Jan 24 1991
From The Space Library
NASA technology developed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, designed sensors to monitor potentially damaging heat build-up in electronic circuits. Such technology was to be used in connection with the huge television Jumbotron screen for the Superbowl game on January 27. NASA's Technology Utilization program is cited as an example of the applications that can be made from NASA findings. (NASA Release 91-10)
Scuba divers exercising on an underwater treadmill at NASA's Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, are helping gather data to be used in NASA's space suit design. (NASA Release 91-11)
Navy Captain Michael L. Coats, the astronaut to command the Discovery mission, said that astronauts in Discovery, although with no military charge, would seek to observe the Persian Gulf War in their flight. The Discovery's military payloads would provide data to help the United States detect missiles fired in future wars. (H Post, Jan 24/91)
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