European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1966, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes March 1966 wiring Cliant for gemini 9 another space Tumble labelled Remote March 28 Ficini officials Here Label As Remote the possibility a thus scr might in wild on a future spacecraft As one did on gemini flipping its two astronauts in tumbling Dan they want firm Assurance it will not happen again before they Commil an other team of gemini spacemen to Nruh eve itally fur a space the Case on lie mini offi a Short circuit in the spacecraft wiring sent a stray signal for the 8 Man Euver ing Jet in for nearly an astronauts Neil Arm Strong and David Scott not fully control the it could have happened at any Armstrong there is in reason for us to Supei i that this particular fail ure was caused Liy any particular event or occurrence in the this being the what if the Smull Jet Hail gone wild while Scott was dangling at the end of a 100foot tether taking his 2iihntir space walk the next morning Scott Calls the question a what if Tamo because he never look his who appeared Wilh Scott in a news conference agreed the problem would have been a serious of hut he Thoj Lumble rates were Small initially and i think that should this or have Dave might very Well have been Able to reenter coming like some Spe cies of giant futuristic american Are silhouetted against a Lai evening sky As they Settle Back into their nest at blot South Vel at the conclusion of an were French 1st april fools by Michael Dennigan March 26 Ever you Sec a somber Man identified As president of the Insl Tut Francais Dos farces it avoid him like the that i s double for april All which the French take very the Institute is a collection of eminent men who Delight in practical All 40 members Are called their bit Day is april 1 when they hold an annual luncheon to Exchange the Ullest b o u x Idous it Kach member presents his favorite Poisson Darrll Lite rally april fish at the lunch Eon and tries to launch the Best one Dii an unsuspecting it Doest always As when they tried to launch an said a leading Mem writer Francois other leading hoaxers include movie director Henc a Polar a museum Cura Tor and several other if you wonder Why the French pay so much to All fools the answer is that they claim to have invented it in that was the year King Charles in decided to adopt the reformed Calendar and so put Back new years Day from april 1 to for some Rea suit Itie peasantry ill nut take to the tint As usual in such cases the King got his this was inn before the in i hurls subjects to their new year girls i april but made them ridiculous Ami from this beginning another French cultural spread Over the the tradition survived in France particularly among intellectuals Anil Cal said and of course our head of state is a great Caradoc is quite an he has written u 5111page encyclopedia of practical As Well As a pocket sized col Lection of gags and wheezes including such useful information As anniversaries of great and 12 jokes of the another important function of the French Farmers is organizing an annual jokers Conven one turnout brought hoaxers who gathered in the Mca Julais renowned for its nobody remembers much about what Hap Ienco that Caradec said each country has its own National style in practical our Liesl joke was in give Indochina to the americans he he is not impressed by Amer ican 400 years you will have reached the age of boredom is the reason for most practical he said and their Golden age is yet to they will reach their full Flower in the space age he after a while even Astro nauts will become they will Start dropping itch ing powder into each others space the cockpit and get the Hatch there is the Scott thai had i been out i Coull have viewed this and told Neil your 8 thruster is stuck turn it As it Scott and Armstrong spent several minutes troubleshooting the problem before they were Able in pin it Down to the 8 one of of carefully positioned around the Craft to fire on com Mand to keep it in proper Posi holier director of the manned space Craft called the Short circuit a very Remote occur he that Steps were being taken o avoid even the slight possibility of a false Ignal on a later we expect to he ahle to reach a state where we Are confident of going Eva extra vehicular commonly called space on the next gemini ill Ruth the nations next Gem Ini is n Threce Day Mission to be taken by air Force Thomas Stafford and Navy Eugene during which Cernan will take a lengthy it currently is on the books for Lute Armstrong said a number of things Are being done to gemini Al to make sure the thruster problem docs nil crop the main one is thai the wiring will he changed to head off any stray electrical signals to the investigators ruled out any thought that the Short circuit was a result of the Docking which took place with an Agana rocket about minutes prior to i he Start of the spin Imit this Gavi Apollo officials b bit of breathing had the trouble been traced to the link up there might have been a need for a Complete revamp ing of the flight plan for manned Moon Armstrong and Scott per formed mans first linkup in space when they rigidly locked the nose of gemini 8 to a Dock ing Collar on the such a Man Euver is a major step men must take to return irom the the plan Calls for two men to launch from the Moun in their Small lunar taxi into an orbit around inc then Rendez Vous and Dock Wilh the Mother manned by u third Astro for the trip the Agana was extremely very easy to Man Euver and it was very encouraging to us since Hie later Gem i program am Hie lunar pro Gram is so dependent on this Docking Armstrong european edition army Ufa it William Coleman Arnold Burnett Elmer Frank Henho up Stein an Knoll Iclal publication Deputy Man Iona editor production Hun flir cd Culian Moniale
