Nov 5 1986
From The Space Library
In a part of NASA's strategy to return the Space Shuttle safely to flight, Dale D. Myers, Deputy Administrator, announced the new management and operations structure for the National Space Transportation System (NSTS or Space Shuttle program). The changes were aimed at establishing clear lines of communication in the information transfer and decision making processes. The management change, which also moved control of the operation to Washington, D.C., was directed by Shuttle Director Richard H. Truly and followed recommendations made by the House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology and the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident.
As part of the restructuring, Arnold D. Aldrich, who joined NASA in 1959, was named Director, NSTS, and Richard H. Kohrs and Robert L. Crippen were named his deputies. Truly stated that "the formation of this program management organization is one of the most positive steps NASA has taken in the last several months to strengthen the Shuttle program and return to flight status." (NASA Release 86-159; W Post, Nov 6/86; NY Times, Nov 6/86)
The United States and the European Space Agency were pursuing an agreement aimed at preventing Japan from dominating small satellite launches in the same way it had taken over the small car industry. The United States hoped to reach assent with the European Space Agency concerning employment schedules, insurance standards and rates, Government subsidies for research and development, and the leasing costs of Government-owned launch facilities to private firms. (W Times, Nov 6/86)
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