Jul 12 1991
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
The media gave a detailed report on plagiarism involving students of professor Walter Frost, and a private for-profit research firm of Frost's that did work for NASA. NASA's Office of Inspector General was currently investigating the apparent extensive plagiarism, which involved at least one NASA staff member. (WSJ, Jul 12/91; AP, Jul 12/91; Had Tms, Jul 14/91; WSJ, Jul 15/91; NYT, Jul 15/91; AP, Jul 15/91; AP, Jul 18/91; W Post, Jul 22/91; Htsvl Tms, Jul 24/91)
McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Company announced it has teamed up with Japanese architectural and engineering firm Shimizu Corporation to develop space exploration technologies for the proposed U.S. lunar/Mars initiative. Each company was to fund its own research, which included applying solar energy on the lunar surface to process materials into useful resources such as oxygen and creating closed system that would recycle most of the products needed for a lunar be or long-term expedition to Mars. (WSJ, Jul 12/91; LA Times, Jul 12/91)
NASA announced that July 23 would be the launch date for Space Shuttle Atlantis, which was to deploy the fifth Tracking and Data Relay Satellite. (NASA STS-43 Launch Advisory)
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