Today is NASA`s 47th Birth Day.
EARLY NASA
NACA, National Advisory Commission for Aeronautics, the government agency that pre-dated NASA, National Aeronautic Space Administration, was founded March 3, 1915, 08:00 EST (08:00 AM), Hampton, VA, 76 W.20, 37 N.01.
On 7/29/1958, President Eisenhower signed the bill for NACA to become NASA. The transition went into effect on the morning of October 1, 1958, when NACA segued into NASA, the Vanguard team and the Upper Atmosphere Sounding Rocket group. JPL was added in December. Source Notes: LMR quotes Harry Shoaf in the early '80s, NASA engineer who was with the original NACA, who said that on the morning of October 1, 1958, when they came to work, it was now known as NASA; they were still stationed in Hampton, Virginia.
The original seven Mercury astronauts were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Virgil Grissom, Walter Schirra, Alan Shepard and Donald Slayton. Source notes: Georgi Borkowski quotes Heinz Antoni, "Introduction To Trines in Political Astrology," for the time that President Eisenhower signed the bill to create NASA.
Ron Howland, UK writes on the ISAR website:
6/17/2001, "Eisenhower signed the bill that created this Federal Agency on July 29, 1958 in the White House. No time for this signing was recorded. According to the Archivist at the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, KS, " No special ceremony was held, no Congressmen attended, and no photographs were taken. However, it is worth noting that between 11:24 and 11:35 AM, (according to Ike's appointment diary) he was in an "Off the record" meeting with one Dr. T. Keith Glennan.
Glennan was the first NASA Administrator, and it is a hunch on my part that he was in the White House to witness the informal signing of the NASA Bill, although no evidence has surfaced thus far to confirm this.
"Abilene Library was able to confirm that Dr T. Keith Glennan was sworn as NASA Administrator at 11am Aug 19, 1958 in the White House."
Note: Transit Saturn is moving onto the sun of NASA on September 2nd, 2005. Both Leo Sun-Uranus and Taurus Mars and Scorpio Neptune -- see below -- are caught in the grand cross about to form any moment. Accountability, big time. Natal Mars-Neptune-Sun T square is accentuated now. Pluto passed NASA Saturn when Columbia perished. You would think someone at NASA would be able to know what I know.
Peace
M StC.
