Apr 25 1993
From The Space Library
NASA officials announced on April 25 that a three-month review of the development of Space Station Freedom's Work Package I had been successfully completed. The work package involved work on laboratory and critical subsystems. The Marshall Space Flight Center and its main contractor Boeing Defense & Space Group were responsible for the work, which included many elements considered the core of the Space Station. (UPI, Apr 25/93)
Space Shuttle Columbia was fueled for the third launch attempt of a science mission chartered by Germany. The mission, which was years behind schedule, was scheduled for launch Monday, April 26 at 10:52 a.m. (UPI, Apr 25/93; AP, Apr 26/93; NY Times, Apr 26/93; USA Today, Apr 26/93; RTw, Apr 26/93)
The Washington Post reported that NASA, under White House instructions to cut the budget of Space Station Freedom, was attempting to push the McDonnell Douglas Corporation out of the $30 billion Space Station contract. McDonnell Douglas was the prime contractor in the project, which had cost overruns of between $300 million and $1 billion. (W Post, Apr 25/93)
In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post, Michael Oppenheimer, senior scientist at the Environmental Defense Fund in New York, took issue with an April 5 Washington Post article on ozone depletion. Oppenheimer charged that the article failed to "convey the seriousness of the ozone depletion problem." (W Post, Apr 25/93)
The Los Angeles Times reported that NASA was using a new x-ray machine, called the Reverse Geometry x-ray system, to examine parts of the Space Shuttle. The new technology, produced by the Digiray Corporation, eliminates fuzzy images and displays a 3-D picture almost instantly. (LA Times, Apr 25/93; AP, May 24/93)
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