Mar 21 1994
From The Space Library
Jack Anderson's column concerned the probe by the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) of NASA Inspector General Bill Colvin for alleged serious misconduct. Two OSI investigators reportedly began the probe in late 1992. The investigation centered on whether Colvin had lost the independence necessary for a watchdog by becoming too friendly with NASA executives. (W Post, Mar 21/94)
NASA announced the selection of two Winston-Salem State University faculty members to participate in the NASA/University Joint Venture Program (JOVE). The program enabled faculty and students to become involved in space science research. NASA was to invest $138,000 over three years to sup-port Winston-Salem State's program participation. As part of the program, two faculty members would spend 10 weeks in the summer of 1994 at NASA Field Centers being "mentored" by NASA scientists. (NASA Release 94-48)
An Air Force panel was completing the space launch modernization study mandated by Congress; and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy was preparing recommendations on vehicle developments. The trade Aviation Week & Space Technology publication advocated the United States' developing a modern expendable launch vehicle with money both from government and industry. The next step, which would need multibillion-dollar investment, would require "leapfrog technology" such as the use of propulsion, and could benefit from cooperation with the Commonwealth of Independent States. (Av Wk, Mar 21/94)
NASA encountered difficulties in its desire to deliver planetary video data to microcomputer users because of the limitations of the technology. Mike Martin, a science data systems technologist with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, said that so far he and his colleagues had been unable to incorporate Apple QuickTime video into multimedia presentations to run on the Macintosh and multimedia PCs. (Government Computer News, Mar 21/94)
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