Apr 12 1976
From The Space Library
Louis Mogavero was appointed Director of NASA's Technology Utilization Office in the Hq Office of Industry Affairs and Technology Utilization, the agency announced. Mogavero, who joined NASA in 1966, had held management and planning positions in the former Office of Manned Space Flight, and in 1972 had worked with a White House study group evaluating new opportunities in technology. Before joining NASA he was operations manager for new product development with the Boeing Co., and received a master's degree in engineering administration in 1970 from George Washington University. (NASA Hq announcement, 12 Apr 76)
Electricity from outer space to power homes and industry would be not only possible, but entirely probable, soon after the turn of the century, said Ralph 1. LaRock of NASA Hq at a recent meeting held at Marshall Space Flight Center. LaRock, director of the Energy Technology Applications Division in NASA's Office of Energy Programs, described a proposed satellite power system under study by NASA, industry, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and other groups. MSFC's share of the study was aimed at defining overall systems requirements (including satellite structure, economical size and materials for the solar array, new technology needed in satellite and support systems, and transporting, erecting, and maintaining the system in space). LaRock said predictions of technology advancement during the 1980-1990 time period indicated a good chance of "our having a few solar-power satellites in operation by the turn of the century." (MSFC Release 76-75)
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