Apr 30 1974
From The Space Library
Johnson Space Center announced two personnel changes: Astronaut John W. Young, veteran of four space flights, had been named Acting Chief of the Astronaut Office in the Flight Operations Directorate. He was replacing former Astronaut Office Chief Alan B. Shepard, Jr., who would serve as senior adviser to Young.
Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart had been named Director of User Affairs at NASA Hq., effective 1 May, replacing Albert T. Christensen, who would return to private industry. The User Affairs Office maintained close ties with users of NASA'S applications program and ensured a flow of information and that the programs were responsive to user needs. (JSC Releases 74-71; 74-72)
The House of Representatives passed the special energy research and development appropriations bill, H.R. 14434, by a vote of 392 to 4. The bill appropriated funds to various agencies, including $8.9 million to NASA, for energy R&D in FY 1975. Of the NASA total, $4.5 million would be to implement the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act if enacted. An amendment to appropriate an additional $1 million to NASA was defeated by voice vote. (CR, 30 April 74, H3350-84)
A portable, remote, patient-monitoring device called the Vitasign Attendant Monitor had been developed by a NASA Biomedical Application Team at Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Tex., using monitoring techniques developed for manned space flight, NASA announced. The monitor, commercially available at a moderate cost, operated by three electrodes placed on the patient's chest. A sudden change in the electrocardiogram signal or the respiration rate automatically alerted medical attendants. (NASA Release 74-64)
NASA had selected Computer Sciences Corp., Falls Church, Va., to negotiate a three-year $6.2-million cost-plus-award-fee contract for central computing support at Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA announced. CSC would provide software support for manned and unmanned missions in real-time mission programs, network scheduling, and acquisition-data generation and transmission and would monitor and control display programs. (NASA Release 74-113)
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