From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: NASA Daily News for 11/09/92 (Forwarded)
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 01:28:30 GMT

[Note: Peter Yee is on travel this week, and I'm filling in for him 
       - Ron Baalke
]

Daily                 News
Monday, November 9, 1992        24-hour audio service at 202/755-1788

 % First NASA Town Meeting begins today in Raleigh, N.C.
 % Scout launch delayed to no earlier than Tuesday, Nov. 10
 % Tethered Satellite System Investigative report released
 % Covert Group report on NASA's Satellite Rescue ability


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Today at  2:00 pm, Raleigh, N.C. will host the first of
the series of NASA Town Meetings.  Live coverage
on NASA Select television begins around 1:00 pm
in the Jane S. McKimmon Center on the North
Carolina State University Campus.  The open
meeting session will last until 6:30 pm.
The next scheduled NASA Town Meeting is
 in Hartford, CT on November 17 in the
 Lincoln Theater on the campus of the
 University of Hartford.

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The launch of the Department of Defense Miniature Seeker
Technology Integration payload aboard a NASA Scout launch vehicle
from Vandenberg Air Force Base was delayed to no earlier than
Tuesday, Nov. 10.  Rescheduled from its Sunday, Nov. 8 launch.
Previous launch attempts have been hampered by range control,
power supply and ground support equipment problems.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
NASA's Tethered Satellite System Investigative Board released their
findings on problems which prevented full deployment of the
satellite during Space Shuttle mission STS-46.  The 47-page
report examined five problems that occurred during the deployment
effort and identified causes of four of them.  Based on the board's
findings, recommendations regarding several specific hardware
assessments and modifications  should be  made to other elements
of the tethered system if NASA decides to refly it.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

The NASA Advisory Council Group Task Force established at the
direction of NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin and chaired by Dr.
Eugene E. Covert, professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology concluded that NASA should
continue to concentrate on future satellite rescue and repair.
However, the Task Force recommended that these missions only be
performed when they " produce genuine benefits to U.S. interests in
view of the inherent risks to the Shuttle and its crew."  The Task
Force recommended that NASA  keep its satellite rescue pricing
policy broad, continue to ensure all safety measures are met for all
satellite rescue and repair missions and should remind the public of
risks associated with these types of rescue missions.


Here's the broadcast schedule for Public Affairs events on NASA
Select TV.  Note that all events and times may change without
notice, and that all times listed are Eastern.  Live indicates a
program is transmitted live.

Monday, November 9, 1992
Live    12:00 pm        NASA Today news program,
        12:15 pm        Aeronautics & Space Report
        12:30 pm        One Step Closer
Live    1:00 pm         NASA Town Meeting from Raleigh, NC.
        6:30 pm         NASA Today and subsequent programming repeats.
        8:00 pm         NASA Today and subsequent programming repeats.
        12:00 am        NASA Today and subsequent programming repeats.

This report is filed daily at noon, Monday through Friday.  It is a
service of NASA's Office of Public Affairs.  The editor is Charles
Redmond, 202/453-8425 or CREDMOND on NASAmail.  NASA Select
TV is carried on GE Satcom F2R, transponder 13, C-Band, 72 degrees
West Longitude, transponder frequency is 3960 MegaHertz, audio
subcarrier is 6.8 MHz, polarization is vertical.
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