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Month: December 1997
1997

22 December 1997: Securacom Inc. Appoints Lt. General James A. Abrahamson, USAF- Retired – to its Board, press release, Yahoo 21 December 1997: Astrophysicist Schramm Dies in Plane Crash, Reuters, Yahoo 19 December 1997: KSC Launch Director Harrington to retire; successors named, KSC press relase, Florida Today 18 December 1997: Administrator’s Holiday Greeting, from Dan Goldin “NASA’s successes did not happen because we have good luck. Nor did they happen because of any one […]

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  • December 31, 1997
1997 and earlier

24 December 1997: Spacehab gets $62 mln in space contracts, Reuters, Yahoo 19 December 1997: Science Fiction-Like Exploits Of The Space Shuttle, USA press release, Yahoo 16 December 1997:  NASA officials criticize space report, UPI, Yahoo 16 December 1997:  Report: space debris threatens shuttle,UPI, Yahoo 16 December 1997:  Tiny deadly space debris seen as threat, Wired, Yahoo 16 December 1997:  Orbital Debris May Pose Significant Risk to the Space Shuttle, Press release, […]

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  • December 31, 1997
Mir Status Report 23 December 1997

Date: Tuesday, December 23, 1997 // MD 140/89 Mir Station System/Subsystem Activities This past weekend, during changeout of the Base Block air conditioner compressor unit, a check valve failed inside the air conditioner unit (not the new compressor) resulting in a Freon 218 leak of approximately 500 grams. The Moscow Operations team is assessing options to deliver a new air conditioner and compressor either on Shuttle or Progress. The manifesting […]

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  • December 23, 1997
NASA MIR Program Mir 24 / NASA 6 Status

NASA MIR Program Mir 24 / NASA 6 Status Date:09 Wednesday, December 17, 1997 Mission Day:09 Mir 24 / NASA 6 MD 134/83 Mir Station System/Subsystem Activities All primary major systems continue to operate nominally. Inspector activities were terminated today due to a problem with the Inspector star tracker. The crew kept receiving an input that the star tracker was overheating. The logic of the Inspector payload is such that […]

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  • December 17, 1997
Read Dan Goldin's lips: Better-Cheaper-Faster is Better-Cheaper-Faster

Synopsis: Dan Goldin made some rather interesting comments today during his closing session commentary on the recommendations made by the NASA Advisory Committee (NAC). His comments were prompted by the recommendations made by the NAC regarding an earlier presentation on what NASA thinks “Better – Cheaper – Faster” means. The NAC had expressed some concern over just what this phrase meant at NASA – and how all three components could […]

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  • December 17, 1997