European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1962, Darmstadt, Hesse Uby Charles b. Eng Euce us staff writer. Land on the More important get Back re Jjon the trip said thais because you photograph through less of the atmospheric muck Fiat surrounds the Earth. And of course the Majier you go the clearer the naturally even the Best photographs they Are taken of a surface which appear Flat won t show Ahu Udes. But the Moon very conveniently nods its head up or Down or sideways from time to time More precisely once every 27 Days 8 hours. By taking photographs during this yes and no period As Merrill Calls it you get pictures of the a me area of the Moon from two different angles. It is hoped that these pictures will enable scientists to work out altitudes. Merrill s precious plates were exposed at four different observatories around the world including an Observatory in in Donesia which Merrill Calls one of the i finest in the world and most important almost Idle because of a Lack of trainedpersonnel.1 the nem. Step in Merrill s program is to put enlarged prints on what he Calls a astronomical measuring machine which is capable it is hoped of making precise measurements of altitudes As shown on the Een this machine is not super human. It too must have a Point of reference. So the cagy scientists have. Evolved a system. There Are in existence photographs of Star Fields whose measure ments Are known although naturally in the billions and billions of Miles. Thesephotograph1 Are superimposed on photo graphs of the Moon and by reducing the. Measurements to a common denominator an initial Point of reference can be obtained. This then is the Point of departure for the astronomical measuring machine. Merrill s program is sponsored by . Corps of army engineers. It is termed a Pilot program because depending on its Success a decision will be Mada whether to proceed with the next step or Steps. These Imol cd taking additional photos of the Moon from a balloon possibly 80,000 feet in the air and eventually photo graphs taken from a satellite circling the reason for the additional work is that the Best Merrill can Hope for from his program is to make a topographical " map of the Moon Good to about 50 the additional stages if they should be considered worthwhile would allow More precise measurements perhaps measuring Hills to within 10 meters of their actual problems of photographing the Moon from balloons and satellites however Are formidable ones and those projects will not be undertaken unless there is some indication of Success from the present project. Of a t u r e negatives of Moon surface checked on Lightbod for use in map pro feel. Is set in / he ii we Jav --4 a be Aiji a 4%km4"s jets so acc Ifasi so a. T Rof Merrill studies Moon surface for photos. V " ". I \ a i i. Dellb
