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MOON BOUND

Six days there and back-that's the flight plan

San Antonio, Texas. Mission: tho moon and back. Flight tima: six days. Remarks: "Not too bad a

journey after all!! THAT is the kind

can

of

of Journey can the pioneers ex-

*pect?

be pounded by some

invisible Tays which got through. They Dr Strughold's work, to date, may feel slightly sick. But Dr suggests IT MAY NOT BE Ritler doubts that any, per- NEARLY AS BAD AS WAB manent damage will result. FEARED.

I sat in * "moon tank" "As seientists,” he says, "wo -3 narrow, Instrument-filled with just enough

are now able to forecast quite cabla

Bess,"

a few things about the first trip room for two men to change nutshell report we but for others we must await from sitting to a prone positione If men are flung through space expect from the be pilots' own reports."

Two big unknowns he will in such cramped quarters night captain of the first U.S. not call them dangers are the they not go mad?. Apollo moonship when effect of prolonged weightless-

arid intense radiation FOR A MONTH he steps

triumphantly from outer space, on the human down to Mother Earth To study these better, Ameri- after a half-million-mile en is preparing 10 huri Chim- panzees into orbit and leave round trip through them circling for 14 days.

space.

Or so the "fother" of spoce medicine belloves.

He is Dr Hubertus Strughold, now director of all U.S. Alr Force research into the medical aspects of space flight,

I desk is dominated by a huge picture of the moan. Right now he is arranging for three astronauts to return safely fram behind it.

body.

Dr Strughold says of "weight- lessness" the sensation of float- ing free of gravity: "Before Yuri Gagarin and Alan Shepard went up, I was of the opinion that it would not affect them.

'SANDWICH'

be

"I still think a man will able to stand many hours of it. But it may upset him Internally When New in here from today we just do not know."

More is known about radia Washington I found Dr Sirug- hold working in 95 degrees tion. Two belts of it lio across of Taxon heat surrounded by man's path to the moon. They moon tanks, space cabin simula- call for a protective "sandwich" tors. Berlimatisation chambers, ot water and lead under the human treadmills, mice waiting moonship's skin. But the expert to go into space, monkeys just here. Dr Oskar Ritter, hds cal- back and some of the finest culated that to proteçi a crew medical specialists in America, against all radiation, some 20,000

This bone,

astronauts, tons of shielding would be need- become a stepping ed. may well stune to the muou. What kind

for

No rocket designer alive would agree to that. So for about three hours the astronauta' bodies will

PART TWO

by Peter Fairley

THE "fother" of space medicino, Dr Hubertus shows Strughold (right)

"moon Peter Fairley a under

tank"

which the problems of space flight are studied.

Others on the cabin walls with be available for holding "handy" tools. Electric lights will bright- en the cabin, for without a co- couning atmosphere little 'sun- light will be "caught,”

SUNGLASSES

Dr Strughold, with p hale in the reina of, his right eye from

·Boyhood scrutiny of an eclipto, wa, AF! "Sunglasses must be worn. Tho Buil

will be too strong to look at for long, and we are designing a new typo ut lenses which the public may enjoy latur. Apart from this, everything wili appear black pulside. It may be a good idea, to raise morale, to sled bisch porthole its own personal blue aky,!"

Sounds do not carry in space. If two meteors collido a fow feet from their ship, the, stew will hear nothing.

Weirdi

'THE WONDER'

"No, only a part of the wonder of it all," said Dr Strughidid, “It really will be. an overwhelming experience for, more so than Gagarin's.

"In fact, the crew still nee training so that they are not overcome by emotions. Just think-for the first time in human his- tory, contact will have been made with another planet." And in the eyes of the man who must stay behind, there was honest green

"This problem of Isolation and confinement turns out to have been exaggerated," Dr Strughold renssures. "We have had two Rets of volunteers in there for a month, cut oft from the out- side world except for radio, and and 1,200 tasks a day to per- they have come out in very good form-operating lights, switches, shape indeed. Besides, a moon- radar, morse buzzer and taking ship crew will have port-holes various evasive actions. to look through."

do better This, he says, will be the prit presents a challenge. Batronaut's view: "It will be an "I there is too little to do, you exotic visual contact. He will get to day-dreaming wildly, as soc incredible sights, which will we did.” stimulate him. The earth will Dr Strughold, however, thinks look like an Illuminated globe, pioneer crews should be given two hours of sleep a day-away blush green with multi-coloured "optional" anti-boredom duties. from the stress of civilisation.

"Sucb clouds. He may even catch" "a

finding, f confirmed, envy. the sun in the reflection

would be of tremendous medical Atlantic. The moon will appear

Importance." rather dingy. Its soll absorba 20 per cent of the light.".

Later talked to Technical Wallara Henderson Sergeant who spent 17 days in a "mobil tank".

Exercise is a. MUST.

"Affer two days," he said, "it will become vital to start space gymnasties to prevent the fu cles from weakening, and lo create a sleep need. There will not be room to walk around, so we are designing hand and foor exerctic springs to tug on.

How will the crew sicepr His only complainta? He lost

"With eyes shut,” he said, "the appetite 'after 92 hours and hád

Bds are not affected by gravity, too inue to do.

"Nowadays," hc hold "we Our experiments bere suggest give the volunteers between 20 that they will need as ille ns

Each lunarnout will need 2,600 or 2,800 calories of food, two litres of water and 380 of oxygen per day.

"For a six day trip," he added, Veverything can be taken from squeeze bitles. Hat Home meals will probably be Heated, to keep up morale.”

Magnels on the boots will ald movement in the moonship.

--(London Express Service),

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NEW YORK NEWSLETTER

Now another golden boy goes for a big job

New York. HURRY scurry, helter skelter Boy Scheftel is running for that plump purple plum of a politica! office-Mayor of New York.

Boy's real name is Stuart Scheitel but the world knows. and loves him as just plain Boy -although he is 30.

Actress wife

Boy was

job..

scratched from the Derby this falia to collect that number he year,

automatically falls out of the at Christ Church, ruce. Oxford, with that brilliant and He is running on the Liberal- loquacious group of young men ticket and there are only 73,000 who have become a legend for Liberais registered in New York their learning and their laughter City. -the present Lord Camrose. Lord Birkenhead and the late Lord Dufferin.

'Read golf'

Boy told

me

He has a team of 50 work

ers, including his lovely Geraldine, the widow of La Guardin, New York's greatest mayor, and Buzy Parker.

with great Boy has the king of brain as modesty that he read golf whe big ideas, this city needs. Ho up at Oxford. He knew

hi wants to break Tammany Hall. onions, for he was the Brst and He has a full plan for fighting pply American to win the juvenile delinquency by dhon Brilish Boys Championship. In ing 1,000 youth centres at night In schools and stored-a-kind ot golfa

shock movement to get the street gangs and teenage heralit ad

lets off the sidewalks.

Boy cares vor deeply about England and the English had it's a sorry thing that in many He has two English, god friends there cannot for once children and they are bath interfere in the internal politica named Harried. One is the of another country, fat he needs daughter of Lady every vote that can be wrung Berry and one the daughter from the living,

Pamela

Boy knows his siuff. H tion for under-privileged youth. president or the largest institu- He understands the problems f lló young growing up in a city Boy dromes in London and a which more violent than the joy it is to see English elegance jungle. In the midst of all the Wash- summer dults for men. - and-wear, New York

Box is married to the beauti- of Aldan Crawley. ful Trish actress, Geraldine Fitz- gerald, He is a bit of a golden boy--but that an we all know suits the times.

What with the Kennedys, the Rockefellero, the Dilip and the Harriman, sitting. In the

Boy tells me that his greatest seals of the mighty, it would remy, in his blayerally cam- sient that this 'the golden plan is the sun. It may be hour for the golden boy. It has days is 97

ffaunistig. The tempířature Leccine, for the first lane in the History of this democracy, politi cally propitious to be rolling in riches.

Bay is not, like the Untied Statos President and the Governor of New York, from

NO ROOM

AT THE TOP

Nhi

ther dracing durinEW YORKENS, pie dó- wave is tough going

“fighting" in - 'à', quaint little story about the Kon- nedy brothers.

His plan

2

YOUNG MAN WINSTON

SCORES A NOTABLE SOCIAL SUCCESS

A

of

so he will have a fina time riding the solito surf_fge the first timin.

YOUNG Englishman with

grent love of going down to the sea in sailing ships has taken the sanside resort Newport by something'akin to a tidal wave.

This Englishman had an American

called great grand - mather. She was

high up #beauty

Maritimes.

and her 'noms was Mies Jerome, Now her great. grandson is growing to love this country and to visit it each year.

Hi name 10 Winston Churchl. Like his father Randolph, who War canal. dered the handsomeat young man' of his time. Winston la Bombarded With invitations, from all the joillest housek on the Eastern gesboard.

SAILING

He has been staying tri Newport and han, had some fins days of walling. This your he has not taken a jab in New York, he ju simply having fun on his long vs.

Hayward, želje me that they ị

Many years ago, perhaps mine or 10, be did something which i shall never forget. With a band of ghildren We playing the Game Säävanger Hunting

Alp

War

the

'ORIGINAL'

of

Eagh child had a list things to coavanga: for, feather, a coloured stone, six flowers, and finally. Fesme. thing original, they sams pered off infn the vibuḥtalni whipping summer wariation. After half an hour, they all came Barkmalla thak is: examps · liftia Winetan. Tan minutes went by, Hill ne Winetan..

Auddenly we looked up and coming down the mouni bain was an extrautdinary algfik Linie Winstan... yell Iha. "Something original something gelainüi"!

And waving hia, apme wildly above. hie: hata ha are going out to the West - wen (delving towards us:** Zegant

Recently," "a big ... magazine the richest familles in the coun Nobody Wants to come to the dubbed Bobby Rethedy as “the japaket door. It is, a time for closed. No. 2 man in Washington. The But he has made a sturdy, Valiutterk, fane and ice packs next day the Attorney-Gotofap. fortuma With Isle Brother

His mother, Mew Celaria New Yorkers, who ate not called at the White House, and "Bruzzle" in such fairs as New wealthy enough to own air con the President procéeden to lenss York real epjåle, and bowling culonara, often go to pieces in. His brother, abuus the artjeid; j*** alloys for Billeln.

Bobby was a little ankortá¥Áæð the heal, and affices often allow Boy comes to England stiut their staff to go home ki linch- and tried to change the tpur me kyqár. He là dht of 'ilme when humidity and hon varsation. Suddenly, the Proti the mort popular mumber of 'kizike together curious habit dahil hd, "Well, fiqbly, if you Ducks Clubs and hope that museer the visiting English, ary the No. 1 man, there is only ruce-horse'a în ́· Ireland called, hoy: Hal Gmtil" AUKI, O'rone ways you can move now Prince Of the Tutore which woA, CHOYANT,- 3,00d" palillons: 32 he down.".

for. 10, sayawfirst toy herd of about 120 mountain' ` -Aan Francisco and then on to A ... goate with the skift” MOE .:Beverley Hil 29 de Mar suhning selil

Winston has never been to

the wastern part of Antiribų.

He won