Apollo 12 A-OK
(Continued from page 1) gave the space pilots a topsy-turvy work schedule on their outward journey to get them in shape for their work on the lunar surface.
Conrad and Bean land the lunar module Intrepid on the moon's arid Ocean of Storms at 12:53 a.m. CST Wednesday, while Gordon keeps the command ship Yankee Clipper in moon orbit.
The moon explorers, during their 32-hour stay on the lunar surface, will be doing most of their work in what normally would be nighttime in their time zones on earth. Their sleep periods fall during earth daylight periods.
The astronauts flashed dramatic color television shots back to earth Saturday showing the way they performed the key course-changing maneuver. It was the first time a major engine firing had been televised live from a manned spaceflight.
During the maneuver Conrad, spacecraft commander, mounted the camera so it showed the instrument panel while he and his companions rocketed away from their "free return" route.
This route, which all former astronauts have taken to the moon, enables the astronauts to loop around the moon and return to earth, even if their spaceship's rocket engine does not work.
Apollo 12 left this course because the pilots are shooting for a pinpoint landing on the moon's Ocean of Storms. Now they are dependent upon their rocket engines working again if they are to get home.
The 8.8 second engine burn went off perfectly. Engineers are confident the rocket will work again to put Apollo 12 into lunar
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orbit, and later to head the spaceship back toward earth.
Conrad and his fellow astronauts slept most of Saturday, after putting in a 22-hour work day on the first day of their 10-day mission. They awakened at 2:17 p.m. CST after about 12 hours sleep and seemed well rested and in good spirits. At 3:39 p.m. CST they passed the half-way mile to the moon.
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Ground control ushered in the crew's second day in space by relaying the latest football scores and reading the pilots selected news items, particularly those dealing with the flight.
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Their mission has gone like clockwork since the first harrowing minutes of the launch when their spacecraft lost its electrical power supply while climbing through a rainstorm.
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In Washington, space agency chief Thomas O. Paine said in a television interview, Meet the Press-NBC, what caused the power loss was still a mystery. He refused to rule out a bolt of lightning striking the craft, but leaned toward the idea a burst of static electricity overloaded the Apollo electrical system.
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Paine said launch technicians made the proper decision in proceeding with the launch despite storm clouds over Cape Kennedy.
UPI Telephoto Apollo 12 gets off
Black university denied
Chancellor E. Laurence Chalmers Jr. said Friday that the University hoped to meet the legitimate needs of the black students, but it would not establish a separate university for black people.
Chalmers made the statement after a meeting with representatives of the Black Student Union (BSU). During the meeting the Chancellor gave his response to a list of demands presented to him during a meeting with the BSU Oct. 31.
His reply, a five page letter addressed to Darryl Bright, Maywood, ill. senior and president of the BSU, is now being studied by the BSU executive committee. Bright refused to comment on the letter.
Chalmers said he "could not legally accept proposals that would create a separate hierarchical organization for black students within the University."
The list of demands called for the creation and funding of the offices of dean of black students and dean of black student affairs, the establishment of an Afro-American Institute of Research and Community development and the construction of Malcolm X Hall to house the Institute.
He proposed the addition of staff and faculty members such as assistant deans, whose jobs would be to concern themselves with the problems of black students. These jobs would be within
KU's present administrative and faculty organizations, he added.
Another KU effort to meet the needs of black students, Chalmers said, might include the expansion of the black studies program. The program, this semester, is composed of 10 courses. The expansion of the program would be in line with the demand for the creation of the Afro-American Institute.
Concerning the demand for the construction of Malcom X Hall, Chalmers repeated his contention that this request would have to be fitted into the University's overall need for space. He said he believed that $100 million would be needed for construction within the next 10 years just to keep up with increasing enrollment and added needs for teaching and research facilities.