NASA EP.National Aeronautics and Space Administration., 1961 |
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Page 131 - The skills and techniques developed to that point were dramatically employed in November 1963 when Relay I handled 11 TV spot newscasts, 8 between the United States and Europe and 3 to Japan, in just 3 days at the time of President Kennedy's assassination. All the useful passes of the satellite were made available to permit immediate coverage of the tragic events.
Page 8 - ... sentiments on the subject. Perhaps conclusions from the analogy of things may be exceedingly different from truth; but ... seeing that our Earth is inhabited and comparing the Moon with this planet : finding that in such a satellite there is a provision of light and heat: also, in all appearance, a soil proper for habitation fully as good as ours, if not perhaps better who can say that it is not extremely probable, nay beyond doubt, that there must be inhabitants on the Moon of some kind or another.
Page 131 - ... capability. One of the most recent and widely known uses of communication satellites was the international TV coverage of the Olympics from Japan in October 1964. TV programs were transmitted not only to the United States but also to Europe. The European transmission marked the first time that two satellites had been employed in tandem for TV purposes. The programs were transmitted from Japan to the United States via Syncom III over the Pacific and some were retransmitted via Relay I over the...
Page 132 - ... Similarly, on May 28, 1963, a fetal electrocardiogram was transmitted from Mount Sinai Hospital in Milwaukee to obstetricians in Paris, and a circuit provided two-way consultation. Most recently an international televised explanation of a new and radical medical procedure, hyperbaric pressurization, was carried on November 6, 1963, from the Royal College of Surgeons in England to the American Society of Anesthesiologists in convention at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. International consultation,...
Page 131 - Astronaut Cooper, and this conclusion was reflected by return relaying of European reactions to the flight. The peoples of Europe saw the American hospitality extended to the Russian cosmonauts and to the Mona Lisa. The American people, in turn, saw the reception given to President Kennedy during his European tour. Prompt coverage of the last days of Pope John XXIII, his death and funeral, and the election and coronation of his successor, was of interest to many people. It may thus be said that even...