Aug 15 1974
From The Space Library
Elmer S. "Todd" Groo had been appointed Associate Administrator for Center Operations at NASA Hq., effective 4 Sept., NASA announced. Groo, the first to hold the position created in the reorganization announced 5 March, would be responsible for agency-wide planning and direction of institutional resources and operational activities at NASA field installations. Groo had retired in 1973 from IBM World Trade Corp., where he had served as vice president since 1959. (NASA Release 72-221; MSFC Release 74-146)
Dr. Robert A. R. Parker, scientist-astronaut and program scientist for the Skylab mission, had been named Chief of the Astronaut Office, Science and Applications Directorate, Johnson Space Center announced. Dr. Parker succeeded Dr. Harrison H. Schmitt, who had been named Assistant Administrator for Energy Programs at NASA Hq. in May. The S&AD would serve as an interface between eventual space shuttle payload users and NASA and participate in the shuttle flight research program. Dr. Parker had been named a NASA scientist-astronaut in 1967 and had been a member of the support crews for the Apollo 15 and 17 missions. (JSC Release 74-186)
Air Force Systems Command announced plans for a global Radio Solar Telescope Network (RSTN), a four-site space-surveillance linkup for 24-hr operation. Solar and space environmental data would be gathered by RSTN parabolic antennas monitoring frequencies between 245 and 15 400 mhz. Data would be used to forecast atmospheric responses to solar activity, to compensate for communications blackouts of satellite and warning systems, and to provide real-time solar-alert and analysis data. Operational testing would begin early in 1976, with the network to become fully operational over a three-year period. (AFSC Release OIP 132.74)
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