Oct 17 1977
From The Space Library
NASA announced it had selected -5 materials-processing experiments to be flown on an early orbital-test flight of the Space Shuttle beginning in 1979. The Materials Experiment Assembly (MEA) would offer scientists an interim opportunity to conduct studies before Spacelab missions began; it would be automated and unattended, containing its own power source and a minicomputer to collect data. Principal investigators and their experiments were Dr. J. Bruce Wagner, Jr., Ariz. State Univ.-solid electrolytes containing dispersed particles; Ralph A. Happe, Rockwell International -containerless preparation of advanced optical glass; Dr. Herbert Wiedemeier, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. -vapor growth of alloy-type semiconductor crystals; Dr. John W. Vanderhoff, Sinclair Laboratories, Lehigh Univ.-large-particle-size monodisperse latexes; Dr. S.H. Gelles, Gelles Associates, Columbus, O.-liquid miscibility gap materials. (NASA Release 77-222)
Wallops Flight Center announced its annual Woman's Day observance Nov. 2 would stress the need for equal opportunity for women to contribute to all phases of national life. Speakers would be Lillian Levy of NASA Hq and Jill Barbon of the Salisbury, Md., chamber of commerce. (WFC Release 77-13)
The Dept. of Transportation announced it had awarded contracts to Perkin Elmer Corp. and United Technologies Inc. for devices to measure the effect of jet-engine emissions on the stratosphere. The first contract, valued at $385 040, would be for a system to measure nitrogen oxides in the stratosphere between 50 000 and 115 000ft altitude and predict jet-emission effects. The second contract, funded jointly at $458 000 by FAA, NASA, EPA, USAF, and the U.S. Navy, would document and explain the differences in reported measurements of nitrogen oxides in jet-engine exhausts, comparing optical measurements with the sampling technique. (DOT Release 98-77)
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