Jul 30 1974
From The Space Library
Ames Research Center awarded a $400 000 contract to Hughes Aircraft Co. for a design study of an infrared telescope to be carried on the space shuttle above the impeding effects of the atmosphere. The telescope, to operate in orbit attached to the shuttle orbiter, was to have a one-arc-sec pointing accuracy, a 1- to 1.5-m aperture, and cooled optics and sensors. The study would include the telescope facility concept, inter-faces with the shuttle orbiter and Spacelab, operating requirements for shuttle and telescope, and ground station requirements including data transfer from the telescope to the ground and control of the telescope from the ground if necessary. (ARC proj off, interview, 29 July 75; AvWk, 19 Aug 74, 18)
NASA announced the award of a $1.7-million contract to John A. Blume & Associates to study design modifications for the 40- by 80-ft wind tunnel at Ames Research Center. The modifications, which would permit full-scale testing for future aircraft, included repowering the facility from 26.9 mw to 100.7 mw. The new test section under consideration would measure 24.4 by 36.6 m (80 by 120 ft) and increase the speed capability from the present 370 to 555 km per hr. (NASA Release 74-212)
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