Feb 12 1980
From The Space Library
On the basis of photographs from Mariner 9 and Viking Orbiter 2, Dr. Kevin D. Pang and a team of JPL scientists decided that the surface of the two small satellites of Mars (Deimos and Phobos) were like those of meteorites known as carbonaceous chondrites, strongly suggesting that the two originated elsewhere and were captured by the gravity of Mars in a close encounter with the planet, the New York Times reported. The surfaces differed superficially, Phobos marked by long grooves and Deimos with a covering of loose material, but reflected light identically. (NY Times, Feb 12/80, C-4)
NASA announced that it would join the California council of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) in building an Advanced Technology Display House to open in 1982 at Ames Research Center (ARC), to demonstrate new materials and technology from aerospace and energy research. The sponsors signed on February 4 this first-of-a-kind partnership agreement under which AIA would contribute innovative architectural expertise; PG&E would share its research on energy conservation; and NASA in association with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) would translate aerospace technology into the "down-to-earth challenge" of home building.
The design would include self-contained water and sewage-treatment systems and energy-saving lighting, plumbing, ventilation, electrical wiring, and appliances, with extensive use of solar energy, all managed and monitored by a centralized computer. Using advanced systems and materials instead of those now available to the building industry, the AIA would design the house to allow addition or deletion of components (office space, physical fitness areas) and to be dismantled for exhibition across the United States. Wider use of the innovations would lead to economies in mass production and put the new ideas within reach of average customers. (ARC anno Feb 12/80)
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