IVEMBER 5. 1957
TUESDAY,• N
Say New Power Source
loped to Propel Sputnik 11
Red
Dev
WASHIN I
—A Rtissian
TON, Nov. 4 (IP)
dentist disclosed
new sources of
e developed to
II and its canine
o an orbit around
tonight that)
power w e
shoot Sputni
passenger in
the' earth_
A Moscow
ed "academici
dio broadcast quot
n Diku.shire' on the
. instruments used
satellite aloft but
new power a
to get the bi
gave no detai
A Polish scie
zko, rejected t
propulsion in
the rocket ca
by a fusion—i
of borax and
Mist, Olgierd Wolc-
Le theory of nuclear
favor of one that
rier was powered
heraical burning—
I ydrogen.
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He estimat-d this would pro
duce twice t6e power of other
known rocke fuels. He added
in Warsaw 2 at uranium piles
are still too .ig and heavy for
use in a roc. et.
In Washin: •n tonight, a Proj
ect Vanguar. astronomer said
Sputnik ll's o. bit carries it closer
to the earth a an Sputnik L He
said it is ther:fore likely that the
new satellite Fill plunge to earth
sooner than' e original one. He
estimated Sp tnik I will fall
about-the end of-January.
The government scientist, who
asked not to be quoted by name,
said his latest calculations put
Sputnik II in a "highly-eccentric"
orb i t ranging from 1057 miles
froni earth at its .farthest point
down to 103 milei at the nearest.
Russia's successful launching of
a second satellite—a 1120 pounder
Russians Quit
UN Arms Talks
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., Nov.'
4 Rl—The Soviet Union announ
-ced today its withdrawal from all
disarmament negotiations being,
carried out under present U.N.I
machinery.
Soviet Dep. Foreign Minister
Vasily V. Kuznetsov made the an-1
notineement to the U.N.'s 82-na-.
tion, Political Committee toward
the end of three weeks of-disar
mament debate.
U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot
Lodge expressed hope before the
committee that the Russians were
voicing "just a passing thought,
and wiser counsels will prevaiL"
He added: "We do not belieire
that any nation wishes to stand
for all future time before the
world and all recorded history as
the nation which broke up human
ity's efforts to achieve a disar
mament agreement"
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Balfurd's
circling the globe every 103.7 min
utes with a live dog aboard
raised these big questions in many
countries:
•Is the moon the next Soviet
objective?
•What will the United States
do to recapture some of the sci
entific prestige Russia has hoisted
on its powerful rockets?
*Will the dog, a female called
Laika (Little Barker) get back-to
;earth alive?
There were no positive answers
to these and many other questions
evoked by the newest conquest of
space, but speculation filled the
minds of scientists and statesmen
everywhere.
The White House, in a terse
statement, said President Eisen
hower and his science and secur
ity advisers are carefully analyz
ing the significance of Russia's
new accomplishment.
Soviet plantetarium officials in
Moscow suggested the dog aboard
Sputnik II may be parachuted
back to earth -in an air-condi
tioned container for scientific
study. One rocket expert implied,
.however, that the dog would die
iin het harness within the satel
lite.
Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer
of planet Pluto. believes it is
possible that the Russians al
ready have fixed a rocket at the
moon, planning for a hit on
" Nov. 7, the 40th anniversary of
the Russian Revolution. The
moon is about 235.000 miles
away.
"They would have to start sev
eral days ahead of impact to tray-
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el by the most economical meth
od," Tombaugh said at Las Cru-,
ces," N.M. "If, therefore, they in
tend to land on the moon at or
near the time of the lunar eclipse'
of Nov. 7 they may already havei
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Ivan Alexanderson, director of I
Moscow radio's English language ;
news division, said the Russians
olan to launch a moon rocket;
"soon." In a telephone conversa-:
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Alexanderson said the chief pur
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Dr. Fred L. Whipple, the direc•
tar, said the Russians would ')
need about 40 per cent- more
power than went into Sputnik
II to send the rocket to the
moon. :/
Dr. Whipple suggested an atom-' ' ?
is bomb would be the best wayl,
to mark a hit on the moon's sur-;1
face.
Meanwhile the new Soviet satel-;/,
lite launched Saturday night con 4
tinued on its historic course at anit
estimated speed of 17,840 rn.p.h.l/
It was in an orbit that reached
more than 1000 miles out in space)
at its farthest point.
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