Aug 12 1993
From The Space Library
The NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, selected NYMA, Inc., Greenbelt, Maryland, for negotiations leading to the award of a contract for scientific, engineering, technical, administrative, and related support activities of Lewis' mission responsibilities. (NASA Release C93-q)
Twenty-six Prince George's County, Maryland, students with physical, mental, or learning disabilities spent six weeks in a jobs program at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland during the summer. The program, which was under the auspices of the President's Commission on Employment for Persons With Disabilities, aimed to steer more young people into fields like science, engineering, and computer programming. (W Post, Aug 12/93)
Writing in USA Today, Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson(R-Texas), noted that research planned for the Space Station program would help women. Research already scheduled for the newly redesigned Space Station would address several women's diseases, from osteoporosis to ovarian and breast cancer to immune-system disorders. (USA Today, Aug 12/93)
In a letter sent to the White House, five senators pressed the Clinton administration to maintain tight restrictions on the export of space-launch technology that could he used to develop ballistic missiles. The letter was signed by Senators Claibome Pell (D-RI); Jesse Helms (R-NC); Jeff Bingaman (D-NM); John Glenn (D-Ohio); and John McCain (R-Ariz). (LA Times, Aug 12/93)
Onboard computers aborted the launch of Space Station Discovery just three seconds before liftoff. This was the fourth delay for Discovery, which was halted twice for technical problems in July and rescheduled because of a meteor shower on August 11. NASA said the next try could come in three to six weeks.
The cause of the problem was not identified, although space officials suspected that a fuel sensor might have fed wrong information to the Shuttle's computers. If told that one of the three main engines was not receiving fuel, the computers would trigger an automatic shutdown. (RTW Aug 12/93; AP, Aug [3/93; W Times, Aug 13/93; USA Today, Aug 13/93; WSJ, Aug 13/93; UPI, Aug 12/93; NY Times, Aug 13/93; B Sun, Aug 13/93; W Post, Aug 13/93)
Eleven high school students participated in an eight-week Summer High School Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP) at NASA's Dryden Space Center this summer. Four days a week, the participants completed a regular eight-hour workday, working alongside engineers and others, learning firsthand what it takes to succeed in these careers. The fifth day was spent in career exploration, perhaps a tour of different facilities at Edwards AFB or a visit to a university such as UCLA. (Antelope Valley Press, Aug 12/93)
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