Aug 26 1991
From The Space Library
The media carried the discovery, announced on August 23, by three astronomers, Donald P. Schneider of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Maarten Schmidt of the California Institute of Technology, and James E. Gunn of Princeton University of the oldest and most distant object yet found, a 900-million-year-old quasar. The discovery resulted from the use of a supersensitive digital camera, developed by Gunn for the Hubble Telescope. The camera was attached to Mount Palomar's Hale telescope and special filters were used. (B Sun, Aug 26/91; NY Times, Aug 27/91; W Times, Aug 27/91; LA Times, Aug 27/91)
An editorial in a space publication urged the Bush Administration to put pressure on NASA to implement the recommendations of the Augustine panel with regard to NASA's structure, management, and priorities, and the Synthesis Group, or Stafford report on exploration missions. (SP News, Aug 26-Sep 8/91)
Space Propulsion newsletter carried a discussion of NASA's 1993 budget plan, scheduled to be submitted to the White House August 30. In view of budget limitations, and an inflation rate of 4.1 percent, the article highlighted the call in the Senate report for NASA to submit a budget that assumed only a five per-cent annual increase through 1995. (SP News, Aug 26-Sep 8/91)
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