Oct 24 1992
From The Space Library
Shuttle Columbia astronauts carried out experiments designed to ease reentry from space. They pedaled furiously on a stationary bicycle and floated in a depressurization sack to draw blood from the top of the body to the legs. They also grabbed an aluminum panel with the Shuttle's arm and swung it about the spacecraft's cargo bay to test a Canadian robotic vision system. A day earlier, they deployed the Lageos II geodynamics satellite. (NY Times, (Oct 25/92; W Post, Oct 25/92; P Inq Oct 24/92; The Sun, Oct 25/92)
Two NASA workshops held during the past year produced a recommendation that a multi-governmental effort be undertaken to detect dangerous asteroids using a worldwide network of telescopes at a cost of $50 million. The second workshop examined methods for deflecting or destroying asteroids. The chance of a catastrophic collision in the average person's lifetime is quite small-about 1 in 10,000, the scientists said. (USA Weekend, Oct 23-25/92)
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