Jun 3 1993
From The Space Library
Richard Martin Jones, an Australian computer hacker who closed down NASA's computer system for 24 hours, was placed on a good behavior bond. He was also ordered to complete 300 hours of unpaid community work. (RTW, June 3/93)
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled a new $2.90 stamp featuring the image of a futuristic spaceship. Deputy Postmaster General Michael Coughlin and ex-astronaut Robert Crippen, Director of the Kennedy Space Center, dedicated the stamp at a brief ceremony that was to have occurred the same day as the launch of Shuttle Endeavour. That launch was delayed for two weeks because of engine problems. (AP, June 3/93)
A NASA official said that Rocketdyne might lose as much as $29 million in profits on its Space Shuttle engine program because of manufacturing problems at its Canoga Park plant. The company could lose the funds, known as award fees, if NASA determined that the company had performed poorly between November and April. NASA was completing a review of Rocketdyne's Space Shuttle engine manufacturing operation. (Daily News, June 3/93)
NASA announced that it had begun testing a powerful new engine for large subsonic passenger jets. The engine could cut fuel consumption up to 12 per-cent and significantly reduce engine noise. A NASA spokesperson said that the Advanced Ducted Propulsor (ADP) should be ready for use in commercial transport aircraft by the turn of the century. (NASA Release 93-103; UPI, June 3/97)
An editorial in the Houston Chronicle criticized political opponents of a permanent U.S. Space Station, arguing that the Space Station's detractors risk costing this Nation its scientific and technological preeminence for decades to come. (H Chron, June 2/93)
Thirteen high school students from Laurel, Maryland, took control of a 400-pound, $20 million satellite as it beamed information for a solar particle study to NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. To be on the safe side, a team of engineers stood by to make sure nothing untoward happened.
The day was the culmination of a two-year project designed to get more students interested in space; students had studied for two years before being allowed to operate the controls. (AP, June 3/93)
The Christian Science Monitor, noting that Space Shuttle Endeavour's mission would symbolize what NASA called "the year of commercial space," reported that companies had been slow to exploit the commercial possibilities of space. For example, although NASA had leased 200 of the 300 locker spaces available on SPACEHAB's first six flights, the Agency had few customers for the other 100 lockers. (CSM, June 3/93)
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