Jan 9 1974
From The Space Library
Lockheed Propulsion Co. asked the General Accounting Office to set aside NASA's 20 Nov. 1973 selection of Thiokol Chemical Corp. for negotiation of a $106-million contract to design and develop the space shuttle's solid-fueled rocket motor. Lockheed charged that it had an edge in technical evaluation of the engine and that it had been the low bidder before NASA had made "improper adjustments" in its bid. Lockheed also maintained Thiokol's transportation costs from Utah to Florida would be higher and that Thiokol's proposed design would not meet program objectives without major revision. (LATNS, Today, 10 Jan 74; NASA Release 74-130)
A photograph of the U.S.S.R.'s space launching complex at Baykonur Cosmodrome taken by NASA's ERTS 1 Earth Resources Technology Satellite (launched 23 July 1972) from 900 km altitude was published in the Washington newsletter Defense/Space Business Daily. The photo, taken 16 March 1973, showed that the complex stretched 60 km east and west, 24 km north of Tyuratam. The newsletter published a closer, 5 Oct. 1972 photo on 17 Jan. (SBD, 9, 10, 17 Jan 74, 41-42, 49-50, 89; NASA photos 74-H-6, 74-H-11, 74-H-12, 74-H-13)
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