Nov 12 1975
From The Space Library
NASA and the Energy Research and Development Administration were near agreement on a plan to build a coal gasification plant near NASA's Michoud assembly facility in La. to provide hydrogen gas for testing and operating the Space Shuttle, said Dr. Myron S. Malkin, director of the Space Shuttle program for NASA's Office of Space Flight. In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Dr. Malkin said ERDA would hire a private contractor to build a $65-million plant and would operate it for 3 yr to obtain data on coal gasification; after that, it would turn the plant over to NASA. The facility would produce enough gas daily to provide 30 tons of liquid hydrogen for the Shuttle. (Transcript, Vol I Part 1, 858, 910)
NASA had decided to eliminate all expendable launch vehicles except Scout after the Space Shuttle became operational, NASA Associate Administrator John F. Yardley told the House Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, but the Air Force wanted to play it safe. AF officials wanted extra vehicles on hand after Shuttle in case problems developed, he said. NASA had planned about 20 launches of expendable vehicles a year through 1980-4 Scouts, 10 Deltas, 3 or 4 Atlas-Centaurs, and 1 or 2 Titan-Centaurs-with 17 launches in FY 1977 and 27 in FY 1978. (Transcript, Vol I Part 1, 899)
Marshall Space Flight Center had selected Moog Inc. Controls Div. to negotiate a cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract totaling $6 685 584 for the design, development, production, and acceptance testing of a thrust-vector control electrical-hydraulic servoactuator on the Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster. The servoactuator would control the SRB's exhaust nozzle. (Marshall Star, 12 Nov 75, 4)
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