Dec 8 1994
From The Space Library
NASA announced the names of 19 new astronaut candidates for the Space Shuttle program. The 1995 group consisted of 10 pilots and nine mission specialists, including six civilians and 13 military officers, all chosen from among 2,962 applicants. International candidates were also to be included and these names would be announced later. (NASA Release 94-205)
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin made a state-of-the-agency address to all staff members in which he stressed that NASA intended to become less costly and quicker during the next four years, ending with as many as 4,000 fewer workers. Kennedy Space Center Deputy Director Gene Thomas, who answered questions after the televised address, said it would be a year of "significant change." (0 Sen Star, Dec 9/94)
Construction was getting underway on the Space Station project according to John Winch, Boeing Defense and Space Group manager in charge of building the habitation and laboratory models for the Station. Boeing workers were about to go on a three-shift, five-day week to expedite the program. (Fla Today, Dec 8/94)
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