Showed WW my picture of the tankage re-entry, and left him the 2nd print. Also pointed out that in my opinion, the ability of the nose cone to penetrate to a suitable detonation altitude is the reason Khrushchev pulled out of Cuba. It seems to me also that the outputs of the TTR, Tradex, and the optical system should be combined.
Walt wants me to work on the TRAP III operation — attend TD meetings, etc., cover it to see if there are technical & political problems. I’m to report to ELE on this. We have a μ-densitometer (John Bower) that might be used: I have in mind a paper or two on this optical photo business.
Worked on report.
Snow 1 AM
Called Fred Lakewitz first thing and discussed the entire matter with him. The speakers should be mounted so that one is above the other, but as I pointed out to George Costello yesterday, this would be aesthetically or architecturally unacceptable. So, after 45 minutes discussion, I decided to call Dave Klepper & someone on the Fine Arts Committee. Dave thot the two speakers should be on a vertical CL, i.e., stacked, to avoid acoustic phase cancellation; symmetry should be preserved. He thot it okay to remove the LF driver from the bass reflex enclosure & mount it in the vertical wall under the HF unit. The 15″ driver is about 8″ deep, and as there is a 10″ space between the paster & the brick wall, this is fine. The LF driver would then be in an infinite baffle. Lake called back, and thot this quite good.
Called Dr. Perrin T. Wilson of the PSC Fine Arts Committee and he agreed to meet me there at 5 PM. Also called George Pickering (Repair Committee of Trustees) and Mr. Muirhead to also be there — 11:20 AM!
Went to a party at Woody Strodel’s — didn’t get there until 9:15 or so. We had to walk the last 300 yards over the hill. Had a pleasant time.
The starter was so far gone that it couldn’t be rebuilt! Another was put on at a cost of $17! It starts very nicely now.
John M. sustained a heart attack, and will have to be hospitalized. He wanted to be there, apparently realizing that he needs care.