TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1950
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE. KANSAS
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Scientist Says Moon Trip May Take Only Nine Hours
Lincoln, Neb.—(U.P.)—Some day about 50 years from now, a space ship may make the 240,000-mile trip to the moon, and return to the earth within 24 hours.
That is the belief of J. P. Colbert, professor of civil engineering at the University of Nebraska. He is confident science will solve the problem of fueling a giant rocket ship for the expedition by about the year 2000.
According to Mr. Colbert's predictions, the ship will take off at an almost perpendicular angle and hurtle through the air at the necessary seven-miles-per-second "e s c a p e speed." Once the plane is clear of the air surrounding the earth, he said, its rockets can be cut off and it can coast through space a large part of the time.
He estimated the journey will take about nine hours.
The aircraft will have to land stern-first, Mr. Colbert said, using its rockets to break the impact of the landing.
The arrival on the moon will be timed for the "dawn line", just as that planet's 336-hour "day" is beginning, Mr. Colbert said. The temperature there reaches hotter-than-boiling point of 214 degrees when the sun is directly overhead, he noted, and the two-weeks-long "nights" get as cold as 215 degrees below
zero. Therefore men must plan to arrive at the most temperate time, he explained.
The takeoff from the moon will be far easier, he said, since its gravity is only one-sixth as strong as the earth's.
Astronomers believe men can remain safely on the moon one or two hours before beginning the return voyage, Mr. Colbert said.
Unmanned, guided missiles undoubtedly will be used on test flights before a staffed expedition tries it, he said. If these rockets were filled with an explosive, colorful substance to spatter the surrounding area, the landing could be seen by strong telescopes on earth, he thinks.
Mr. Colbert said it is reasonable to assume the last half of the century will see development of the fuel needed for the trip.
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"Look what we've done in the first half." he said. "If anyone had tried to describe television or radio or jet planes in 1900, people would have thought he was crazy."
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Paris And Austria Included In Tours
Summer trips to Europe for students and teachers are being offered by the Laborde Travel service under sponsorship of the Co-operative Bureau for Teachers.
These tours, which begin in price at $550, include transportation to and from Europe, a summer session at a European university, and accommodations, and sightseeing trips.
Pullman. Wash. —(U.P.)—Rho Nu, women's nursing honorary at Washington State college, has a new masculine touch. Elwyn Chapell, Spokane, and Frederick Dean, Tacoma, are taking a special course for men nurses and qualified for initiation in the honorary.
Most of the planned trips center around the International Summer school conducted by the University of Innsbruck and the Austrian League of the United Nations at Mayhoreau, Austria. Other tours will go to Paris and the University of Caen in Normandy.
The Men Can Get In, Too
Folders about these trips may be obtained in the dean of Women's office. 220 Strong hall.
"Mathematical Computers," an article written by Dennis Willard, engineering senior, in the January issue of Kansas Engineer obtained him an interview with representatives of a large New York firm.
Student Earns Notice By Article
F. S. Nicklas and J. J. Kenney, the first representatives of International Business Machines corporation to visit the University, interviewed engineering seniors and graduates for job placements Feb. 24
They noticed the outstanding article in the engineering magazine and arranged for an interview with the engineering senior.
Frankfurt, Germany, —(U.P.)-The U.S. army has told G.L.'s to spruce up their table manners. It said two enlisted men already have been court-martialled for refusing to pass the ketchup to a sergeant.
Cpl. Edgar L. Arthur, a native of McGill, Nev., and Pfc. Salvatore Giordano of Rochester, N. Y., were demoted to the grade of recruit for their breach of etiquette at the dinner table.
The corporation, designers of complex computers used in atomic and supernous research, is interested in engineer seniors and graduates for indoctrination, sales, and research in their corporation.
Army Tightens Up On Table Manners
They also were restricted to their company area for 30 days and fined $50 each, the army said.
Sgt. Howard F. Lovell had asked Arthur and Giordano to pass the ketchup in the mess hall. Witnesses testified that the two enlisted men used it first, then told Lovell to "come and get it himself."
13,000 Spark Plugs Keep 90 Persons Busy Repairing Them For The Air Force
Warner Robins, Ga.—(U.P.)—A few spark plugs are all right their place, but 13,000 spark plugs, every day, is too many.
If you are ever in this part of the country,ask W. C. G.
Then run.
Ask him how many words can be made out of the letters in "spark plug." Ask him how heavy they are, how they feel, and what he thinks of them. Then run.
There is, for instance, a machine for gaping all four electrodes of an aircraft machine at once. That is good. A hand "gaper" can only do
He increased his staff to 90 workers, conferred with military authorities and even invented machines to help fix his 13,000 spark plugs.
That is, you should run if you don't want to get tapped on the head with a spark plug. There are 13,000 within his reach.
But then the air force decided to give him a little more business. In November the Warner Robins air material area here was designated the spark plug overhaul point for the air force east of the Mississippi.
"It wasn't too hard then," said Mr. Gilligan, "only had 3,000 a day.
"Ho hum," said Mr. Gilligan as 10,000 additional spark plugs began to roll in daily.
It started when Mr. Gilligan and a few others decided they would reprocess old spark plugs.
he country, ask W. G. Gilligan.
800 gap jobs a day. The machine does 2,000.
He has a labeling and dipping machine, which inserts the plug into a container, labels it and then dips it in wax to make the enclosure airtight. He has invented an automatic painting machine which can coat 7,200 plugs a day.
"The inventions are wonderful," Mr. Gilligan said, "but every morning when we come to work we still know there will be 13,000 more spark plugs to face us."
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K.U. Students Hauled Water
Cisterns filled with rain water from the roof of Fraser hall once served as the water supply for the University. The cisterns were located on the west side of Fraser, and water was hauled by bucket from the cisterns to other parts of the campus.
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