Oct 28 1991
From The Space Library
NASA announced that Dudley McConnell, Associate Director for Applications for NASA's Earth Science and Applications Division, died of an apparent heart attack. (NASA Obituary; Fla Today, Oct 29/91; W Post, Oct 31/91)
NASA announced that it and other institutions such as the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and a number of universities had begun a six-month airborne study to determine the probability that an ozone "hole," similar to the annual phenomenon seen in the Antarctic, would develop in the Northern Hemisphere. (NASA Release 91-178; Fla Today, Oct 29/91)
Quoting the Dallas Times Herald, AP reported on a study being done for NASA by Dr. Charles Pak, head of the Mineral Metabolism Department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. According to Pak, white males might not he able to withstand long trips in space because their hones tend to deteriorate during extended weightlessness. Young black men were the best candidates for long-term space travel because women, who have smaller hone structure, also lose bone more rapidly. Dr. Stanley Feld, clinical professor at the Medical Center and head of endocrinology at the Presbyterian Hospital, said the important thing was to find ways to stop hone loss in space. (AP, Oct 28/91; Fla Today, Oct 29/91)
According to Florida Today, the Atlantis astronauts were scheduled to arrive at Kennedy Space Center in a few days, to begin preparations and a practice countdown for the Space Shuttle flight. (Fla Today, Oct 28/91; UPI, Oct 31/91)
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