Mar 13 1994
From The Space Library
NASA budget cuts and various problems experienced in recent flights aroused concern for the safety of astronauts, according to NASA critics. Despite assurances by Daniel Mulville, Director of NASA's Engineering and Quality Management Division that standards were not compromised, fears of another Challenger type disaster persisted. (AP, Mar 13/94; P Inq, Mar 14/94; LA Times, Mar 20/94; Fla Today, Mar 24/94)
Orbital Sciences Corporation launched the Taurus rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, placing two military satellites into orbit. (C Trib, Mar 14/94; W Post, Mar 15/94)
Ten Louisiana colleges were scheduled to benefit from NASA's Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research. They were selected for a three-year award of up to $500,000, which must he matched by the Louisiana Educational Quality Support Fund. The funds were designed to enable states to develop an academic research enterprise directed toward long-term capability in space science and applications, aeronautical and space research, and technology programs. (Picayune, Mar 13/94)
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