Feb 24 1987
From The Space Library
Dr. Leonard A. Fisk, Vice President for Research and Financial Affairs at the University of New Hampshire, was named NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, effective April 6, 1987. He replaced Dr. Burton I. Edelson. (NASA Release 87-18)
NASA announced that Morton Thiokol, Inc., the builder of the booster rocket that caused the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, voluntarily accepted a $10 million reduction in fees and agreed to take no profit from $409 mil-lion worth of work required to fix future rockets. The company also agreed to replace the rockets lost in the accident. The agreement between Thiokol and NASA negated any lawsuits growing out of the January 28, 1986, accident that destroyed the Shuttle and killed the crew of seven. (C Trib, Feb 25/87; W Post, Feb 25/87; B Sun, Feb 25/87; WSJ, Feb 25/87)
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