The Gazette from Montreal, Quebec, Canada • 147

THE GAZETTE, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1967 E-17 1 10 Years After The First Step Into Space, It's All On Display By U.S. And Soviet THIS IS EXPO GENERAL HEWS each other, face-to-face, then peace marches may become obsolete. niyas get linked up in a worldwide network, and both sides of the earth begin talking to is one of their Molnyias. which is used to transmit TV pictures and sound from one end of the Soviet Union to the other. When COMSATS and Mol- the world's largest audience.

Which is a reminder that the Sovipt Union is rocket-ting communications satellites into "stationary" orbits, too. One of their proudest exhibits Salute to The Israel Pavilion the top of the dome, are three white-and-red pannelled parachutes, parachutes used to lower Mercury (one-man satellite), astronauts into the sea. Suspended from them is an Apollo, the three-man roodei for the U.S. pioneer moon flight. As its scorched bottom and sides show, this one has already flown, without crew.

It completed an orbital test flight on February 26, 1966. Hanging from the ceiling closer to the visitor on the top deck is an even more important veteran capsule, the one-man Mercury in which John Glenn atre for the "moon trip" in which groups will be given a 20-minute simulated space journey, through the use of special films, spherical projectors and sound and motion effects. The American space exhibition is very different. It is not presented as a separate department, but as a crowning display in the whole pavilion's presentations. The manner of its presentation is as important as the "hardware" displayed.

The United States pavilion, a geodesic dome 200 feet high at its centre, houses a series By ROY KERVIN Rangers and Surveyor, satellites, which have circled the moon and landed on it, American map-makers have constructed a section of moon surface. Although the scale is only one inch to 32 miles, the mountainous moon map occupies an area 37 feet by 80 feet. Sitting on the "moon surface" is a copy of Surveyor which sent 3,500 photos back to earth in the first five days of its continued visit. There are other, related displays on this deck a collection of the specialized tools needed for lunar exploration and work in space. Tne collection includes a water injection gun, a survival kit of 14 basic hand-tools, screwdrivers, wrenches, extensions.

There are displays of astronauts "space walk" equipment, the restraint harness and "umbilical cord" or lifeline. And high above, another veteran space capsule, Gemini 7, in which Astronauts Bor-man and Lovell set a record of 220 orbits in December, 1965, and also made the first rendezvous in space (with Gemini 6, containing Schirra and Stafford). It has that dark scorched look, too. Up there, too, is a full-scale model of a COMSAT These are intended to keep moon voyagers in constant contact with the earth, but they also serve as transmitters of TV programs to We are proud to have been involved in the construction of The UNITED STATES Pavilion at expc67 Montreal's Greatest Evenl Raymond Matte Fils Ltec; 8129 St. Denis St.

"Suite 200" 384-9680 1 Man's best hopes for peace may be hanging from the high-rise roofs of pavilions at Expo. In two spectacular displays, the United' States and the Soviet Union show the progress of their space studies, progress which is costing each of them billions a year, a heavy load even for superpowers to afford. The high cost in inanhours and materials may yet force them to pool their manpower and materials for the conquest of space a giant step forward in international rela-. tions. It is almost 10 years since the USSR startled the world into an awareness of Russian scientific prowess by putting the first satellite, Sputnik 1.

into orbit. Four years later, on April 12, 1961, the USSR demonstrated it was still ahead by putting the first man into orbit, Yuri Gagarin in Vostok 1. During those years, the United States has moved steadily ahead to reduce or eli-minate the Soviet Union's lead. Today, the space accom-plishments of the two coun- 'i tries are difficult to compare. Their aims in space are generally the same, but their approaches and their methods differ.

At Expo 67, no comparisons are necessary. The two nations have approached the business of exhibiting their space studies in quite different i ways. The USA is presenting a i "space spectacular" expertly designed to make the most of its unusual setting in the giant geodesic dome. It should make a lasting impression on the visitor. From The DAN HOTEL GROUP "Israel's Leading Hotels" Visit the Israel Pavilion and you will step into History yet at the same time you will be exhilerated by the country's dynamic present-day achievements.

You will also find that Israel has become a focal point in the world of travel. Among the many attractions for the sophisticated traveller is the Dan Hotel Group which form an integral part of Israel. One can enjoy the country's sunny climate, beautiful gardens filled with exotic plants, Mediterranean beaches, Biblical sites and modern cities, and the warmth of an ever-present hospitality, from the luxurious comfort of The Dan Hotel in Tel Aviv, The Accadia Grand in Herzlia, The King David in Jerusalem and the Dan Carmel in Haifa. Our representatives in Montreal, New York and California proudly salute 6,000 years of Israel's history and extend cordial greetings to all who visit EXPO '67 Showcase of the World. Shalom! made the first American space flight (three orbits), on February 20, 1962.

The deck immediately below is several times as large. On it is a display of how man lives in space, space suit for different missions, space seats (each tailored to the needs of a particular astronaut), and samples of space diets (1.3 pounds per day of dehydrated and guaranteed non-crumbling foods). The really big and fascinating display on this, second deck, however, is the moon landing section. From thousands of photos taken by Lunar Orbiters, of displays on platforms, only the ground-level platform occupying the whole available area. Each platform above all built around a steel-and-concrete core becomes smaller.

In all, the platforms occupy perhaps one-third of all the inner space of the giant sphere. The top one, high" on one side, looks small from below though it's some thousand feet square. On that top deck, the visitor enters a circular area in which" multi-screen projectors give him an all-around view of American space studies. Above him, blossoming from The USSR is presenting a careful, step-by-step illustra Light and sound. Images of a rugged country, the most beautiful in the world.

The heartbeat of a courageous people. Diamond sparkling between sky and water. Song of a young nation, clear and confident, its face to the future. a Si 4 1 $25h K': i 1 afcJLi The U.S. shows off "Freedom Visit the Quebec Pavilion spirit of a proud province.

11 11 11 i -ti ill ai 1 3 iii .11 bi If IV WW 1 iVtTOIw i IVi fci Hit II ss Jk 91 The Soviet Union has a spaceman. sinus congestion? tak tion of the history space re-search intended to satisfy both the serious student of space study and the general public. 1 The Russian exhibit is more detailed, less sweeping or im-: pressionistic. To make their exhibit as complete as possible, the Rus- sians have released for public view a great deal of material kept under wraps until now, No less than 85 per cent of the i exhibits have not been seen in public before, not even in the Soviet Union, i The designers split the So-' exhibition into six historical periods. The first, theoretical study, is illustrated by models of space travel rockets designed by Konstantin Edu-ardovitch Ziolkovsky, the Russian schoolteacher (1857-1935), who is universally credited with the first practical space studies.

Second stage was, and is, the continuing study of "near the space around earth, conducted by a long series of unmanned instrument satellites The largest group is the Cosmos series, of which 150 have been launched in the last 10 years. Their main job is to study the atmosphere in preparation for manned space flight by the Several Cosmos types are on display, also a massive Proton satellite, the heaviest to be rocketed into orbit so far. There is a map of the mag- netic fields about the earth, made from data gathered by Cosmos sputniks, and a model of the sun's surface constructed from similar data. There are models of the various Luna series, which were the first to photograph the far side of the moon, to make soft landings on the moon, to report on probes of its surface. Hanging from the ceiling is the silver sphere of a Vostok, one-man satellite, the type Gagarin flew in, with its third-stage booster still attached.

Nearby, set on a low pedestal on this top platform inside the Soviet pavilion, is perhaps the most memorable of its space exhibits. It is Vostok III, which A. Nikolayev flew through 64 orbits in August 1962. It is scorched black from the heat of re-entry. The open port at one side, at eye-level, is where the pilot was slid into position in the tiny capsule.

A dummy pilot is strapped there, in the eject-able sled scat. He and his seat fill almost all the space inside the sphere. The comparison to a coffin is unavoidable. Only men of great courage and great faith can allow themselves to be locked into a black bullet likn this, to be shot into airless, weightless space Besides the historic Vostok, the Soviet exhibition includes three displays to haunt the mind of every visitor, of whatever age or interest. AH three are housed in structures like flattened spheres to give the greatest illusion of perspective space inside.

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