Feb 5 1993
From The Space Library
Dr. Lonnie Reid, a fluid dynamics expert at NASA's Lewis Research Center in Cleveland, was scheduled to be inducted into the Ohio Science Technology and Industry Hall of Fame in Columbus on February 7.
Reid, who would be the first NASA researcher and one of three African Americans in the Hall of Fame, was being honored for his pioneering work in integrating theoretical and experimental methods in the science of fluid dynamics. (NASA Release 93-23)
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced that the agency had exceeded its 1992 goal of awarding 6.7 percent of the total value of the Agency's prime and subcontracts to small disadvantaged businesses. Over $865 million was awarded to minority organizations; this figure represented 7.2 of the total $12 billion awarded during the last fiscal year. (National Black Review, Feb 5/93)
Senior Astronaut Jerry Ross, payload commander for the Shuttle Columbia's February 25 mission, said that NASA should revamp globe-spanning training because such programs endangered fliers' family life and could lead to physical and mental exhaustion. Ross and another astronaut spent about 28 weeks in Germany preparing for the German Spacelab mission aboard Columbia. (USA Today, Feb 5/93; W Times, Feb 5/93; AP, Feb 4/93; Space News, Feb 8-14)
Russians scientists and engineers unfurled a thin aluminum and plastic mirror in space, sending a narrow beam of reflected sunlight flashing across the night side of the Earth. The experiment could be the first step in creating a solar spotlight that could eventually be used to light up nighttime work, rescue operations, blacked-out cities, or Sun-deprived polar areas. The main purpose of the test was to see whether the sheet could be opened using centrifugal force and then maneuvered. (W Post, Feb 5/93; P Inq, Feb 5/94; NY Times, Feb 5/93)
The Clinton administration considered canceling NASA's $30 billion Space Station and the $8.2 billion Super Collider but decided to keep the programs after encountering intense opposition to their cancellation. Cost over-runs on the two programs, however, have damaged their political prospects in the administration and Congress. (Space News, Feb 8-14/93; AP, Feb 6/93, 8/93; UPI, Feb 5/93, Feb 8/93; W Post, Feb 6/93; W Times, Feb 6/93; P Inq, Feb 6/93;B Sun, Feb 6/93; NY Times, Feb 6/93)
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