June 1973

From The Space Library

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NASA retirements during the month totaled 778 agency-wide, under the law signed by President Nixon June 12 to permit early re-tirements and a 6.1% cost-of-living bonus for employees retiring by June 30. Of 76 in NASA Hq.-including reduction-in-force and voluntary re-tirements-59 were in grades GS-13 and above. Retirees at Marshall Space Flight Center peaked at 172, an all-time monthly high. An additional 18 employees applied for disability retire-ment. Previous monthly high for MSFC retirements was 106 in June 1972. June 1973 MSFC retirements, added to 24 retired Jan. 1-May 30, brought the 1973 total to 170. Retirements at other Centers during June numbered 142 for Lewis Research Center, 120 for Langley Research Center, 76 for Goddard Research Center, 56 for Kennedy Space Center, 53 for Johnson Space Center, 50 for Ames Research Center, 15 each at Flight Research Center and Wallops Station, and 3 at Space Nuclear Systems Office. Hq. retirees included Jacob E. Smart, Assistant Administrator for DOD and Interagency Affairs; Dr. Fred Schulman, Special Assistant to the Manager and Asst. Manager, Space Nuclear Systems Office; Leonard Carulli, Management Analyst, Office of Management and Development; Jocelyn R. Gill, Space Scientist for Physics and Astronomy Programs; Ernest W. Brackett, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Industry Affairs; Ralph E. Ulmer, Program Analyst, Advanced Con-cepts and Mission Div.; Raymond Einhorn, Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Organization and Management; Dr. Harvey Hall, Principal Scientist, Advanced Missions; and Charles M. Hochberg, Director, Budget Operations, Budget Operations Div. (NASA Personnel Off; NASA Admin. Off; NASA Ann, 6/13/73; MSFC Release 73-89; Causey, W Post, 6/15/73, D17)

The National Academy of Sciences released International Magnetospheric Study: Guidelines for United States Participation. A study panel of the Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Research and the Space Science Board of the National Research Council had identified unanswered questions on the magnetosphere and appraised opportunities for U.S. participation in the 1mS, scheduled for 1976-1978. The report, initiated at NASA and NSF request, recommended that the U.S. endorse the IMS "and participate with a coordinated research program of ground-based, balloon, rocket, and satellite observations that includes the NASA/ESRO [[[European Space Research Organization]]] Mother-Daughter-Heliocentric missions (International Magnetospheric Explorers) ." To facilitate the U.S. program, the report recommended establishing a program office within NSF with a representative designated in each participating governmental agency to coordinate 1mS-related projects. (Text)

Successful flights of Air Force Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) testbed aircraft had demonstrated AWAC'S potential to increase effectiveness of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization command and control system, the Air Force System Command's Newsreview reported. The Central European and Mediterranean flights also had ensured AWAC'S suitability for the European environment. (AFSC Newsreview, 6/73, 1)

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