercompetition. By the end of the con-tests they had sustained two eas-
ualities, and one had received acoveted trophy.
A plane, built by LARRY W.PEZZOLO, Equipment Branch, wasdestroyed by a vicious ’"Dust Devil"
(a strong whirlwind in layman’sterms) and another, built by W1L-LLAM H. VANDERBEEK, MetalsFabrication, simply glided out of
sight, never again to be seen.Larry was compensated for hie
loss later, when he won the A-1Towline Competition. His glider flewlonger than any other in that cate-gory. He said it had taken himabout40 hours to build the winning craft.
FRANK W. STEINLE, JR., Ex-perimental Investigations, and
GEORGE XENAKIS, saw it all. Al-though they didn’t enter the contests,they took part along with approxi-mately 400 others as on-tbe-spont
witnesses.
A MATE CREATESMIDGE FIRPO’s husband, Gene,
won another first place ribbon forone of his paintings. Entitled Sunset,the mixed-media landscape was cho-sen over 100 other entries in thenon-representational category of the
Sequoia Art and Flower Show. And
Midge, who works in the ResourcesManagement Office, is proud of Gene,with good reason.
BOWLINGAs anoZner Thursday nightbowt-
ing league season draws to a close,the first place winners are: Don’sDemons -- Gil and Helen More-house; Dave and Carolyn Sharps,
and Don Boxwell. After a verycloseroll-off with the Mad Teaparty.Would you believe 18 pins?
The league wishes to thank the
officers of this past season: BobZeisser, Gil Morehouse, CathyByrne, and Don Boxwel] for theirfine efforts. The newly elected of-ficers for the 1972-73 season are:Jobm Luciani, President; Don Cif-
fens, Vice President; ~harlie Mid-dough, Secretary; and Harry Spenceras Treasurer -- lots of luck andlet’s keep this a fun league.
We hope to see all those fam-iliar faces and many new ones inthe fall for the 1972-73 Thursday
night Ames Mixed Fives BowlingLeague season.
SKI CLUBThe Ames Ski Club is offerLug
memberships for the low price of$1 again. Moving into it’s thirdwonderful year, the club offers a
tot for so little.For instance, where else will
you receive free afiliation with the
Matson Ski Club, for the low, lowprice of joining the Ames Ski Club.The Matson affiliation allows you,after six months, to participate in-dividually in their charter flights toAspen and Sun Valley. And, theAmes membership allows you to go
to the monthly meetings and jointhe frequent local ski trips¯ Also,an Ames trip to Aspen or Vail isplanned for next year.
So, renew your membership orjoin the ski club now and avoid laterdisappointments. Just fill out the
application below and send it to241-11, wlthyour remittance.
MAIL TO: Ames Ski Club - 241-ii
Credit UnionThe Moffett Field Employees’
Credit Union has scored impressivegains durthg the period endingApril
30, according to Fred G. Mayer,credit union manager.
Loans and shares outstanding
scored new highs as assets passedthe 4 million dollar mark. As themembership approaches 7,000 with4,300 loan accounts and increasedmember awareness, the Credit Un-ion looks forward to reaching $5million in assets by the end of the
year.Recent changes in the Loan Pol-
icy of the credit union appear tobe providing additional stimuli to
an already busy organization.
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For Sate-OLd Ho~poLu~, built ind~si~washer, rebuilt
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VOLUME XIVRUMBER 20June 22, l’
M;2 Flying Aogain Drive ResultsRichard Petersen to Participate in 7!ei’i i!ii Stanford-Sloan Fellowship Program
to evaluate new flight controls called t"rate command augmentation sys-te nl. ~
The rate command augmentationsystem is a type of electronic fly-by-wire system which employs ananalog computer and as side-armcontroller in addition to theconven-tional center stick.
The new control system providesautomatic stabilization that will
maintain the aircraft in smooth,stable flight during turbulent air
L,~onditiens and provide superior: .~ndling qualities in the vehicle.
The M-2 lifting body designed atkmes, is a small wingless craftthat is air-launched from a B-52mothership. Th M-2 then uses itsown rocket engine to climb to higherspeeds and altitudes. After rocketengine shut-down and the researchcraft reaches peak altitude, the pilotmaneuvers the M-2 to the desired
to 59.8. Fifty-two employees in-creased the amount of their allot-ments, and 37 employees subscribed
tot he Payroll Savings Plan.
landing area.
William H. Dana, a civilian re-search pilot for NASA’s Flight Re-search Center, is the M-2 projectpilot.
The NASA M-2 lifting body re-turned to flight status following sixmonths of planned maintenance and
modification at FRC.The M-2 is one of three lifting
bodies under test in a joint NASA-USAF research effort. It is theonly one currently on active flightstatus. The Air Force’s N-24A isbeing extensP,-ely modified and willbe flown in about one year. tt wiIl
be redesignated the X-24B.
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T.U. CONTRIBUTION WINS TOP AWARD . . . The largestmonetary award ever paid by NASA for a technology utilization
contribution was presented recently by Dr. Hans Mark {center),Ames Director. to 11 to r) William 1). Gunter, Jr. and George F:.Grant of the Electronic Instrument Development Branch. The tworesearch scientists shared a $6000 award for a Teeh Brief whichoutlined a new method they devised for detecting very weak lightsignals by increasing the effective sensitivity of a photomultiplierdight detection tube} using an optical enhancement device. Thelatter is a series of prisms which can be attached easily to the
photomultiplier. The basic principle of the device is to save lightby figuratively scooping it up and pushing it back through the lightdetection tube until as much light as possible is expended in gen-
erating electrical signals. Dr. Mark is p*ctured hereas he examinedthe optical enhancement device, while the phntomultiplier tube tsheld by Mr. Grant.
Richard H. Petersen has beenselected to participate in the 1972-73 Standord-Sloan Fellowship Pro-gram. He is Chief of the Aeronau-tical Missions and TechnologyBranch, CAST Advanced Concepts~,nd Missions Division.
RICHARD PETERSEN
The Sloan Program is a nine-month course of study in advancedmanagement and the humanities de-signed for the professional and per-sonal development of exceptionalyoung executives who have demon-strated the potential for senior man-agement. Mr. Petersen is the sixthnominee from Ames to be namedto attend this program.
*’I’m interested in studying air-line management and economics,"Petersen said during a recent inter-view. The Sloan Fellowsdivide theirtime between classroom study, di-rected reading, seminars, field trapsand research.
The research experience is in-
dividually designed so that each Fel-low will undertake an individual pro-ject of some depth. This project
is designed to facilitate the trans-fer of what the participant haslearned from the campus environ-ment to the organiztion to which hewill return.
Speaking of his work at Ames,Petersen said, "Our purpose hereis to study future aircraft, to givedirection to NASA reasearcb, andto determine how valuable futureaircraft may be and to whom."His branch is also responsible for
assessing the economic and socialimplications of future civil avia-tion systems.
"I’m particularly interested inhow NASA’s technology may affectcommercial aircraft; and the man-agement and economics of commer-cial airlines. I’ve done some re-search in this area already, andit’s fascinating."
The major portion of the SinanProgram is devoted to classroomseminars¯ The seminars are led by
eminent scholars from variousschools and departments throughoutStanford University. To balance bus-iness theory with business practiceth~ Sloan Program includes variousfield trips to meet with top business
and government leaders as a partof the regular program.
"l’m really looking forward tothis school year," Petersen said."It wilt be different than my prior
academic work." He graduated withHighest Distinction from PurdueUniversity in 1956, and received aMaster of Science dgree in Aero-nautics from California institute ofTechnology in 1957.
Later that year, as a Lieuten-ant with the U.S. Air Force, hecame to Ames as a Research Engin-eer. His career at the Center hasincluded; supervision of the cali-bration of the 3.5 Foot HypersonicWind Tunnel facili~’; analyses of
military aircraft systems and manyaspects of civil aviation systems,including general aviation, advancedSTOL and VTOL transportation sys-
tems, and future long-haul aircraft.He was assigned to the Programs
and Resources Division at NASAHeadquarters in Washington for oneyear in 1965. His work with the Pro-
gram Analysis Group there promp-ted a letter of commendation fromthe Acting Director of the Divisionwhich reads in part; " . . . Dick
was responsible for coordinationand analysis of the entire Aeronau-
tics research and technology pro-gram. His analyses of that programand the corresponding Congres-sional and Bureau of the Budgetpresentation materials were ex-tremely valuable to this division
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Record NUmber of Ames EmployeesReceive Invention and TU Awards
A record number of Ames re-searchers were i~resented with In-vention and Tech Brief awards bythe Director, Dr. Hans Mark, duringa recent ceremony.
Twenty-one members of the staff
shared $3050 for two Tech Briefssubmitted under the TechnologyUtilization program, and eleven pa-tents. The creative efforts of theinnovators were reviewed and ap-proved for the awards by the NASAInventions and Contributions Board.
A $600 Tech Brief award, thelargest ever authorized by NASA,was received by George H. Grantand William D. Gtmter, Jr., of theElectronic Instrument DevelopmentBranch. Their research in the area
of optical enhancement techniqueshas been published in a Tecb Briefentitled "Optical Enhancement ofPhotocathode Devices."
The second Tech Brief award,
$150, was presented to Raymond S.Lira. Simulator Computer SystemsBranch, for his work which is out-lined in the Teeh Brief entitled"Rapid Method for Intereenversionof Binary and Decimal Numbers."The paper outlines in detail a prac-tical implementation for binary anddecimal conversions by using inte-
grated circuit BOM (read only mem-ories) for modular implementatioh.
Thomas M. Walsh,Avionics Re-search Branch, received the topinvention award of $500 for an "ln-terferometric Rotation Sensor"which relates generally redirectionand rotation sensing apparatus and.more partiuclarly, to novel inter-ferometric prisms and associatedcontrol systems for precisely de-terming the direction to a remotelight source.
A close second to the top in-vention award was $400 presentedto Wayne O. Handland, Research
Equipment Engineering Branch, fora "Two-Degree Inverted Flexure"which is useful for various pur-poses such as positioning magne-tometers, lasers and telescopes andfor mounting models in wind tunnels.
Individual awards were alsopre-
sented to Arthur L. Morris, Large-Scale Aerodynamics Branch; RobertL. McKenzie, Physical Gas-Dynam-
ics and Lasers Branch; and VardB. Holland, Electro-Systems En-
gineering Branch. Mr. Morris wasawarded $200 for a "Brake for aBollable Platform" which consistsof a simple lever actuated padadapted to hold a movable platformon level or irregular surfaces and
in place even on surfaces which ex-tend above or below the wheel level.
The McKenzie invention con-
oerns new and useful improvementsin a "Diatomie Infrared Gasdy-
namic Laser" and was awarded $150.The principle involved withthe gas-dynamic laser is the use of infra-red vibration-rotation transitions of
a diatomie gas such as earbonmon-oxide.
An invention relating generallyto electronic signal handling appar-atus and more particularly to a novelsignal conditioning circuit havingindependent gain and offset charac-
teristics and requiring but a singleoperational amplifier was awarded
$50 for the inventor, }~ard B. Hol-land, Electro-Systems EngineeringBranch.
Co-inventors John Dimeff, Ass-istant Director - Advanced Instru-mentation, and James W. Lane,Avionics Branch, shared $200 for a"Wide Range Dynamic PressureSensor." The devise is capabte ofmeasuring from extremely low to
extremely high pressures and lendsitself for use in a planetary probe,partieularly for a dense gaseousatmosphere such as would be en-countered on Venus.
Two-hundred dollars was alsoshared by Henry A. Leon, Exper-imental Physiology Branch, JamesP. Connolly, Electro-Systems En-gineering Branch, Maurice J. Hitch-man, Electronic Instrument Devel-opment Branch, and John E. Hum-bert, Computer Systems Branch foran "Automatic Real-Time Pair-Feeding System for Animals’: whichallows an experimental animal tofeed at liberty while the same a-mount of food is delivered to a con-trol animal. Pair-feeding is a rela-tively new biological technique.
A novel injection system for a
gas chromatograph invented byGlenn E. Pollock, Life DetectionSystems Branch, Milton E. Hen-
derson, Model and instrument Ma-chining Branch, and Ralph W. Don-
aldscn, Electronic Instrument De-velopment Branch. received an a-ward of $150 for the three inventors.
Continuing in the shared awardarea, $150 went to Dr. Richard F.Haines, Human PerformanceBranch, James W. Fitzgerald (nowretired) and Salvadore A. Rositano,Electro - Systems EngineeringBranch, for a "Visual Examina-tion Apparatus" which relates toan automated visual sensitivity tea-
ter for g the eves of abeing to determine visual
INVENTION AND TECH BRIEF AWARDS . . . approved bythe NASA inventions and Contributions Board, were presented
recently by the Ames Director. Dr. Hans Mark (far right, backrow) to this group of Ames researchers pictured above and below.Front row (1 to r) James P. Connolly, Mauriee d. Hitehman,James W. Lane, Raynmnd S. Lira, and Henry A. Leon. Back row(1 to r) Robert L. McKenzie, Ronald J. Hruby, Wayne O. Hadiand, ’.iArthur L. Morris, and John Dimeff.
Shown below are (front row (1 to r) Salvadore A. Rosi{ano,John E. Humbert, Richard M. Brown, Richard F. Haines, andGlenn E. Pollack. Back row (1 to r} William D. Gunter, Jr,, Thom-as M. Walsh, Milton A. Henderson, George R. Grant, Vard B.Holland, and Ralph W. Donaldson, Jr. was an award recipientnot present for the ceremony.
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llelcl sensitivity and blind spot size,shape, and position.
A two-time winner at the pres-entation ceremony was William [I.Gunter, Jr., who not only was a Teeh
Brief Award recipient, but is co-inventor with Richard M. Brown,Electronic Instrument DevelopmentBranch, ,of an "OpticallmagingSys-tern/’ The system which was a-
warded $150 increases theefficiencyof absorption of light or other ra-diant energy at the light sensitiveface of an imaging detector.
Ronald d. Hruby oftheAvionics
Branch and two Lockheed em-Steven B. Cross and Wil-
liam R. Dunn were co-inventors of
a "Coaxial Inverted Geomet~:Transistor Having a Buried [-mitter." The transistor structure :particularly suited for use in appl:-cations where onty a low actuatir~;voltage is available. The inventL
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ASEE-NASA Summer InstituteAmes will take part again this
year in the ASEE-NASA SummerFaculty institute - 1972 Aero-
space Teehology Seminar. The sem-inar, which begins Thursday, June29, will be held in the Skilling Build-ing, Room 080 at Stanford Univers-ity.
June
All members of the StanfordCommunity and Ames employeesmay participate in the seminarwhich begins Thursday, June 29,will be held in the Skilling Build-ing, Room 080 at Stanford Univers-ity.
Below is the seminar schedule:29 William P. Jones, Research SCiEntist, Ames Research
Center"ILLIAC IV, Tile Fastest Computer--Prospects andApplications"
July 6 Bernard M. Oliver, Vice-President for Research andDevelopment, Hewlett-Paekard Company"Detecting Extraterrestrial Into igent Life"
Ju]y 13 Nicholas J. Hog, Professor (Emeritus) of Aeronauticsand Astronautics, Stanford University
no, Invented the Airp ane
July 20 Lester Lees, Professor and Direttor, EnvironmentalQuality Laboratory, California Institute of Technology,"Energy, and the Environment"
July 27 Edward Teller, University Professor, Umversitv ofCalifornia, and Associate birector, Lawrence L’ivermore
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as well as the Aeronautics Divi-sion itself."
In 1967 he received a SustainedSuperior Performance Award for his
"exceptionally high quality" of work,
He participated in the new Tech-nology Opportunities program in
Washington from August, 1971through January of this year. Mr.~Ailliam M. Magruder, Speciai Con-
sultant to the President, commendedMr. Peterson for hiswork in a letter.
The letter reads, in part; "Onbehalf of the President, 1 wish toexpress his appreciation for your
participation in the new TechnologyOpportunities project. Your effortshave provided the Executive Officewith a far deeper insight into thechallenge of the application of tech-nology to our national objectives thanwe have ever had before."
As Chief of theAeronautieal Mis-
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Von Braun RetiresDr. Werhner yon Braun, Dep-
uty Associate Administrator hasretired from NASA to join Fair-child Industries as Corporate Vice-
President for Engineering and De-velopment. The move is effectiveJuly I.
Commenting on Dr. von Braun’sdecision, Dr..James C. Fletcher,NASA Administrator said:
"All of us in NASA will missthe daily stimulation ot his pres-
ence, but we will continue to havethe benefit of his inspiration and
counsel in the continuing explor-ation and use of space."
sions and Technology Branch he ispresently responsible for its sys-tems analyses and studies, and for
providing assistance to OAST in de-fining and planning the NASA aero-nautical research program.
the front-side of the Moon on its426th revolution.
The last tracking data, from the416th revolution, shewed the sub-satellite in an orbit which broughtit to within 2.3 nautical miles ata point on the back-side of the
Moon located at 10.16 degrees northlatitude and 111.94 degrees east long-itude.
The subsatellite is believed tohave hit the Moon near its lastknown perilune (low point of orbit)at abou~ 5 p.m. CST, May 29.
The subsateltite, containingthree scientific experiments, wasejected from the scientific instru-ment module bay of the Apollo 16
COmmand and service module April24 before the astronauts fired their
Spacecraft main engine to take themout of lunar orbit.
;i 11Laboratory.,~¢~’¢~,__ Page fr0m the Past"Progress in Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion Research"
University ;A’I_" "~;ROI~ ~ /, IZ I~I~nuA~’DT k ~"Lasers--Present and Future" Elec Inst Oev ] I Personnel ~ / ~’~-" /- L
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)"~ ~t j SHARON KING LERO¥ SCH£1BERAugust 10 Richard H. Jahns, Dean. ScheoI of Earth Sciences r ,It % / E]ec Inst Dev _ Ther~] ProtectStanford University
~ _. tJ ~(~"~ ~~ "California Earthq[mkes, and the Frustrations of ~j~Intermit tent Inst rnction ’
~~ ~~)J~,~]SaN[ May ltaIte ve -uulgucgi AIIellflS /__ , it-_:Crashed lnto MoonSt nfnrd Prmxr:zm , oo. ,,l,,
/ Prec~ps \ H~g~-E~,~alp /I il’" "The par,des and fields su - ,,,:,\,, lsatellite placed in lunar orbit by ~hizuo ,)oigucn:, Chief ofthe~e-
3 J /~2:~eA~ol~;i]sdbedS};toT~uts has up- search Equipment Fngineering"~
A ~/~ ir~N.~ i~P" Y ’," he]unarsur-Branch, tins been accepted for par-~/ /~,o, o @b, /
face after completing 425 revotu- ticipation in the twenty-first an-tions of the Moon. nual Stanford Executive Program ~. /"%Radio contact with the 90-pound which began Monday, June 18, and
/~ ~,~ .- \ Avionic Res Ve;n System Des ~’~subsatethte was not re-established continues through August 10.[~"~ ---" :. / k-when it should have reappeared on
The eight-week Program of in- SI SONNEE ’ [tensive induvidual study and groupdiscussions is designed primarilyfor men in senior management po-sitions, tree of the main objectivesis the advancement of professional-
ism in management.Each year the Program attracts
a broad spectrum of executives from
throughout the world who range inage from thirty-five to fifty years.At the end of the Program partici-pants are awarded certificates ofcompletion and become alumni of
the Stanford Business SchoolMr. Doiguchi has been a member
of the Ames staff since 1949. Forthe past fifteen years he has been
assistant chief and then chief of theRFt.’E Branch. He was graduatedfrom UC Berkeleywitha B.S. degree
in mechanical engineeringand earn-ed an M.S, degree from Stanford.
Adv Space Proj
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Revised PurchaseRequest Form
The "Purchase Request/Pur-
chase Order" farm ARC 31 hasbeen revised as of February, 1972.Please destroy allprevious editionsand order the revised edition fromstock.
Your Political RightsAs A Federal Employee
The U.S. Civil Service Commis-
spn has prepareda pamphlet ontbepolitical activity of Federal em-ployees. The publication outlineswhat employees may or may notdo with regard to political activi-ties, the penalities for violation, ex-emptions, and voting rights. Toobtain a copy of the pamphlet callAmes ext. 5619.
Brochures AvnilnbleCopies of a brochure entitled
"Space Benefits - Safety" are a-vailable, by written request, fromthe Audio-Visual Facility, c/o Pu-
blic Affairs Office, Mail Stop2Ol-6.Indicate the number requested andgive name and mail stop.
Copies of three other publi-
cations, "Space Benefits, TodayandTomorrow;" "Space Shuttle;" and"Skylab" are still available andmay be obtained upon written re-
quest,
GOLF
The Pajaro Tournament heldJune 3 was an individual match play
against the courseplayed in 4 flights.The winners reported by co-chair-men Bill Gideon and Elmer Hampelwere:
First Flight-lst place, RubenRamos; 2nd place, Ed Stepnoski;3rd place, Owen Koontz; 4th placeJohn Hawkins; and closest-to-the-pin, Bill Gideon.
Second Flight-lst place, NormMartin; 2nd place. Jim Silver; 3rdplace, Steve Hing; 4thplaee, HowardMatthews; and closest-to-pin, Russ
Cravens.Third Flight-lst place, Don Davis
2nd place, Howard Garrison; 3rdplace, Clark White; 4th place, Tim
Bridges; and closest-to-pin, JackShapira. ¯
Fourth Flight-lst place, Bill Sut-ton; 2nd place. Edie Watson; 3rdplace, Yvonne Sheaffer; 4th place,Fred Wirth; and closest-to-pin,
Phyllis Strawbridge.The next regular tournamentwill
be at Sunol (Palm}.
"Thank You""My wife and 1 would like to
express our appreciation to all ofyou who attended my retirementluncheon. We also wish to thank youfor the wonderful gift and luncheon.
M. H. Ross"
Quick Copy Service Is Improved Again4_
The Quick Copy Service was established to:
Reduce copying costs at the Center.
Reduce time spent by Ames employeesreproducing their own work.
Provide an essential service for all.
The service has improved greatly in the past year and furtherimprovements have recently been made in our facilities. Inmost cases the turnaround time will be 24 hours or less. Weurge all employees to utilize this service whenever practicaland ask that the following limitations be observed:
i. g2.xim.~paper size is 8 1/2"x 14%
2. Maximu~ n~nber of copies is 20 of any number of originals.(Exception to this limitation requires justification)
3. No requests that infringe upon copyright or other copyingregulations will be accepted.
4. Contractor requests must be approved by the appropriatetechnical monitor.
To place an order, prepare in duplicate a Quick Copy WorkOrder (ARC 388) and submit it with the work to be copied a Quick Copy Service envelope (ARC 427) through the regularinternal mail system.
Policy OnOutside WANT ADS
EmploymentAmes employees are reminded of
the NASA policy and procedures re-garding outside employment as ap-proved by the Civil Service Com-mission.
"Outside Employment" meansany work, service, or other out-side activity performed by an em-
ployee other than in the performanceof his or her official duties. It in-eludes such activities as writing andediting, publishing, teaching, lec-turing, consulting services, self-employment, and other work or ser-vices, with or without compensa-tion.
Details of this regulation may befound in the Federal Personnel Man-ual, Chapter 735-2-3, and in NHB190O.IA, Standards of Conduct forNASA Employees issued October
1967.The Ames instructions require
ARC Farm 214, "Request for Ap-proval of Outside Employment,"must be flied with the Personnel
Office. For further information callMrs. Marquardt, ext. 5608, Bldg.241, Room 116
JOGGERNEWSNew Joggernaut officers are
Jerry Barrack, president; BruceCastle, vlce-president; and EllisWhiting, seere%ary-treasurer. PaulSebesta is still racing chairman.
Our bi-weekly Wednesday noon
race June 7 was a two mile handi-cap relay race with two runners oneach team. Jerry Barrack and FredLemos finished 20 seconds beforeae next team. Fred has improved
each week, thereby doing very wellin these races, in which the handi-cap is based on past performance.We wonder how long he can keepit up. David Cooper and Donn Kirkhad the best actual time, elevenminutes and 37 seconds.
Sunday, June 10, Vite D’Aloia
and Jim Woodruff ran the 10 mileWoodminster race over the steep,
but beautiful, hills above Oakland.~Phe handicap grouping, based on
age, let Vito start 5 minutes aheadof Jim. Jim tried to catch up, butVito pulled ahead and finished seven
minutes ahead of Jim.Anyone interested in our activ-
ities call Jerry Barrack, 5423.
?,~r ~ale-l;~er~or ~tldJ~g ,tc;ur ~anel.~, ~ram.~, and
