Oct 5 1975
From The Space Library
Design and construction of a cost-saving municipal sewage treatment plant, using a Jet Propulsion Laboratory-developed process, would begin late in the year in Orange County, Calif., JPL announced. The new system used a pyrolytic reactor to convert solid sewage materials to activated carbon, which was then used to treat incoming waste water. Besides reducing sewage-treatment costs by 25%, the new system was expected to virtually eliminate sewage solids, produce cleaner waste water for delivery to the ocean, remove heavy metals contained in the sewage, and eliminate odors. Gases generated by the sewage solids would be used as a source of power.
The plant-a pilot project funded by Federal, state, and municipal grants totaling approximately $2 million-would replace a small mobile unit installed by JPL in 1974. Project officials hoped that, following evaluation, the system could be scaled up 100-fold and adopted for urban waste treatment. (JPL Release 5 Sept 75)
The Univ. of Chile would build and operate a ground station to receive earth-resources data directly from NASA's Landsats 1 and 2 spacecraft launched 23 July 1972 and 22 Jan. 1975, NASA announced. A memorandum of understanding between NASA and the university provided for Chile's use of the Spaceflight Tracking and Data Network station at Santiago until the ground station becomes operational.
The station would aid South American investigators conducting research in cooperation with NASA and the United Nations. The Univ. of Chile station would be the tenth Landsat station worldwide. Three stations were located in the U.S. Brazil, Canada, and Italy each had stations in operation, and Iran and Zaire were constructing facilities for data acquisition. In addition, Canada was planning a second station. The Univ. of Chile station would be able to acquire data directly from the satellite as it passed over Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, and sections of Peru and Brazil. (NASA Release 75-265)
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