May 23 1994
From The Space Library
Former NASA astronaut and Space Shuttle commander Ronald J. Grahe assumed his new post as vice president of business development for the launch systems group of Orbital Sciences Corporation (OSC) in Sterling, Virginia. He explained that OSC's specialty was providing access to space for small satellites at reasonable cost. One of his priorities was to find new markets for OSC's Taurus and Pegasus rockets. OSC also was about to enter the communications field through its ORBCOMM satellite system. (W Post, May 23/94)
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced the signing of an agreement between NASA and the Multiple Sclerosis Association of America (MSAA) to collaborate to advance the application of cool suit technology for multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. More than 300,000 Americans suffer from MS, for which there is no known cure. About 1,000 MS patients use the cur-rent cool suit, used as a space suit undergarment for cooling astronauts on the surface of the Moon or during space walks, for systematic relief. Members of NASA's Johnson Space Center, Houston, and Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, were to work with MSAA staff to improve the performance of cool suits. (NASA Release 94-80)
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