Mar 30 1977
From The Space Library
NASA announced that Project FIRES (firefighters integrated response equipment system), a joint program of NASA's Technology Utilization Office and the Natl. Fire Prevention and Control Administration, had begun with NASA's award of a $478 375 contract to Grumman Aerospace Corp., Bethpage, N.Y., for new standards in firefighting clothing and for development and fabrication of a complete ensemble. The project would use space technologies to achieve greater safety and maneuverability of firefighting equipment. A Users Requirements Committee of firefighters and safety officials would evaluate Grumman's products and fire-test them in 10 cities under actual firefighting conditions before commercial production began. (NASA Release 77-64)
MSFC announced that NASA had invited researchers to propose materials-processing experiments to be performed on the Space Transportation System (STS), as the Shuttle missions would be called. The experiments, basic or applied research projects in materials science, would exploit the weightless and ultra-high vacuum conditions of space to demonstrate their applications in materials science and technology. (MSFC Release 77-52)
The Pentagon had been working on an interceptor spacecraft capable of knocking Soviet satellites out of orbit, DOD officials told Congress. The Washington Post reported that the program, begun under President Ford, had aimed at producing weapons to protect U.S. space systems from attacks by foreign satellites. (W Post, Mar 30/77, A-8)
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