May 18 1992
From The Space Library
A company spokesman for Rockwell Corporation said that NASA was negotiating with Rockwell to build spare parts in the Antelope Valley for the Space Shuttle program. Rockwell was negotiating the terms of a $55 million contract to build a mid body fuselage and a tail for the Space Shuttle fleet. The work would be performed in the hanger where the company built all of the Space Shuttles for NASA. Work would begin with 70 employees and is expected to last until 1999. (Daily News, May 18/92)
USA Today reported that a video headset would soon allow people with limited vision to see their world as if projected on a 60-inch black-and-white TV screen. The portable, 16-ounce Low Vision Enhancement System (LVES) should he commercially available in three years at a cost of $3,000. It should help many of the three million people with visual impairments due to diseases such as diabetes, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and muscular degeneration. (USA Today, May 18/92)
The commander of the Space Shuttle Endeavour, Capt. Daniel C. Brandenstein of the Navy, said that the problems and needs of America's cities were no reason to divert money from the space agency's annual budget of $14 billion. If anything, Captain Brandenstein said a strong space program was needed to inspire young people to high achievement and hopes for the future. He said that voyages of exploration were a vital social investment, today and centuries ago. "America is a country based on boldness and looking into the future, not looking out the back of the bus," said Captain Brandenstein. (NY Times, May 18/92)
It was announced that the staff director of the National Space Council, the Cabinet-level agency that sets the Nation's space policy, was stepping down after a three-year tenure marked by calls for better management at NASA and a push for smaller, less-expensive space projects. Mark J. Albrecht, 41, who was a national security aide to then-Senator Pete Wilson, was widely viewed as one of the principal architects of the council's efforts to curb the appetite of NASA for more long-range, expensive space endeavours. Albrecht declined to discuss his plans, but some council members said that he would join a private consulting firm. (LA Times, May 18/92; B Sun, May 18/02)
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