The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 28, 1969 Page: 31 of 36
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Wednesday, May 28, 1969
THE TEXAN - ARGUS
Page II
Rice Scientists
To Explore the
Moon, Too
Rice University scientists kept
an anxious eye on the Apollo X
mission, counting on its success
to clear the way for experiments
they will have on following flights.
The experiments may uncover
some clues to the origin of the
moon. One involves analysis of
rocks to be brought back on Apollo
XI. Two others will place instru-
ments on the lunar surface to send i
back data on the lunar atmosphere
and on high energy electrons and
protons.
Dr. Dieter Heymann, 3009 La-
fayette, associate professor of
geology and space science, is one
of about 135 scientists in the world
scheduled to receive rocksamples
from the moon.
He plans to determine the
amounts of inert gases, such as
helium, neon, argon, krypton and
xenon, and to use mass spectrom-
etry to analyze the isotopic compo-
sition of the inert gases in the
samples.
The proportions of inert gases,
when compared to their propor-
tions in the sun and earth, may
give indications of the moon’s ori-
gin.
Working with Dr. Heymann will
be Dr. John A.S. Adams, 2365
Bolsover, chairman of the depart-
ment of geology; Glenn T. Fryer,
department instrumentation engin-
eer; and Dr. A. Yaniv, a post-
doctoral fellowfrom the University
of Tel Aviv.
The other two experiments will
be part of the Apollo Lunar Sur-
face Experiments Package,
(ALSEP).
Dr. John W. Freeman Jr., 9206
Mullins, associate professor of
space science, heads a team whose
Suprathermal Ion Detector Experi-
ments (SIDE) will analyze the
moon’s atmosphere, if there is
enough to measure.
A small, 20 lb. instrument will
be connected to a central station
which will provide its power and
transmit coded data back to earth.
The moon’s atmosphere is ex-
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several Rice University scientists who will study samples returned
to earth from the moon.
pected to have no more than 1,000
atoms per cubic centimeter, com-
pared to the earth’s 25 quintillion
per cc. at sea level. But the SIDE
experiment hopes to determine
from the tenuous samples it takes
whether the atmosphere contains
heavy gases held by gravity, gases
released from rocks by heating
and gases from volcanic action.
It will also measure effects of
solar winds and the amount of
contamination of the atmosphere
caused by the rockets of the space-
craft.
Assisting Dr. Freeman will be
Dr. Kent Hills, 7050 Hendon, space
science research associate, and
Dr. Hans Balsiger of Switzerland,
a European Space Research Or-
ganization-National Academy of
Sciences post-doctoral fellow.
Another ALSEP experiment, the
Charged Particle Lunar Environ-
ment Experiment (CPLEE), is
being conducted jointly by Dr.
David L. Reasoner, 7115 Green-
briar, senior research associate
in space science, assistant pro-
fessor, effective July 1, and Dr.
Brian J. O’Brien of the University
of Sydney, Australia.
Their instrument will measure
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Dr. Sass Honored by Rice
For Teaching Excellence
Dr. Ronald L. Sass, 5731 Gulfton,
Rice University professor of chem-
istry, has been awarded the George
R. Brown Prize for Excellence in
Teaching.
The prize, which was established
in 1967 by a $500,000 gift from
the Brown Foundation, was pre-
sented to Dr. Sass at commence-
ment exercises May 17.
In addition to the Excellence
in Teaching prize, with its $4000
stipend, six other Rice faculty
were honored with George R. Brown
Awards for Superior Teaching,
each carrying a $1000 stipend.
The six are Dr. Hubert Evelyn
Bray, 2031 Dunstan, Trustee Dis-
tinguished Professor of Mathe-
matics; Dr. Charles Sidney Bur-
rus, 4018 Whitman, assistant pro-
fessor of electrical engineering;
Professor James Chillman Jr.,
2242 Stanmore, Trustee Dis-
tinguished Professor of Fine Arts;
Dr. Allen J. Matusow, 3102 Lake,
associate professor of history;
Dr. Niels C. Nielsen Jr., 6310
Calhoun Rd., J. Newton Rayzor,
Professor of Philosophy and Re-
ligious Thought; and Dr. Harold
E. Rorschach Jr., 7918 Chevy
Chase, professor of physics and
chairman of the department.
Dr. Sass has been frequently
honored for his teaching. He pre-
viously won the Brown Prize for
Excellence in Teaching in 1967.
In addition, he received the Rice
Senior Class Teaching Award in
1964 and was named Salgo-Noren
Distinguished Professor in 1966.
the presence of electrons and pro-
tons with energies of 50 to 50,000
electron volts and attempt to de-
termine their origin and distribu-
tion.
Working with Drs. Reasoner and
O’Brien are Wayne Smith, project
manager, and Engineers Dave Ny-
strom and John McGarity.
Plans call for the SIDE experi-
ment to be conducted on the second
lunar landing, CPLEE on the third,
and both on the fourth.
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Gurwell, Kate. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 28, 1969, newspaper, May 28, 1969; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth566640/m1/31/: accessed May 2, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.