In discussion w/ ELE, he said that VAN + WW yesterday informed him that they want him to work out the instrumentation set-up as he proposed recently — L2 has had a hand in specifying $200 million of instrumentation but it is not being used properly nor are its characteristics well known. He is to start the work, with Les Murry + myself, turning it over to Lou Kraft. I’m more & more convinced I’m in the wrong place here, with an inside office, no pay raise, little recognition of the fact that I’m here, and a relatively low retirement accumulation system.
Talked to Lou Sullivan w/ Arbyn Freed on the problem of altitude sensors; Kent Kruska and Carl R. Bohne worked up a scheme for attitude sensing in extra-atmospheric + RE flight that might work — but he thot that GE was well aware of the difficulties in this. They proposed IR sensors + magnetometers for the TV’s but cost and low need took them out. Now there seems to be a need; BTL wants attitude to assist in correl. of scintillation
Overcast
Picked up my muffler + tailpipe hangar parts at L2 shop.
Went over to the Faucet’s after 3 more loads of wood. It is solid oak; too bad I can’t make flooring out of it.
Gordon Cooper, the next astronaut was put into orbit about 0900, and was going fine at 10 PM — about a 90 minute period, 100 mi. perigee, 160 mi. apogee.