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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1950
Atomic-Powered Submarines Will Change Sea Warfare
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New York—(U.P.)The atomic-powered submarine of the future will be a wolf of the seas that can prowl at great distances after its prey rather than wait like a spider for a victim to approach.
Furthermore, the atomic submarine will operate at full speed under water, and will be able to cruise for an unlimited time without refueling.
Those are the predictions of K. A. Kesseler, of the Knolls atomic power laboratory, Schenectady, N. Y., in a report to the American society of mechanical engineers. The laboratory is now designing and later will construct a shipboard atomic power plant for the navy.
Kesslering said the atomic powered submarine also will cut down the necessity of building great numbers of submarines, because those with atomic engines can do the work of many of the conventional type, whose range is limited.
He said "This is extremely important in view of our marine fleet of 170, compared with the Russian of at least 350, and the average construction time of close to two years
per fleet-type submarine."
Kesslering estimates that the first United States atom-powered submarine will cost about $40,000,000. He said it will use an atomic reactor, or pile, operating at high temperatures to produce heat. The heat, in turn, will be transferred from the fuel to a liquid metal in a closed low-pressure system, and thence to a boiler where steam will be generated to drive steam turbines of standard type.
More facts from Kesslering on the atomic submarines of the future:
They will cruise completely submerged for periods limited only by the air requirements of the crew.
They may have lightweight power plants because the weight of atomic fuel for an extended cruise would be negligible.
Bridge Tournament Planned For Early In December
An all-University bridge tournament is being planned for early December under the joint sponsorship of the Four-No bridge club and the Y.M.C.A.
All persons planning to enter should contact the Y.M.C.A. office in the Union building as soon as possible. A trophy will be awarded to the winning team.
Even the heavy shielding needed around the atomic reactor to protect the crew against radiation might weigh less than the heavy fuel tanks and batteries in conventional submarines.
The atom subs would be more difficult to locate by enemy ships because they would have greater speed and operate more quietly than conventional U-boats.
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We Should Stoop So Low
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Tucson—(U.P.)—An anthropology professor at the University of Arizona believes the average man will shrink to a height of two feet in another million years.
Dr. Bertram Kraus, assistant professor of anthropology, said the human face is already diminishing in size and modern man is losing his little toes and third molars. Future generations, he said, may not have either.
The human race, Dr. Kraus added,
definitely evolved from animal life.
The common ancestor of man and the anthropoid ape has been found," he explained. "These apes lived about 60,000,000 years ago. In other words, man has taken 60,000,000 years to become a man."
But Dr. Kraus added that "whether he has succeeded is a matter of judgment of the individual."
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