Oct 19 1977
From The Space Library
ESA announced that the tandem launch of a single Delta of the U.S. IEEE-A and the European ISEE-B, originally scheduled for Oct. 19 and postponed to Oct. 21, had been postponed again. NASA was making additional checks of the Delta launch vehicle. (ESA Release Oct 19/77)
The Dept. of Commerce announced that 2 oceanographic research ships and 4 aircraft had scanned the Gulf of Mexico during Oct. to demonstrate measurement of ocean properties using satellite-borne instrumentation.
Dr. Warren Hovis, director of NOAA's satellite experiment laboratory, said the program was a preliminary to launch in 1978 of the Nimbus-G with a coastal-zone color scanner. The joint NASA-NOAA tests had used aircraft equipped with models of the scanner to record data that could be confirmed by surface measurements taken on the ships. (NOAA Release 77-265)
The Natl. Science Foundation reported that federal funding for research and development had risen significantly between fiscal yrs 1974 and 1978, having shown only slight growth in the 1969-1974 period. Total federal R&D funding for FY 1978 was about $26.3 billion, $8.9 billion more than for FY 1974. For the 1974-1978 period, 6 functional areas accounted for nearly all the increase in federal support: defense, 44%; energy, 25%; space and health, 7% each; environment, 5%; science and technology base, 4%. (NSF Release PR77-93)
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