Mar 12 1992
From The Space Library
It was reported that on March 17, 1992, that the Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel will present its annual report to NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly at NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The panel reviews, evaluates, and advises the NASA Administrator on present and future NASA programs and activities. Priority is given to programs that involve the safety of manned flight. (NASA Note 92-21)
A congressional investigator recommended that the government scrap development of a space nuclear reactor unless the Nation was willing to commit more than $2 billion to the project. The space reactor project was begun as a joint venture of NASA, the Department of Energy, and the Pentagon. The latter agency envisioned a use of the project in its Strategic Defense Initiative, the space-based nuclear defense shield. But Mark E. Gebicke, Director of NASA issues for GAO, said the proposed reactor suffered because NASA refused to identify a specific mission in which the nuclear technology would be used as a power source or propulsion system. (AP, Mar 12/92).
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