May 31 1991
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
The Philadelphia Inquirer carried an article about the new issue of Science magazine and its reports on the likely creation of holes in the Arctic ozone. The article quoted Robert Watson, head of NASA's atmospheric ozone program, as saying that Earth's ozone layer was declining as much as eight per-cent each decade; scientists previously thought it was only two to four per-cent. Also NASA research found that losses occurred in the spring as well as winter, raising concern that ultraviolet radiation might threaten crops, forests, and ecological processes. (P Inq, May 31/91)
NASA officials George Rodney, the Agency's top safety official, and Robert Crippen, head of the Shuttle program, said a special investigating team would spend the summer reviewing the way NASA approved Shuttle components for flight. (W Post, May 31/91)
NASA announced that astronaut John M. Lounge would leave NASA June 21 to become director of Houston Operations for SPACEHAB, Inc., which is providing a pressurized module for future space flights. (NASA Release 91-86)
In an article on the budget process, the Christian Science Monitor stated that despite it being a Bush Administration priority, the Space Station may go in the budget because of the deal to bring the Federal deficit under control. (CSM, May 31/91)
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