Apr 8 1993
From The Space Library
In a speech delivered April 2 in Washington, DC, at the annual conference of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education, Daniel S. Goldin, NASA Administrator, outlined what NASA was doing to emphasize cultural diversity within the organization.
In the address, Goldin announced a plan to double support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities. He also said that the agency had set a goal of awarding at least eight percent of its contracts to small and disadvantaged women-owned businesses by 1994, that the Agency had established a $310 million set-aside for high-tech work by small and disadvantaged firms, and that the Agency would sponsor 27 conferences for small and disadvantaged businesses in 22 cities this year. In addition, he outlined Agency incentives for the space industry to exceed small and disadvantaged business subcontracting goals. (NASA Editor's Note N93-19)
NASA announced details of regional meetings planned for April under the auspices of the White House Technology Reinvestment Project. NASA was scheduled to collaborate with other government agencies in a $471 million interagency effort to develop dual-use technologies and to help small defense firms make the transition to commercial manufacturing projects. (NASA Release 93-65)
NASA awarded the Applied Research Corporation, a Landover, Maryland, high-tech firm, a one-year, $95,401 contract to study archival ultraviolet and infrared data. (W Times, Apr 8/93)
Scientists at a Global Warming Conference warned that global warming might unleash a variety of deadly diseases on the world population. The scientists said that outbreaks of malaria, cholera, diseases born by various parasites, dengue, and yellow fever, and other potential epidemics were likely to become more common if the burning of fossil fuels enhanced the greenhouse effect and heated the Earth. (B Sun, Apr 8/93)
Shuttle Discovery lifted off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, at 1:29 a.m., ET, on an eight-day mission to study Earth's endangered ozone layer. Thursday's liftoff followed an earlier aborted launch. According to reports, the Shuttle, which carried a crew of five, lit up the night like a huge blowtorch as it rocketed into orbit. (AP, April 4/93; RT, Apr 8/93; RTW, Apr 4/93; UPI, Apr 4/93; USA Today, Apr 8/93; W Post, Apr 8/93; B Sun, Apr 8/93)
Shuttle astronaut Mae C. Jemison was scheduled to make a guest appearance on a "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode during the week of May 31. Very much in demand as a speaker when she was with NASA, Jemison also had a school named after her in Detroit. (AP, Apr 4/93, Apr 19/93, May 24/93, May 26/93)
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