Jan 31 1995
From The Space Library
A testbed for a solar-powered regenerative fuel cell system was dedicated at Edwards Air Force Base. The Lewis Research Center's new government and industry multi-use regenerative fuel cell program mirrors the administration's policies of developing technologies that both foster U.S. competitiveness and support government programs. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is an active member of the Lewis fuel cell team. Fuel cell applications include electric cars, buses, and locomotives in addition to less expensive means of power distribution for communities. (NASA Release 95-8)
In experiments aimed at answering one of the most intriguing questions in particle physics and cosmology, scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico produced especially strong evidence that elusive particles called neutrinos do indeed have mass. If proven, the finding means that neutrinos could constitute a major component of the mysterious invisible matter, the long-sought missing mass, that cosmologists think fills and shapes the universe and could dictate its fate. Finding a mass for the ubiquitous neutrino would help toward completing an inventory of the missing matter, a tally that will determine whether the universe will fly apart, fall in on itself, or settle on a middle path. D. Hywel White, leader of the research team, said that the most likely explanation for the observed behavior of neutrinos produced by a proton accelerator was that these particles have some as yet undetermined amount of mass. (NY Times, Jan 31/95)
NASA officials dedicated a new testbed at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert for development of a solar-powered regenerative fuel cell system that they hope will one day provide clean and efficient renewable electric power. The testbed is the heart of Cleveland-based Lewis Research Center's new government and industry multi-use regenerative fuel cell program and mirrors the government's policy of developing technologies that will both foster U.S. competitiveness and, at the same time, support government programs. (NASA Release 95-8)
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