Nov 30 1994
From The Space Library
China successfully launched a new telecommunications satellite, the Dongfanghong III, using a Long March 3A rocket from the Xichang base in Sichuan province, southwestern China. (AFP, Nov 30/94; Xinhua news agency, Nov 30/94)
NASA announced a series of education telecasts for the 1994-95 school year featuring the following: the recent collision of comet Shoemaker-Levy, unique research in microgravity, the Earth's changing environment, and the diverse role of lasers in NASA technologies. (NASA Release 94-198)
A laudatory assessment was given of NASA's Technology Transfer program with specific reference to the Marshall Space Flight Center. According to Harry Craft, Jr., Technology Transfer office manager, the program had three elements: Industrial Outreach, Space Act Cooperative Agreements, and Dual Use Programs. Each was intended to increase cooperation between government and industry. In the Industrial Outreach area, industries came to NASA with problems they needed to resolve, requiring less than 40 hours work. For more complex problems, Space Act Cooperative Agreements were used. The Dual Use Program was a technology reinvestment program in which both government and industry contributed funds and technology to benefit both parties. (Huntsville News, Nov 30/94)
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