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Hagen Explains
Satellite Delay

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21-pound sphere to be fired into
space next spring.
Scientists explained that the
Vanguard rocket was specifi-
cally designed to carry the nee
esSary Instrumentation into a
permanent orbit aloft, while
the Jupiter is primarily a mill
tary missile with an entirely
different purpose.
He indicated, however, that
design requirements in the We
hicle itself were also high on
the list of Project Vanguard
considerations.
DR.. Hagen was aske d
whether, had we had the Ju-
piter-C earlier, would we have
had a satellite earlier?"
IF that vehicle had been
available at the start of Project
Vanguard back in September,
1855, we might very well have
had one up before the Rus
slams" DR.. Hagen said.
! No Data From Soviet
DR.. Hagen expressed dissat-
isfaction over the failure OF
Soviet scientists to forward
Sputnik information to the In
ternational Geophysical Years
clearing house at Brussels. as
required by ICY agreements.
If we had been doing it,
DR.. Hagen said, 1--WE would have
ha dsome sort of a report into
Brussels by now"
DR.. Hagen was asked to CON-
ment on the continuing furol
over the Russians using a dos
in Sputnik experiments. He
said that if satellite work con-
tinues in this country, "suct
experiments would go on here
too"
"All this looks forward tt
the day when a man will be put
into a satellite" he added.
This being the case, DR.
Hagen said he would be more
in sympathy with the Russian
, scientists than with the dos
lovers of the world provided
! that the returns of the expert
. ment are commensurate with
, the price paid"
Tough Problems Ahead
Discussing the eventual pos
sibility of shooting man int
J space, DR.. Hagen, pointed ou
that many tough ethical ant
technical considerations woult
! have to be met.
"A man just isn't eXpend
able" DR.. Hagen said. IN,
matter what your morals or re
ligion may be, you can't eXpenC
; a man. He must be returnable
THE best way to return tn,
man in his container is to pu
wings on it and let it coas
down-let the man control tn
speed with which is re-enter
the atmosphere.
This presupposes a vehicl,
at least the size of a small air
plane-say 80 or 40 feet il
length. This would be a We
hicle of considerable weight.
: 1T also implies a tremendous
: rocket power and thrust fal
exceeding rockets we know to-
) day"
DR.. Hagen said that ever
I though the rocket would b'
; tremendous, it probably woulC
not have to wait for The per,
: lection of nuclear propulsion
but in all likelihood could b,
, done with chemical fuels.
Supports Studies
The Vanguard scientist ex
pressed the belief that, al
. though space travel is not "jus
around the corner" it woult
be we'll for the Government t,
conduct studies leading to al
: eventual project to put a mai
] into space.
! DR.. Hagen said there are n
r plans to put an animal into on
q Of the four Vanguard rocket
scheduled for firing next veal
4 Asked if he thought a do
: might be put in the Army
: Jupiter-C rocket. DR.. Hage,
. said:
No, I doubt it. And If the
, did put an animal UP there,
: would not be a dog. I under
: stand that physiologically a ra
is a lot closer to a human tina
dog is, and money is eve
G closer"