Feb 9 1976
From The Space Library
An ad hoc committee of 9 prominent astronomers, assisted by a group of experts from NASA, ERDA, and the Air Force and the atmospheric and astronomical science communities, reviewed the program of solar research being conducted by the U.S. Air Force's Sacramento Peak Observatory in N.M., and recommended that the National Science Foundation assume responsibility for its operation after 30 June 1976. The Air Force had established the observatory near Alamogordo in 1952 to research methods of predicting solar geophysical disturbances that might affect military responsibilities of the AF; reduced manpower had forced the AF to earmark the observatory for phaseout. Dr. H. Guyford Stever, director of NSF, announced that NSF would take over the SPO operation and continue its role in solar research at a productive level. Constructed at a cost of about $8 million, SPO had an estimated replacement value of about $20 million. (NSF Release PR76-15)
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