Apr 2 1990
From The Space Library
President George Bush announced his plans for a cooperative effort with the Soviet Union in the human-assisted exploration of space, including voyages to the Moon and Mars.
On a related note, Japan agreed to open its doors to foreign-made satellites by lifting its ban on government agencies and businesses that required them to buy only Japanese spacecraft. The Japanese law was created in order to help Japan's fledgling space industry. (IVY Times, Apr 3/90; Apr 4/90; W Times, Apr 4/90; WSJ, Apr 4/90)
NASA and Rockwell International Corporation signed an agreement in which Rockwell would produce a cryogenic pallet aimed at extending orbiter flights from an average of 8 days to 16 days. The extended duration orbiter program involved a pallet holding spherical tanks of liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen, valve panels, and avionics boxes for feeding additional cryogenic flu-ids to the orbiter's electricity-generating fuel cells. (NASA Release 90-47)
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