Destination: The Moon!
(Continued from page 1)
(Continued from page 1)
and fly the LEM to a gentle touch-down on the moon's vast,
arid Sea of Tranquility at 4:19 p.m. EDT.
After several hours of observation, Armstrong, 38-year-old civilian commander of the mission, is set to crawl first through a 32-inch square hatchway, ease slowly down a nineinch ladder and set the first foot on the dark, sandy surface at 2:21 EDT Monday.
Aldrin, a 39-year-old Air Force colonel, will follow and for two hours and 40 minutes the astronauts will explore the lunar surface, implant the American flag, set up a remote geophysical station and collect 130 pounds of some of the most valuable rocks man will ever have.
After spending nearly 22 hours on the lunar surface, the astronauts will take off on the 3,500-pound push of "Eagles"-lone ascent engine and fly to a rendezvous with Collins and the mothership "Columbia" in lunar orbit
The three pilots are scheduled to blast out of the moon's gravitational grasp shortly after midnight July 22 and return to a Pacific Ocean splashdown at 12:51 p.m., July 24.
President Nixon will be aboard the recovery ship to greet them, but the moon pilots will have to wait out a three-week quarantine period before receiving the world's acclaim.
Before launch, Armstrong gave his mission about an 80 per cent chance of total success—meaning a landing on the moon and a return to earth. He said the chances the pilots would come back safely were "far greater than that."
But the mission was the riskiest yet attempted by the United States and the flight commander said fear was not an emotion unknown to him and his colleagues.
The launch of Apollo 11 was the high point of the U.S. space program that has cost $24 billion, taken eight years, and lost three lives. Three astronauts training for the first Apollo flight were killed when a fire swept their spacecraft during a ground test at Cape Kennedy Jan. 27, 1967.
Unlike Christopher Columbus and his benefactor, Queen Isabella, no one had to hock their jewels, exactly, to get the three
Apollo astronauts launched to the new world of the moon, but the Apollo program price tag has incurred the wrath of critics.
The immediate payoff for America will be about 130 pounds of rock and dust that the astronauts will bring back with them.
By analyzing these samples, however, scientists hope to find clues to the origin of earth and its solar system, and perhaps even evidence of how life began.
Wernher Von Braun, the German rocket genius who engineered the uncannily accurate Saturn 5, has a pat answer for critics who question whether the barren moon is worth exploring. He quotes from the 19th century English chemist and physicist, Michael Faraday, who answered such questions with another one: "What is the purpose of a newborn child. We find out in time."
Much of the nation and the rest of the world came to a standstill when Apollo 11's mighty Saturn 5 booster rocket blazed into life with a roar that heralded a new era for mankind.
A record million persons jammed the beaches and resorts surrounding Cape Kennedy to watch the launch, and many seemingly had a hard time believing what they saw.
President Nixon, who told the astronauts before their launch that their flight would "lift the spirits of the American people and the whole world," ordered government offices closed next Monday.
Armstrong and Aldrin are scheduled to walk on the moon's surface early that morning.
While stopping short of declaring a national holiday, the President asked Americans to spend the day concentrating in "a national day of participation."
"I also urge private employers to make appropriate arrangements so that as many of our citizens as possible will be able to share in the significant events of that day. So, finally, I call upon all of our people, on that historic day, to join in prayer for the successful conclusion of Apollo 11's mission and the safe return of its crew.
"As the astronauts go where man has never gone; as they attempt what man has never tried,
Regents change disciplinary policy
TOPEKA (UPI)—An amended resolution calling for the "immediate suspension" of any state college or university employee or student who "endangers the safety of persons or property" was approved Monday by the Kansas Board of Regents.
ted a revised resolution which addressed itself to the constitutional rights of the suspended person.
we on earth will want, as one people, to be with them in spirit; to share the glory and the wonder, and to support them with prayers that all will go well."
A similar resolution was adopted by the regents June 26, saying the suspension would remain in effect "pending such procedural steps as may be required under the rules and regulations of the state institution and the laws of the state of Kansas."
8 KANSAN
Monday's action after Atty. Gen, Kent Frizzell submit-
Jly.18
1969
Chester Southernland, an Easley, S.C., textile mill supervisor tried to bring home the importance of the event to his 21st year old son.
The University of Kansas "junior year at Bonn" is one of 23 American academic programs now accredited by German Universities.
Junior year abroad
"There it goes. Look Ben.
There goes a rocket to the moon!"
It was subject to Frizzell's approval.
The KU program, established in the early 1960's, enables KU undergraduates to spend their third or fourth year at the University of Bonn, in the capital city of West German. The credits earned at Bonn apply towards the KU degree.
Kansas also offers a "year abroad" program at the University of Bordeaux in France. This is in cooperation with the University of Colorado.
- Immediately adjacent to campus
Mark A. Williard, Atlanta senior, has been awarded a $500 Ross H. Forney Scholarship in the University of Kansas School of Engineering.
Forney Scholarship
JAYHAWKER TOWERS Apartments
Williard has a cumulative grade point average of 2.54. He has been on the Dean's honor roll and is a member of Tau Beta Pi, honorary engineering fraternity.
- Swimming pool—club rooms
- Now renting 2-bedroom furnished apartments. All utilities included in rent.
- Air-conditioned
- Off-street parking
Elevators
The scholarship is from an endowment created by Mr. Forney, a 1912 KU alumnus in mechanical engineering and the retired president of the Forney Engineering Company of Dallas, Tex.
Convenient Location, a Time and Money Saver. Lawrence's Finest Apartment Complex
Inspection Invited
1603 W. 15th Tel. VI 3-4993
BIT DEAL
BIRMINGHAM, England (UPI) —Thomas Morris, a 68-year-old retired maintenance man, has been informed his old age pension will be boosted—by a penny a week.
A letter from his former employer added the increase would be "subject, of course, to a deduction of income tax, if appropriate."
EVERYONE SAYS
Everything in the Pet Field
And Free Parking At
Grants Drive-In Pet Center
Experienced
Dependable
Personal service
1218 Conn., Law. Pet Ph. VI 3-2921
JAYHAWKER TOWERS Apartments
- Immediately adjacent to campus.
- Now renting 2-bedroom furnished apartments.
All utilities included in rent.
- Convenient Location, a Time and Money Saver.
Lawrence's Finest Apartment Complex
Inspection 1603 W. 15th
Invited Tel. VI 3-4993
Patronize Kansan Advertisers
Head For Henry's For A
Stop by for lunch, dinner, snack or anytime for a delight you will never forget.
HOME OF INSTANT SERVICE & QUALITY
6th & Missouri
VI3-2139
Serving KU Students for 60 Years. LAWRENCE
launderers and dry cleaners
1029 NEW HAMP.
VI3-3711
"Prompt Pickup & delivery to All Living Groups"