Jul 7 1986
From The Space Library
A full-scale SPACEHAB module mockup intended to double the pressurized volume of the Space Shuttle mid-deck was delivered to NASA's Ames Research Center by SPACEHAB, Inc. The mockup was intended as a test bed for artificial intelligence, robotics systems, and human performance. SPACEHAB planned to build three of the modules over the next three years.
Another corporation, Sverdrup Technology, was chosen for a $45 million support services contract in which they would provide test complex services for Space Shuttle main engines and engineering and laboratory and data work for NASA and 18 other Government agencies. NASA also planned a program that would develop software tools for writing computer programs in ADA, a language used by the Department of Defense for mission-critical computers. The project was expected to run for three or four years and cost $200 million. (Def News, Jul 7/86)
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