Jan 20 1975
From The Space Library
The appointments of four senior European Space Research Organization directors became effective. The appointments were Professor of Engineering Massimo Trella (Italy) as Technical Operator, Bernard Deloffre (France) as Director of the Spacelab program, Walter Luksch (West Germany) as Director of the Communications Satellite Programme, and John Hawkes (United Kingdom) as Head of Development and Technology at ESRO's Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. (ESRO Release, 20 Jan 75)
An interagency agreement between NASA and Department of Interior to use NASA technology for mineral extraction was announced by Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. B. Morton. Funded and directed by DOI and combining efforts of NASA and contractor scientists, the project would apply NASA experience in developing of systems for manned and automated operations in hostile environments to demonstrate new coal-mining technology. NASA has designated Marshall Space Flight Center as the lead NASA Center. (NASA Release 75-17)
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