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... , NASA announced. The ion-thruster propulsion system used solar cells to convert solar energy into electrical power, tailored to the current and voltage necessary for the ion thruster. The propellant-mercury ... 9715 hr for modifications. (NASA Release 75-150) Kennedy Space Center announced the selection of General Electric Co.'s Space Div. and Martin Marietta Corp. for competitive negotiation of a contract to ...

... range of geographic locations see 1 July . Firms selected were AiResearch Manufacturing Co. of Calif., General Electric Co. Space Div., and Honeywell Inc. Each of the contractors would deliver prototype solar heating ... increase oscillating currents to high potentials, and systems for wireless communication and wireless transmission of electric power. Tesla designed the power system at Niagara Falls, N.Y., and lived to be ...

... contractors: crew module and aft fuselage from Rockwell at Palmdale, mid fuselage (cargo bay) from General Dynamics in San Diego, wings from Grumman Aerospace in N.Y., and tail assembly from ... second 8 mo later. The space board, representing ESA , Canada, and Comsat General Corp., reviewed the proposals submitted by General Electric, Radio Corp. of America, and TRW; all were reported to be of ...

... cell roofing shingles made for it under contract by General Electric Co. could deal with the weather in two ways: they could both generate electricity and constitute a roof impermeable to wind and ... supply 90% of the power used by an all-electric home in the southwest U.S. However, the cost of the shingle-generated electricity was about $30 per watt, far higher than ...

... , Calif.; Boeing Engineering & Construction Co., Seattle, Wash.; and General Electric Space Division, Valley Forge, Pa., to develop a solar-energy concentrator for generating electric power. The contracts, each valued at about $240 000 ... sunlight to a heat absorber and heat-driven engine turning a generator to produce electricity to supplement electrical power for small communities and rural areas. The solar concentrator to be developed under ...

... 22/94) Norman Augustine, chairman of Martin Marietta Corporation, said the company would not buy General Dynamics Corporation's space-launch business for $208.5 million as planned unless the government ... in criminal fraud and bribery charges against nine employees and one contractor. Two other contractors, General Electric Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation, which had employed two of those charged, agreed to pay ...

... freezer in a local town down there in the Virgin Islands, not knowing that the electricity would go off for sometimes a week at a time, and nobody bothered to tell ... rent a refrigerated truck and a generator to keep our food down there, because the electricity was just not dependable enough to keep it on the local level. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' Who ... out with just the plain old Apollo packages, because our package wasn’t ready yet. General Electric GE was working on the package design for this. We used that package for several ...

... improved materials and devices perform their designed functions.” ''(Industrial Research, 1/63, 5)'' Reported that General Electric scientists had succeeded in refining junction laser to point where output wavelength can be selected ... and measures and the government and the National Academy urged the States-General to adopt a national system. The States-General authorized the Academy to formulate a system of weights and measures ...

... /64, 63; Marshall Star, 7/15/64, 9)'' NASA announced it had selected General Atomics Div. of General Dynamics Corp. to perform preliminary work, estimated to be worth about $1.7 million ... NASA engine technology contracts at Pratt & Whitney with inputs from Aerojet-General Corp., Rocketdyne Div. of North American Aviation , and General Electric Co. ''(M&R, 7/20/64, 8; SBD, 7/14/64 ...

... use of Tiros information, but the totals must already be substantial," David Arthur Davies, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, discussed international reaction to meteorological satellite developments, listing three main ... April 1965, of design contracts with Boeing Co. and Lockheed Aircraft Corp, airframe contractors; and General Electric Co. and Pratt & Whitney Div, of United Aircraft Corp, engine contractors, for U.S. supersonic ...

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