Oct 30 1993
From The Space Library
NASA announced a new initiative that would create Louisiana's first formal concentration of aerospace engineering courses at the historically Black Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. NASA's five-year, $2.5 million grant was intended to help the university develop an aerospace engineering undergraduate option in the department of mechanical engineering. (NASA Release 93-197)
An article in New Scientist suggested that many failures in space are not the fault of electronics or software, but something more fundamental-the mechanics. The article identified a number of space missions that had problems caused by mechanical failures. Examples include the mission involving the European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA); Germany's TVSAT1, a direct broadcast satellite launched in November 1987; and the Hubble Space Telescope. (New Scientist, Oct 30/93)
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