Conference 7.286::space

Sue Mathis Richard
Headquarters, Washington              September 17, 1991


RELEASE:  91-149


        NASA Deputy Administrator J.R. Thompson, Jr. announced
today that due to personal circumstances, he has submitted a
letter of resignation to the President and will leave his
current responsibilities effective November 8, 1991.  Thompson
became NASA's Deputy Administrator on July 6, 1989.

        Thompson said, "I consider the last several years, serving
as NASA's Deputy Administrator, a highlight of my career with the
Agency that spans over 25 years.  I have tremendous respect for
the men and women of NASA who today lead the world in aeronautics
and the exploration of space.  Their collective achievements are
unmatched anywhere in the world."

        He continued, "It has been a great privilege for me to
serve under the leadership of President Bush, Vice President
Quayle, and NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly. Their strong
support of America's civil space program and vision of the future
command the admiration of all of us."

        Thompson is an internationally recognized propulsion
expert who has managed major space programs and directed major
research and development efforts.  Thompson entered federal
service in 1963 at the Marshall Space Flight Center as a liquid
propulsion engineer.  In 1969, as Chief of Man/Systems Integration
in the Astronautics Laboratory, he managed the design, test, and
integration engineering for the man/machine interface on Skylab.
Later in 1974, Thompson was chosen to manage the Space Shuttle
main engine project.  In 1982, he assumed responsibility for the
technical integrity of engineering involved in all of Marshall's
diverse programs as Associate Director of Engineering.

        In 1983, Thompson joined Princeton University's Plasma
Physics Lab, working on fusion energy research.  However, he
responded to a call to rejoin NASA in 1986 as the Director of
Marshall Space Flight Center to direct a major effort to return
the Space Shuttle to safe flight following the Challenger
accident.

        As Deputy Administrator, Thompson has spearheaded efforts
to improve program management, upgrade institutional capabilities
and aggressively fought for a balanced civil aeronautics and space
program.

        NASA Administrator Truly said, "Our nation owes a profound
measure of gratitude to J.R. Thompson. His brilliance, dedication
and untiring efforts have been instrumental to the success of
America's space program for a generation.  His wise counsel and
unflagging spirit will be sorely missed."

Mike Simmons
Marshall Space Flight Center                  September 23, 1991
Huntsville, Ala.

RELEASE NO: 91-168


     Marshall Space Flight Center Director Jack Lee has announced
several key personnel appointments in conjunction with a
realignment of the Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle Definition Office at
the Marshall Center in Huntsville, Ala.  This realignment has been
put in place to structure the organization to more effectively
support the Marshall Center's role in the national launch system.

     Jerry W. Smelser has been appointed manager, Space
Transportation Main Engine Systems.  Since June 1989, he has
served as manager of the Space Shuttle Main Engine Projects
Office.  Pending the selection of a replacement, James N.
Strickland will serve as the acting manager of Space Shuttle Main
Engine Projects in addition to his duties as Acting Manager, Space
Shuttle Projects Office.  Leslie B. (Boyce) Mix, deputy project
manager, will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of
Space Shuttle Main Engine Projects.

     Leslie Frank Adams has been named manager for the Cargo
Transfer Vehicle.  Adams was assigned to the Space Systems
Projects Office in October 1989 as deputy manager for the Orbital
Maneuvering Vehicle Project and has recently been active in the
management of the Aeroassist Flight Experiment.

     Armis L. Worlund, formerly deputy director of the Marshall
Center Propulsion Laboratory, has been selected to serve as the
chief engineer for the Heavy Lift Launch Vehicle, assigned from
the Space Transportation System Chief Engineers Office in
Marshall's Science and Engineering Directorate.

     And Lowell K. Zoller has been appointed manager for the
Acquisition and Business Management Office within the Heavy Lift
Launch Vehicle Definition Office.  Zoller has served as assistant
to the director of the Marshall Center's Institutional and Program
Support Directorate since April 1990.

Ken Atchison
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       October 3, 1991

RELEASE:  91-161

        NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly announced today several key
appointments:

        Arnold D. Aldrich, currently the Associate Administrator for the
Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology, has been selected as
Associate Administrator for the recently announced Office of Space Systems
Development.

        Aldrich brings a wealth of knowledge in managing the development of
large projects as a result of his many years of experience in various
assignments, including the Space Shuttle program.  He was instrumental in
providing the program leadership in the safe and successful return to flight
of the Space Shuttle.

        Richard H. Petersen, Director of the Langley Research Center,
Hampton, Va., will come to Headquarters to become the Associate
Administrator for the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, formerly
the Office of Aeronautics, Exploration and Technology.

        Petersen has been the Director of the Langley Research Center since
January 1985.  He also served as Deputy Center Director from 1980-85.
Prior to coming to Langley, Petersen was Chief of the Aerodynamics
Division at the Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.  Petersen joined
the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, NASA's predecessor
agency, at Ames in 1957.

        William B. Lenoir, currently the Associate Administrator for the Office
of Space Flight, will continue to head that Office, with its new focus on
space flight operations.

        Charles T. Force will remain in his current assignment as the
Associate Administrator for the Office of Space Communications, formerly
named the Office of Space Operations.

        NASA field center reporting assignments will remain unchanged, and
transition plans will be arranged as soon as possible.

        In announcing these appointments, Truly said, "NASA is extremely
fortunate to have such outstanding senior executives ready to take on these
challenging new responsibilities.  With the creation of the Office of Space
Systems Development and these key appointments, NASA will be better
aligned to execute the development and operation of Space Station
Freedom as well as other new capability development projects, and to focus
more directly on efficient space operations.  These management changes
will also ensure a strong future in NASA's aeronautics research and space
technology efforts."

Ken Atchison
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                     October 3, 1991

RELEASE:  91-160

     NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly announced today the
intended creation of the Office of Management Systems and Facilities.
This Office will represent the consolidation of the Offices of
Management and Headquarters Operations.

     Benita A. Cooper has been selected to be the Associate
Administrator for this new organization.  She is currently the
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Headquarters Operations.
Prior to assuming her current position at Headquarters, Cooper was
the Director of Management Operations at Goddard Space Flight Center
from 1980-88.

     Dr. C. Howard Robins, Jr., currently the Associate
Administrator for the Office of Management, will be on a
special assignment to assist the Deputy Administrator in
ensuring the smooth organizational transition activities at
NASA Headquarters, and then will be returning to a senior technical position.
Dr. Robins worked at the Langley Research Center and the Johnson Space Center
prior to transferring to Headquarters in 1976 where he managed programs in the
Offices of Aeronautics and Space Technology and Space Science and Applications.

     This new Office of Management Systems and Facilities will provide synergy
between operational responsibilities and Agency policy development in the areas
of Information Systems, Facilities and Maintenance, Logistics, Aircraft
Management, and Security. The Office also will be responsible for Industrial
Relations, the Board of Contract Appeals, and the Inventions and Contributions
Board. The NASA Headquarters Equal Opportunity function will be consolidated
within the existing Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.

     In announcing this intended consolidation, Admiral Truly said, "Benita
Cooper is a natural choice to lead this new organization, which will nicely
complement our Office of Human Resources and Education. Both she and Howard
Robins have played a major role in making this consolidation a success.  This
will greatly facilitate our efforts to enhance total quality management in
NASA's institutional management."

Ken Atchison
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                      October 3, 1991

RELEASE:  91-162

     With today's announcements of new appointments and office
consolidation at NASA Headquarters, I will have in place an
extremely strong team that will enhance NASA's overall program and
personnel management.  This restructuring culminates other changes
earlier in the year.  It is consistent with recommendations from
external advisory groups and with my intention to better align our
capabilities to successfully oversee the implementation of today's
program's and plan for the missions of tomorrow."

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
 Oct

RELEASE:  91-163

     Today, NASA selected two new institutions to serve as NASA Specialized
Centers of Research and Training (NSCORT), continuing a program dedicated to
the space life sciences begun in 1990.  The centers will be located at the
University of California, San Diego, and Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories,
Berkeley, Calif. NASA plans to award each of the centers approximately $1
million a year for 5 years.

     In addition, a foreign center, the University of Giessen, Federal Republic
of Germany, was tentatively selected as an NSCORT, pending full endorsement and
financial support of the proposed effort by the appropriate elements of the
German government.  NASA selects foreign institutions for participation in its
space science programs but does not directly fund them.

     Dr.  Arnauld Nicogossian, Director of NASA's Life Sciences Division, made
the selections based on peer reviews conducted under the auspices of the
American Institute of Biological Sciences, site visits and comprehensive
documentation reviews.

     The program will be an integral part of the division's research and
analysis activities to advance basic knowledge and create effective ways for
solving specific problems in space life sciences.

     Chosen from 13 applicants, each institution will address one of two
research areas, exobiology or radiation health.  The program is established
exclusively for ground research and analysis.

     The directors, the institutions, the type of selection and the area of
research are:

o Exobiology
Dr. Stanley L. Miller, University of California, San Diego.

o Radiation Health
Dr. Aloke Chatterjee, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, Calif.;
Dr. Jergen Kiefer, University of Giessen, Germany (tentatively selected).

Barbara E. Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.      October 9, 1991

RELEASE:  91-167

      The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has selected six
organizations to receive contracts to establish the agency's new Regional
Technology Transfer Center network.  The organizations are:

      * Northeast -- Center for Technology Commercialization,
         Westborough, Mass.

      * Mid-Atlantic -- University of Pittsburgh

      * Mid-West -- Battelle Memorial Institute, Columbus, Ohio

      * Southeast -- University of Florida, Alachua

      * Mid-Continent -- Texas A&M University, College Station

      * Far West -- University of Southern California, Los Angeles

      Each of the new centers, expected to be operational beginning in
January 1992, will receive a cost-type contract estimated at $1 million for
the first year with options for 4 additional years at the same level of
funding.

      The new centers will replace the NASA-sponsored Industrial
Applications Centers (IAC) whose contracts expire this year.  The
restructuring of the IACs represents an effort by NASA's Office of
Commercial Programs to upgrade and revitalize the agency's technology
transfer network and is intended to accomplish several objectives.  The
regional center concept seeks to facilitate access by the private sector to
federally sponsored technology by:

      * Broadening the geographical coverage of the network to include all
50 states by establishing a regional structure similar to the six Federal
Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer;


      * Forming linkages with state and local government technology transfer
activities to leverage NASA's resources and avoid duplication of effort;

      * Including all federal laboratories within the FLC to assist their
technology transfer effort;

      * Establishing close ties with the National Technology Transfer Center
in Wheeling, W.Va., to complement that center's national technology
transfer objectives;

      * Providing a "full spectrum" of services by all of the network
participants; and

      * Encouraging partnerships or consortia of universities and state
organizations within a designated region to assist in the transfer of federal
technologies to businesses and industries of that region.

      Additionally, it is anticipated that the regional approach will align the
centers closer to the needs of particular industries, local businesses and
entrepreneurs.  By establishing a "presence" for technology transfer in each
state and region, the centers can reach prospective industry clients and
provide access to federally developed technology more effectively.

Barbara E. Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                       October 8, 1991

RELEASE:  91-166

      The National Aeronautics and Space Administration today
announced the selection of two additional Centers for the Commercial
Development of Space (CCDS).  The new centers will specialize in the
commercialization of advanced satellite communications technologies
and other space-based telecommunications technologies.

      The centers selected under this fourth solicitation in the
agency's CCDS program are the Center for the Commercial Development of
Space in Satellite and Hybrid Communication Networks, University of
Maryland Systems Research Center, College Park, and the Space
Communications Technology Center, Florida Atlantic University Research
Corp., Boca Raton.

      A key element in NASA's initiative to support the expanded
commercial use of space, CCDSs are innovative research institutions
funded through cooperative partnerships of industry, academia and
government.  NASA's Office of Commercial Programs manages the grant
program and provides annual funding up to $1 million to each center
for an initial 5-years which may be extended.  The CCDSs also receive
support from corporate and university affiliates.

      Ten proposals were received in response to the agency's
solicitation of focused satellite communications CCDSs that would
enhance the utilization and technical spinoffs of the Advanced
Communications Technology Satellite, scheduled to be deployed from the
Space Shuttle in April 1993.

      In an unrelated action, NASA and Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn., mutually have agreed to discontinue the
institution's Center for Space Processing of Engineering Materials.
Because of a decline in research by large metals fabricators and
producers, the center has been unable to generate the level of
corporate support to meet the space agency's requirements for cash
contributions by industry members.

      The two actions bring the total number of CCDSs to 17.  In
addition to advanced communications, the current nationwide network of
CCDSs specialize in seven other research disciplines: materials
processing in space (4), life sciences (3), remote sensing (2),
automation and robotics (2), space power (2), space propulsion (1),
and space structures and materials (1).
 

Sue Mathis Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

RELEASE:  91-169  (10/9/91)

        NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly met today with senior NASA
Headquarters and field center executives in Washington, D.C., to
receive and discuss Deputy Administrator James R. Thompson's interim
viewpoints on roles and responsibilities of NASA centers and
Headquarters offices.  Truly had assigned this comprehensive review to
Thompson earlier this year as a result of key recommendations of the
Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space Program.

        At the conclusion of today's meeting, Truly asked Thompson to
discuss each proposal in greater detail with the appropriate managers
and to report back to him in early November with final recommendations
and a proposed implementation plan.

        "When J.R.'s review is completed, it will represent the first
comprehensive look at NASA roles and responsibilities in over 10
years," Truly said. "The dialogue in today's meeting was excellent, and
all of us are committed to a continually improving organization to
achieve the nation's aeronautics research and civil space goals."

        Thompson's interim recommendations centered on reemphasizing
NASA centers of excellence; a sharpened focus in science, engineering
and technology; revising some responsibilities at Headquarters offices;
streamlining both Space Shuttle and Space Station Freedom lines of
authority; and improving overall NASA program management.

        NASA's recently announced changes in Headquarters management
and organization are consistent with Thompson's views, and reflect the
resolve of NASA's senior management to strengthen the agency's overall
efficiency and effectiveness today and in the future.
  

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.       October 15, 1991

RELEASE: 91-171

        NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly today
announced the appointment of Paul H. Holloway as
Director of the Langley Research Center, Hampton, Va.
Holloway, who has been Deputy Director at Langley
since February 1985, succeeds Richard H. Petersen who
was recently appointed the Associate Administrator for
the Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology, NASA
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

        Holloway began his career at Langley in 1960 as
an aerospace research engineer.  He was appointed Head
of the Systems Analysis Section, Aero-Physics
Division, in 1969 and Head of the Aerospace Operations
Analysis Branch, Space Systems Division 1971.  He was
Chief, Space Systems Division, from 1972 until he
became Director for Space in May 1975, a position he
held until being named Deputy Center Director in 1985.

        In making this appointment, Truly said, "We in
NASA are very fortunate to have leaders with the
professional reputation and experience of Paul
Holloway to fill our most senior positions.  The
Langley Research Center, as NASA's longest standing
field organization, vividly represents the research
and exploration heritage of the entire agency, and
Paul Holloway is the ideal person to be at it's helm."

        Holloway is the recipient of many prestigious
awards including the Senior Executive Service's
Distinguished Presidential Rank Award in 1987, the
Presidential Rank of Meritorious Service in 1981, and
the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal in 1980.

        Holloway and his wife Barbara have one son and
reside in Poquoson, Va.

From: [email protected] (WILLIAM HARWOOD, UPI Science Writer)
Date: 25 Oct 91 20:35:35 GMT

	CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) -- Forrest McCartney, called in after the
Challenger disaster to run NASA's Kennedy Space Center, has been asked
to step down after five years on the job overseeing 18 shuttle launches,
sources said Friday.
	Reliable sources who requested anonymity said McCartney, 60, who had
planned to retire in March 1993, had been asked to step aside early by
top NASA managers. The sources said he had been offered a position at
agency headquarters in Washington.
	Telephone calls to McCartney's office Thursday and Friday were not
returned and it was not immediately possible to confirm his status.
	Talk of McCartney's departure has been circulating for weeks at the
Kennedy Space Center. Three NASA managers rumored to be in the running
to assume the position are shuttle program director Robert Crippen;
former KSC deputy director Thomas Utsman; and KSC shuttle operations
director Jay Honeycutt.
	Sources said McCartney had been asked to make a decision on his
future role at NASA by early next week. The reasons behind the reported
management change were not immediately clear and officials at NASA
headquarters had no comment on reports of his departure.
	``As far as we know, no such decision has been made,'' said a NASA
spokesman.
	An avid stock car racing fan and former director of the MX missile
program, McCartney came to NASA in the wake of the Jan. 28, 1986,
Challenger disaster, replacing director Richard Smith.
	McCartney officially took over the reigns Oct. 1, 1986, under detail
from the Air Force. He resigned from the service Aug. 31, 1987, and
assumed the Kennedy Space Center directorship as a civilian senior
executive.
	Taking over during a time of crisis for NASA, McCartney is credited
with bringing firm leadership to the Florida spaceport, overseeing 18
safe shuttle launches between Sept. 29, 1988, and Sept. 12, 1991.
	Born March 23, 1931, in Ft. Payne, Ala., McCartney holds an
electrical engineering degree from the Alabama Polytechnic Institute and
a master's degree in nuclear engineering from the Air Force Instutite of
Technology.
	He held a variety of positions in the Air Force, including stints as
director of the MX missile program, director of range engineering at
Patrick Air Force Base near the Kennedy Space Center, systems program
director for a critical communications satellite program and commander
of Air Force Space Division.
	Promoted to the rank of lieutenant general in 1983, McCartney holds
the Distinguished Service Medal, the Leagion of Merit with one oak leaf
cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Air Force Commendation
Medal with three oak leaf clusters.

Ken Atchison
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.     October 30, 1991

RELEASE:  91-179

        James T. Rose, Assistant Administrator for
Commercial Programs, has announced his plans to
depart NASA, effective December 6.

        Rose became the Assistant Administrator for
Commercial Programs in October 1987.  For the past
several years, he has spearheaded NASA's commitment
to foster the many and diverse opportunities outer
space offers to the commercial sector.

        NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly also
announced today the appointment of John G. Mannix to
head the Office of Commercial Programs, to be
effective upon Rose's departure.  Mannix is
currently the Director of Space Commercial
Opportunities in the Office of the Administrator.

        Commenting on Rose's decision, Administrator
Truly said, "Jim Rose has brought a very special
talent to NASA and has led the agency's commercial
program during a time of remarkable innovation.  In
particular, Jim has successfully nurtured the
ongoing development of the NASA Commercial Centers
for the Development of Space program."

        Truly added, "NASA is indeed fortunate to have
someone of the caliber of Jack Mannix to take over
this program.  Jack not only has solid NASA
experience in the technical fields involved, but
also has the management experience to evolve an
already successful program into a far more
stimulating opportunity for American industry."

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          October 31, 1991

RELEASE:  91-180


        NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly has named Robert L.
Crippen to become the new Director of the John F. Kennedy
Space Center, effective Jan. 1, 1992.  Crippen will replace
Forrest S. McCartney, Lt. General, USAF, Retired, who will
continue as Kennedy Director during a transition period until
Jan. 1.

        In announcing these moves, Truly said, "With 3 years of
safe Shuttle flights behind us, the Kennedy Space Center and
the Shuttle program are moving into an era of new challenges
which will involve not only our continued commitment to safety,
but also significant efforts to increase efficiencies and reduce
operating costs.  Bob Crippen has been a key leader over the
years, and he will take the helm at Kennedy during the exciting
years of continued Shuttle flights, leading to Space Station
Freedom launch operations in the mid-1990's.  Not only does
Bob bring the personal experience of four space flights to the
table, but his proven record of leadership in critical
management assignments at both the Johnson and Kennedy
centers, as well as his current job as Shuttle Program Director
at NASA Headquarters, make him uniquely qualified at this
critical time."

        Truly also said, "The last several years, during which
General McCartney has led Kennedy, have been genuinely
remarkable ones for this vital launch center and for Forrest as
well.  In 1986, following the Challenger accident, I personally
asked General McCartney, who at the time was nearing the
conclusion of a long and distinguished career in the U.S. Air
Force, to bring his experience to lead the safe return to flight at
Kennedy.  Since that first return flight in September 1988, the
Kennedy team has launched 18 safe and successful flights in 3
years, with another on the pad at Launch Complex 39 for launch
in just a few weeks.  This is a remarkable record, achieved
during the most challenging time in NASA's history, and the
strength of Forrest's leadership in preparing the launch teams
for the Shuttle's return to flight paved the way."

From: [email protected] (WILLIAM HARWOOD, UPI Science Writer)
Date: 2 Nov 91 05:24:22 GMT


	CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) -- The ousted director of the Kennedy Space
Center was forced to step down in a bid to bring in new blood and fresh
ideas in an era of increasingly tight budgets that demand greater
efficiency, a top NASA official said.
	But William Lenoir, associate administrator for space flight, did not
say Friday exactly what outgoing KSC director Forrest McCartney had done
that was inconsistent with that policy or what his replacement, former
astronaut Robert Crippen, might be able to do to improve shuttle
processing in Florida.
	The challenge is clear. NASA plans to cut the shuttleport's
operations budget some 15 percent over the next five years while keeping
four orbiters in action with a reduced work force.
	Engineers say NASA will be hard pressed to meet its commitments next
year -- eight flights are planned -- given overtime restrictions, a
reduced budget and problems with the new shuttle Endeavour. It was
against that backdrop that McCartney was forced to step down.
	``In the next three to five years, we will be modifying the way we
operate the space shuttle,'' Lenoir said. ``We must get more efficient.
As we begin this era, we wanted to make a few changes that would have
the person's hand on the helm who will be there for the next three to
five years. That's basically why we did this.''
	McCartney, 60, had planned to retire from NASA in March 1993. But
NASA Administrator Richard Truly announced Thursday that McCartney would
step down Jan. 1 and that he would be replaced by Crippen, currently
serving as manager of the shuttle program at agency headquarters in
Washington.
	McCartney, brought in after the 1986 Challenger disaster, oversaw 18
successful shuttle launches and had looked forward to launching nine
more before leaving.
	A variety of sources said he was forced out of his job because of
conflicts with top agency managers, including Lenoir. But Lenoir
insisted Friday that he and McCartney parted on friendly terms and that
the decision to bring in Crippen was nothing personal.
	``There really is no issue,'' he said in a teleconference with
reporters in Florida. ``Forrest has been center director of the KSC for
something like five years now. ... It's about the right time to think
about bringing somebody else in to provide some slightly different
points of view, to keep us from becoming static.''
	He said other senior agency officials likely will be shifted about in
the coming months, possibly including Aaron Cohen, director of the
Johnson Space Center in Houston. Cohen was named center director in
November 1986.
	While he refused to directly address Cohen's future, Lenoir said his
``personal feeling is that approxomately five years is a good tenure for
a senior NASA manager, after which ... it's time for that manager to do
something else within NASA and to let someone else take on that previous
job.''
	As for McCartney, Lenoir said he offered the outgoing director a job
in Washington and that McCartney declined because of family health
issues. Lenoir insisted the two had no major personal differences.
	``Forrest McCartney and I have no disagreements,'' Lenoir said. 
``I've read that we have clashed ... and the Forrest is too
conservative. And that's absolute bunk, there's no truth to that
whatsoever.''
	Many agency observers said privately they felt McCartney was treated
poorly given his contribution to NASA, but the former Air Force
lieutenant general refused to address the matter in those terms.
	``Given an opportunity, I would have stayed longer,'' he said at a
news conference. ``But that was not an option that was available to me.
I don't know how to address it any differently.''
	McCartney plans to take a leave of absence with pay starting Jan. 1
based on time accrued during his tenure as space center director. After
that, he likely will take leave without pay until March 1993, the date
he originally set for his retirement from NASA.
	By staying with the space agency until then, McCartney will be able
to leave NASA with a full package of retirement benefits.

Sue Mathis Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.      November 14, 1991

RELEASE:  91-190

    NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly today released
an internal agency report on roles and
responsibilities of NASA centers and Headquarters
offices, fulfilling a pledge "to move out aggressively
across the board" on the recommendations by the
Advisory Committee on the Future of the U.S. Space
Program.

    Truly directed former Deputy Administrator James
R. Thompson to undertake this assessment in late 1990.
It represents the first comprehensive look at NASA
roles and responsibilities in over 10 years.

    "J.R. submitted his plan to me on Friday, Nov. 8,
and I think he deserves a lot of credit for the
outstanding analysis of the agency he has performed,"
Truly said.  "I intend to give these recommendations
careful consideration as we continue to make NASA an
even better agency."

    Thompson's report focuses on three main thrusts:
building on NASA field organizations as Centers of
Excellence in specific areas of science, technology
and development; a reminder to "stick to basics" in
engineering disciplines and program management and
realignment of certain NASA Headquarters office
responsibilities (within the context of recent
organizational changes) to achieve more efficient
program execution.

    Truly has recently instituted aggressive changes
in NASA's management and organization as the agency
positions itself to most effectively execute America's
space program in the coming decades.

EG-91-115
November 22, 1991

Myron Webb
Public Affairs Officer

     HANCOCK COUNTY, MISS.--- NASA's John C. Stennis Space Center
(SSC) announced today the appointment of Dr. David L. Powe as the
on-site program manager for the agency's innovative Tri-State
Initiative (TSEI), effective Jan. 2, 1992.   Encompassing an area
within a 50-mile radius of NASA's new Advanced Solid Rocket Motor
(ASRM) facility near Iuka, Miss., the TSEI's goal is to "promote
and support the efforts of communities therein, in developing a
quality education system that will permit their citizens to obtain
the necessary skills for gainful employment--into the 21st century-
-in America's high-technology economy."

     Dr. Powe will work closely with the recently established TSEI
Consortium and its chairman Roger L. Moore, Superintendent of the
Colbert County Schools System, Ala., and its director.  The
consortium, sponsored by NASA, is an association of 30 school
districts in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee organized to work
cooperatively to enhance and broaden the capabilities of their
respective education systems within the tri-state area.
Representation on the consortium and its nine-member executive
board is provided by each of the 30 superintendents.

     Assuming on-site management of the TSEI, Dr. Powe will be
located permanently in the soon-to-be-operational Tri-State
Learning Center outside of Iuka, Miss.  He will work closely with
NASA staff at SSC, the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville,
Ala., and NASA Headquarters Education Division, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Powe will continue to facilitate education initiatives within
the tri-state area, coordinate the participation of other federal
agencies, state organizations and the private sector.  A major task
to be undertaken by Dr. Powe will be to develop specific education
programs and to promote and support community efforts to develop a
world-class education system.

     Dr. Powe brings to this position excellent qualifications,
including extensive educational experience.  Powe received his
doctorate in education administration from the University of
Southern Mississippi in 1984, his master's degree in social work in
1975, and his bachelor's degree in social work and psychology in
1969, both from Mississippi State University.  His strong
leadership and communication skills and ties with the society and
culture of the region will also be of great benefit to the program.

     Dr. Powe's most recently held position was president of
Mississippi Delta Community College.  Under three years of his
leadership, the school's enrollment increased by 39 percent.  Some
of Dr. Powe's other accomplishments in education include serving as
superintendent for McComb Public Schools and chairman for the
executive committee of the Mississippi Association of
Junior/Community Colleges.  Dr. Powe was also elected to serve as
president for the Mississippi Association of Colleges.  He is an
active member of the board of commissioners for the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Regional Accrediting Agency.

     Powe's abilities have been recognized outside the field of
education, as well.  He has served on the executive committee for
the Delta Project, funded by the Delta Council, and was appointed
member of the advisory council for the Mississippi Employment
Security Commission and the Prison Industry Board.  Powe is also a
member of the board of directors of the Moorhead Chamber of
Commerce.

     The Tri-State Education Initiative is a cooperative effort
undertaken by NASA to work toward accomplishment of the national
educational goals outlined in America 2000, President Bush's bold
education strategy.
 

(copied without permission from The Boston Globe, Thursday, Feb 13,1992)

By Harry F. Rosenthal, Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Richard Truly, the space shuttle pioneer who supervised the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration's return to flight after the
Challenger disaster, is resigning as head of the agency, the White House
said yesterday.

    Truly will remain until April 1. "The search for a new NASA administrator
has begun," President Bush said in a statement.

    Bush did not say why Truly had resigned although he has had differences 
with the administration over the direction of NASA and his management of the
agency.

    Freinds also said Truly did not have the heart for coming budget battles in
Congress. NASA squeaked through in the current fiscal year with a 3 percent
increase, which does not cover inflation.

    "It was under Dick Truly's able leadership and steady hand that NASA was
able to rebuild the space shuttle program and return it to safe operation in
1988," the statement said. "The nation owes Admiral Truly a great debt of
gratitude."

    "One administration official who asked not to be named said Truly's
departure was "sort of a mutual meeting of the minds" between Truly and the
White House, and that the problem had as much to do with Truly's managment
style as anything else.

    Dissatisfaction within the space community with Truly's administration
surfaced last year when a White House commission report urged reversal of
nearly every managment decision Truly had made.

    During Truly's tenure, the agency received bad publicity over the $2.1
billion Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched with an incorrectly ground
mirror. The error had been made during manufacture 10 years earlier, but NASA's
management took the heat.



Mike Hughes

(Copied without permission,
	Aviation Week & Space Technology/February 17, 1992 )

Craig Covault/Washington

    The Bush Administration is moving to restructure totally the managment and
decision process within NASA and other space-related agencies to shift more
detailed control of the U.S. space program to the White House National Space
Council, headed by Vice President Dan Quayle.

    This profound restructuring would affect policy and technology decisions on
major NASA programs such as the space station and manned Moon/Mars effort, as
well as major space projects in the Defense, Energy and Commerce departments as
they restructure for post-Cold War operations.

    President George Bush last week fired NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly
at the urging of Quayle and Mark J. Albrecht, the space council staff director,
to remove what the White House saw as a potential impediment to this process.
The "NASA management reform" also would include much tighter control of
aerospace contractors.

    The new White House chief of staff, Samuel K. Skinner, was instrumental in
the decision to remove Truly, who will remain as administrator until Apr. 1.

    Among the potential nominees to replace Truly is David T. Kearns, deputy
secretary of Education who was on the Augustine space review committee. As
onetime chairman of the Xerox Corp., Kearns increased the company's profits.
Another person mentioned is Martin Faga, Air Force assistant secretary for
space.

    A key element of the new White House space plan is designated the National
Space Enterprise Initiative. It was formulated by Lowell Wood, a senior manager
at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory near San Francisco and a key
personality in selling the Strategic Defense Initiative to the Reagan
Administration.

    The White House wants to issue the Wood plan as a formal presidential
directive and has submitted it for final review to agency heads within the 
Defense, Commerce and Energy departments, as well as NASA.

    Truly told Aviation Week & Space Technology that he is concerned about
the timing and reasoning behind his removal, but said his primary focus is
maintaining safety and stability in NASA flight operations. Securing
congresional support for NASA's new $15-billion budget request is an equally
high priority, he said.

    NASA still is without a deputy administratro to replace James R. Thompson,
who retired from NASA in late 1991. Truly said he is concerned especially
"because the last time NASA was without both a [seasoned] administrator and
deputy we had Challenger."

    Quayle's dissatisfaction with Truly's relationship with the space council
and the administrator's approach to the Moon/Mars initiative also are reasons
the vice president persuaded Bush to seek Truly's resignation.

    The new managment philosophy envisioned by the White House would force
revolutionary changes in how NASA selects, procures and operates the most
critical elements of the space program. Many aerospace industry officials
agree such changes are needed.

    But NASA managers and other experienced aerospace industry officials also
believe it will mean the wholesale politicization of the space agency and the
subjugation of NASA space program direction to the council. Agency managers
said the council staff often is motivated more by the effect of decisions on
Quayle's political standing than space issues (AW&ST Jan 13, p.36).

    Wood's innovative management and engineering concepts have captured the
top attention of both Quayle and Albrecht.

    There is no question that many of the Wood proposals would streamline space
program control. The question at NASA is control by whom?

    One of the most controversial aspects of the Wood plan mandates that upper/
middle-level NASA managers report program cost and status assessments almost
directly to the space council staff through a "senior procurement executive,"
who would bypass much of the traditional NASA in-house chain-of-command, a top
manager said. Traditional spacecraft program managers would report to a
specially appointed "Program Executive Officer without intervening review or
approval," within the agency, according to the Wood plan. This executive
officer would in turn report to the procurement executive.

    Quayle and Albrecht view such streamlined reporting as a way to create
efficiency in the program. But NASA managers view it as a council raid on
management of the space program.

    Under the Wood plan at least 50% of new NASA projects such as Moon/Mars
as well as 10% of existing programs such as the space station would be
designated National Space Enterprise (NSE) programs. Quayle, as space
council chairman, or the agency heads would make the designations. A new set of
innovative, stringent managment guidelines from the Wood plan then would be
instituted in NASA and the other agencies to manage such efforts. According
to the Wood plan the revised managemnt approach for these critical programs
would:

    o "Drastically reduce the number of administrative layers through which an
NSE program manager reprots to top NASA or Defense management, with
corresponding reductions in program delays, costs and diffusion of managerial
accountability."

    o "Privide 'stiff incentives' to all levels of management to keep each
NSE program on budget and schedule by 'innovative problem-solving' internal to
the program, with program managers permitted to propose the compromise of
major budget or schedule goals" only at the risk of immediate firing or program
cancellation.

    o"Greatly increase the encouragment given to NSE program contractors to
innovate, to problem-solve and to contribute technically...by very strictly
limiting government contract specifications to overall program technical
objectives."

    o "Impose a low but reasonable ceiling on NSE program total administrative
costs for improved economic efficiancy."

    o "Generate program economics and predictabilities through continuoous
monitoring and immediate reporting of likely deviations" from progarm cost,
schedule and technical objectives.

    The Wood plan was presented to the space council interagency working group
on space procurement Jan. 28. Agency managers were asked to reply to the
report by Feb 14.

    In addition to believing Truly could thwart White House plans to reform
NASA with the Wood initiative and other moves, the White House also thought
Truly should have been more aggresive in supporting the Moon/Mars manned 
exploration program.

    Truly wants the long-term Moon/Mars program to succeed, but he has been
more forceful in supporting shuttle operations and the station development
because those programs already are flying or in advanced development.

    White House officials in contrast voice less support fo the shuttle
program, which many Administration officials believe is swimming in red ink.
Albrecht also has been pushing for "smaller, lighter, cheaper and faster
progams than NASA has been advocating," one manager said. Lowell Wood,
additionally, has advanced "smaller/faster" ideas for Moon/Mars concepts
including inflatable vehicles (AW&ST Apr 23, 1990, p.59)

    Another problem from the Administation's viewpoint has been the difficulty
in finding someone to take the NASA deputy administrator spot. Top candidates
have been reluctant to take the job because of the career and salary disruption
it could cause and a perception that Truly is not known for delegating
authority. "He shuld have delegated more top people to run the shuttle
program and taken on more of a political role as administrator," one senior
manager in industry said.

    Although Truly has been fired, the real victim could be the space station,
which faces an uphill fight in Congress for its $2.25-billion Fiscal 1993
budget request.

    There are decidedly mixed views about the station on Capitol Hill, but
there was universal support for Truly's leadership as NASA administrator.
When many Democrats who earlier gave only qualified support to the station
see how the Administration is rewarding Truly for being a "good soldier" and
pulling NASA out of the Challenger morass, they could be less likely to 
listen to Administration arguments to support the station.

    "This couldn't have happened at a worse time," a manager said.

    An additional Administration problem on the Hill could come with its
nominee to replace Truly. Senior Democratic senators who will be involved in
that process voiced strong disappointment last week at the loss of Truly as
administrator.

    The timing of the Truly firing had more to do with the upcoming election
and the arrival of Skinner at the White House as chief of staff than with
space.

    Truly always ahs ahd a good relationship with Bush, but the abrasive terms
between the space council and NASA earlier wire insulated from the president
by then-chief of staff John Sununu.

    When then-Transportation Secretary Skinner replaced Sununu the vice
presidnet garnered Skinner's support to convince Bush to sack the NASA
administrator. "Once the decision was made to do ti, there was no point in
waiting until later in the year, when it would have gotten more public
attention closer to the election," an Administration official said.



Posted by Mike H

  This is wonderful. Instead of the nation having a space program, George
Bush has given little Danny a new toy.

  One thing for sure, after this year I wouldn't take a ride on the Shuttle.

  George

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.    February 28, 1992

NOTE TO EDITORS: N92-17


    NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly released the
following statement today concerning a document
titled "Suggestions for Anticipating Requests Under
Freedom of Information Act":

    I am extremely concerned by the content of this
document, as it is seriously inconsistent with
NASA's firm policy concerning the FOIA.  NASA is
strongly committed to full compliance with the law,
and we repudiate the portions of this document that
are inconsistent with our policy.

    Effective immediately, I am taking steps to
reaffirm our commitment to the FOIA by
countermanding this document.  A letter outlining
NASA's FOIA policies will be distributed to all
senior managers today and will remind them that NASA
places the utmost value on openness and honesty in
government.

    I also am appointing a senior-level team to
conduct a prompt and thorough investigation of this
matter.  The team will be headed by Assistant Deputy
Administrator John E. O'Brien.  Other members will
be: General Counsel Edward A. Frankle, Deputy
Inspector General Lewis D. Rinker and Dr. Robert
Rosen, Deputy Associate Administrator for
Aeronautices and Space Technology.

    Based on the findings of this team, NASA
management will take quick, appropriate and decisive
action on this incident to demonstrate that NASA's
FOIA policies are readily adhered to.

    
    	For a change, I have a "stupid" question: What is "FOIA"?
    
    				Drew
    

    Drew,
    
    Glad to be of help, since you have clarified my understanding a Vast
    number of times.
    
    FOIA = Freedom of Information Act.
    
    Basically it is a law that enables petitioners access to government
    files.  The theory was that it would open up the activities of
    government.  In practice, the difficulty of an answer to a FOIA request
    is usually in direct porportion to the interest of the government in
    keeping the information secret.
    
    Think of FOIA as equivalent to a subponea.  Basically you can ask the
    government for information and they will try to respond.
    
    Tony

    Supposedly, NASA has been cooperative in the past with FOIA requests.
    The hard part, as always, is knowing exactly what to request.
    
    I wonder what the memo that prompted Truly's response had to say?
    
    gary

From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space
Subject: NASA memo directs staff to avoid disclosure of documents
Date: 3 Mar 92 02:09:38 GMT

	WASHINGTON (UPI/States) -- NASA administrator Richard Truly has called
for an investigation of the agency's public disclosure policy after a
congressman uncovered a memo that told staff how to keep controversial
information secret in the face of the Freedom of Information Act.
	Rep. Howard Wolpe, D-Ill., released the memo, titled ``Suggestions
for Anticipating Requests Under Freedom of Information Act,'' which
appears to be a how-to on keeping the agency's internal affairs from the
public eye.
	Truly said Friday in a written statement he was ``extremely
concerned'' about the memo, and would appoint a team to investigate why
the memo was written.
	``(The document) is seriously inconsistent with NASA's firm policy
concerning the FOIA,'' Truly said in the statement. ``Effective
immediately, I am taking steps to reaffirm our commitment to the FOIA by
countermanding this document.''
	Wolpe chairs the oversight subcommittee of the House Space, Science
and Technology Committee. His staff uncovered the memo while reviewing
the Space Power 100 project. SP-100 is a controversial program involving
NASA, the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy in
development of nuclear reactors that can be used in space.
	The NASA memo instructs staff to write notes and documents in a way
that would ``minimize any adverse impact should they be publicly
disclosed,'' and to destroy old notes. It suggests that notes on
documents be printed to obscure handwriting and written on removable
stickers to make a document ``less meaningful.''
	The memo also offers suggestions for ``enhancing the utility'' of
certain exemptions to FOIA, such as disguising documents as
recommendations rather than decisions, and making sure that documents
are processed by the agency ``with the strongest connection to the
national defense'' to claim an exemption to FOIA based on national
security reasons.
	``The document and the culture it represents is an affront to
openness and honesty in government,'' Wolpe wrote in a letter to Truly.
It ``enunciates a policy whose express purpose is to withhold
information from the public.''
	Wolpe's committee provided documents that showed the memo was written
by Lawrence Ross, then an assistant director of NASA's Lewis Research
Center in Cleveland, Ohio, in November 1989, at the outset of an
interagency working group set up to review the SP-100 project.
	In his letter to Truly, Wolpe asked for the repudiation of the memo,
a briefing with Ross and the committee's staff, and certain NASA
documents.
	Wolpe said he would raise questions about the memo at a hearing on
March 12.
	``The policy described in this document raises disturbing questions
which I intend to pursue about whether NASA has in place systematic
procedures to obfuscate negative and controversial information about its
programs and activities,'' he wrote.

Article: 1916
From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: clari.tw.space
Subject: Former NASA administrator James Webb dies
Date: 29 Mar 92 18:40:19 GMT
 
	WASHINGTON (UPI) -- Services are pending for James E. Webb, the
administrator credited with successfully following President Kennedy's
mandate to put a man on the Moon by 1970.

	Webb, 85, died Saturday at Georgetown University Hospital in
Washington, D.C.

	The North Carolina native was asked to become head of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration by Vice President Lyndon Johnson,
and laid the groundwork for man's first landing on the Moon in 1969.

	During his long career in public service, Webb was well known in
Texas through his work with NASA and the Johnson Space Center near Houston.

	Webb was an official during the Truman administration and worked for
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.  He entered private
industry during the Eisenhower years, but reentered federal service with
the 1960 election of John Kennedy.

	After leaving NASA, he worked for the Smithsonian Institution and
National Geographic.

Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          March 30, 1992


Release:  92-41

     Dr.  William B. Lenoir, NASA's Associate Administrator
for Space Flight, today submitted his letter of resignation
to NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly, to be effective May
4.

     Following an earlier assignment at NASA as a scientist
astronaut, Lenoir returned as Associate Administrator for
Space Station Freedom in May 1989.  In July of that year, he
was also named to lead the Office of Space Flight and later
directed the consolidation of the two offices.  He managed
the combined reorganization until the creation of the Office
of Space Systems Development in September 1991.

     "Bill has had not one but two distinguished careers in
the space program, and made a tremendous personal sacrifice
to return to NASA in 1989," said Truly. "At the time I asked
him to come back to NASA, he told me he could only commit to
stay for about 3 years.  In that short time, Bill has done an
absolutely superb job in managing our space programs and the
manned space flight centers.  He's made a significant
personal and professional contribution, and the NASA team
wishes him the best of success in the future."

     During Lenoir's tenure as Associate Administrator for
Space Flight, NASA safely and successfully launched the Space
Shuttle 17 times and completed a major restructuring of the
Space Station Freedom program, reducing its development costs
by $6 billion, simplifying its subsystems and improving its
on-orbit assembly process.

     "It's been a rewarding 3 years," said Lenoir. "I'm
particularly proud of the way the NASA team has conducted
manned space flight activities during the time I've been
here.  We have continued to improve the operation of the
Shuttle program and have put the program on track for
continued improvements.  This will mean that NASA can devote
more of its resources to new and exciting research and
development efforts in the years ahead."

     Lenoir first joined NASA in 1967 as an astronaut.  He
served as a backup astronaut for the Skylab 3 and 4 missions
and flew as a mission specialist on STS-5, the first
operational mission of the Space Shuttle. Lenoir left NASA in
1984 to join Booze, Allen and Hamilton where he was Vice
President and a member of the board of directors.

     Born in Miami, Fla., Lenoir received a B.S. in 1961, a
M.S. in 1962 and a Ph.D. in 1965 in Electrical Engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
 

    Who is the TRW corporate official recently selected
    (supposedly) to replace Richard Truly ?
    
    TRW = the old Thompson/Ramo/Woolridge ?
    

See 782.5

- dave

DANIEL S. GOLDIN
NASA ADMINISTRATOR
ADDRESS TO EMPLOYEES

APRIL 1, 1992


     Thank you.  I hope I will be able to earn that applause about a
year from now.  Good afternoon.  Less than 30 minutes ago I met with
the President and he congratulated me on my confirmation to be the
9th administrator of NASA.  I can't tell you what an honor this is
for me and how happy I am to come back home to NASA.  Over 30 years
ago I sat down with my father and we filled out an application for
the Lewis Research Center that started my career in civil space, the
civil space program and my membership on the NASA team.  Never did I
think then that some day the President of the United States would
bestow upon me the honor of being his nominee to lead the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, the world's number one leader
in space technology.  Today, that boyhood dream is now a reality and
I'm just trying to soak it all in.  It's just an unbelievable
feeling.  And the first thing that I wanted to do as the new
administrator, I had to concentrate on the confirmation process, and
I was told don't take your eye off confirmation, but the very first
minute I could, I asked Aaron to set this assemblage up and to
electronically hook us all together so I could talk to you, the men
and women of NASA who really make the institution what it is.  It's
not a set of buildings, it's not a set of facilities, it's the human
beings, the brilliance, the genius, the drive that make NASA what it
is.

        Thirty years ago I responded to John Kennedy's call for human
space exploration and I dedicated my life to the space business.  I
have had the honor of designing and building, developing, testing and
launching some of the most complex space systems, including space
science, spacecraft, space communication and military space systems.
And not surprisingly, as a space cadet, I enthusiastically responded
to the President's call to lead our nation's exploration into space.
I believe in America and I strongly and deeply believe in the
commitment to public service.  My whole professional life has been
dedicated to building and expanding America's technology base in
order to improve the quality of life, enhance the competitive posture
of America, explore the unknown, and defend our nation.  To be asked
by the President to lead NASA and return to the NASA family is a
great honor.

    Today, as the new zenith of my career, but I'm convinced that
even better things are going to happen, because NASA has been
constantly improving our quality of life and understanding of the
planet we live on and the universe we inhabit since NASA's inception
only 34 years ago.  We've only just begun.

     For those of you who had an opportunity to see the Senate
confirmation hearing last week, you know I told, I hold NASA and the
NASA team in unbelievably high esteem.  To me NASA is the standard by
which all other nations of the world measure their space programs.
With your help I intend to work with you to raise out standard even
higher.  And with your help I know that we can do that thanks to the
great foundation that has been put in place by people like Jim Webb,
Bob Frosch, Jim Beggs, Jim Fletcher, and especially, Admiral Richard Truly.

     To me Dick Truly is an American hero.  Not just because he was a
Space Shuttle astronaut who flew two very successful missions, but
because he was willing to come back to the agency and the people that
he loved so dearly when they were down in the aftermath of the
Challenger disaster.  Dick Truly helped rebuild the morale of NASA,
the management team, the space shuttle program and the public's
perception of NASA.  He initiated a continuous improvement program,
an aggressive educational outreach program and an equal opportunity
program and I wish him God speed in his new endeavors.

     A lot has happened within NASA and outside NASA in recent years
which has greatly increased our challenges.  As I stand here talking
to you today the Space Shuttle Atlantis crew is bringing their
successful mission, the first human expedition to planet earth in
space to a successful conclusion.  Another challenge has been met.
As a matter of fact, after talking with you this afternoon, I will be
flying down to Kennedy Space Center with Aaron Cohen and a number of
others to greet the crew as they land at the shuttle landing facility
tomorrow morning.  I'm going to give them and Oscar for a job well
done.

       Meanwhile, in DC there's another challenge.  Up on Capitol
Hill the House Authorization subcommittee is marking up the fiscal
year 93 NASA authorization bill this afternoon.  The first of several
pieces of legislation that will determine just where the space
program is headed in the decade of the 90's and beyond.  As Admiral
Truly noted in his address to you yesterday, these are tough times
and I'm going to need your support, and, yes, you can count on mine
because I believe in team work and I believe in participative
management.

      Let me take a moment to tell you briefly my personal view of
NASA.  To me NASA is a symbol of America's competitive economic
spirit, a world technological leadership by desire to explore and
discover and our pursuit of excellence.  NASA is an investment in
America's future and I underline the word investment.  When
questioned by the Senators in the confirmation hearing they talked
about why does the budget cost so much, and I said to them, as a
response,  NASA is not an expenditure, we have many expenditures in
the Federal Government, NASA is an investment in the future.  And for
one percent of the Federal budget it's one of the few things we're
doing as a society to worry about what's going to happen to our
great, great grandchildren, our children's children's children, and
instead of taking, NASA is really putting in.  And we ought to be
able to have a program that will grab into those hearts of the
Americans and not get into a situation where we have to justify an
expenditure, but we ought to have then patting us on the back for the
investment we're making in America.

     The American Taxpayers have made a significant investment in
NASA and they expect value for their investment.  We have given them
a high return on their investment but in this competitive
environment, this global competition, when Federal dollars are
getting harder and harder to obtain, it is necessary for us to work
together as a team to give them more value and an even better return
on their investment.  The American taxpayers expect it.  We need to
do a better job of clearly depicting the relationship of the space
program to the American's everyday lives, to what they do, along with
how they do it and why they do it and why we do it - in the
workplace, the classroom, the home and the market places of today and
tomorrow.  We must communicate how NASA will improve the American
taxpayer's quality of life.  It's a real challenge but I believe we
can meet it.

     NASA today stands ready to address some of the key challenges
that face the America of tomorrow.  Our cutting edge technology
programs will increase our future competitiveness.  Our science
programs will help us better understand the universe we live in and
the origin of life.  The mission to planet earth will help us better
understand and care for our fragile planet.  Our life sciences and
microgravity research programs could lead to even greater
contributions to medical technology, and our aeronautics program will
help the nation to push the edge of technology and maintain one of
the strongest export markets that we have.  And our technological
programs, meanwhile, could be the deciding factor in whether or not
the U.S. is competitive in the high technology market place of
tomorrow and could have a real impact on the first Martians.  Those
young children sitting in America's classrooms today will be the
astronauts and explorers of tomorrow.

     If we are to respond to the challenges of today and if we are to
successfully implement our programs, it will take teamwork and it
will take extra effort.  Today I would like to ask all of you, every
employee in NASA, especially me, I'm an employee of NASA as of 3:10
today, in addition to our contractor team, to set clear goals for
ourselves.  Goals that go beyond the norm, not goals that are beyond
what is achievable but goals that will cause you to stretch, to reach
a little further and a little higher than you have in the past.  I'm
convinced with your help, NASA will be recognized as the standard for
quality, innovation and management techniques.  NASA will be
recognized as the type of organization that the American public will
look to and support as we strive to break down the barriers to space
exploration, understanding the universe, understanding the planet
Earth, and as we compete in the market place of high technology.

      Will it be a challenge?  Yes it will.  But it could be fun and
it could be rewarding.  Yes, because I believe NASA has the most
talented men and women in the federal government and in the U.S.
marketplace.

     For the last 30 years I've dealt closely with NASA and members
of the NASA team, and I cannot begin to tell you what an exceptional
knowledge and skill base this agency has.  I do not see my challenge
as a new administrator to get good people, we already have them.  My
challenge is to convince you that you can do more, do it a little
better, do it for less, if we use more innovative management
techniques, and if we fully utilize the individual capabilities of
each and every NASA employee.  My job is not to tell you what to do,
not to direct control, you know what to do.  My goal is to empower
all of you to do it.

     Therefore, for the next few months I intend to do a lot of
listening and not talking.  To listen to the people at NASA
headquarters and the people in all the centers, the managers and the
employees, to find out what your aspirations are for NASA, what your
concerns are, what are your suggestions you have as to how we can do
our jobs even better.  As I meet with you, I will be interested in
hearing your personal views and in trying to get a better
appreciation for what we should start doing at NASA, what we should
stop doing at NASA, and what we should continue doing at NASA.  I
will listen, and as we go along I will give you feedback to tell you
what the general temperature and sense of the NASA system is, what's
the sense of our culture.

      Over the past five years in my prior job, I've become a true
believer in he value of total quality management to the success and
efficient operation of an organization.  Total quality management has
to start at the very top, and that's with me now, and I am personally
and totally committed to that philosophy.  I believe deeply if you
can't measure it you can't manage it, and I intend to bring this
philosophy to NASA and to further develop and refine our continuous
improvement activities, to establish clearly defined goals and
objectives and to empower the employees to meet these goals, while at
the same time holding myself to every goal I have, and each employee
for every goal and objective that they have, personally accountable
with the empowerment and the responsibilities and the authority that
you have.

     I intend to reaccess the long term vision that has been
developed, and with your direct input, formulate a vision with input
also from our stake holders too.  In keeping with this philosophy, I
asked every associate administrator and center director in NASA to
make remarks on the words that I'm giving you today, and I've
incorporated all the comments that they've sent in.  I believe in
participatory management and I plead and beg each of you to
participate.

     And let me just digress from the written words here and say,
when you have a concern feel free that NASA is an open system to
express those concerns.  If you have an idea, before you go take that
idea forward, why don't you test it, do some peer review, five of
your peers.  Peer review is probably the most severe thing you could
do.  It's much more difficult than a review by the boss.  If you make
it through that peer review, and a concensus builds, take it forward
and don't let anybody in the organization stop you, go to your boss,
talk about it, see if there's some concensus there, take it as high
in the organization as it has to go, and if it has to come to my
office, I'll stay night and day, I'll stay weekends but I plan to
listen.  And I fully expect each of your bosses to encourage you to
take it forward and not to stop you.  NASA is an open book and I
deeply and firmly believe it from the bottom of my heart and I
believe that each of you believes that, so I really, truly want you
to participate.

     After as a collective unit, we've reaccessed our vision and
we've reaccessed that vision not just with NASA but with the
contractors, the taxpayers, people in the universities, our
international partners, everybody involved, I intend to work with you
and get feedback to formulate a strategic plan with clearly defined
milestones, clearly defined budgets, clearly defined human resource
needs, clearly defined facilities and make an integrated package that
we understand, that we can live with and get away from the start and
stop.  I intend to get the Congress to buy in as all of us work
together so they understand it, and OMB and everybody else in the
system.  So once again, NASA is a team that moves forward with
tremendous speed and really does great things for the nation.

     I intend to measure our performance.  I hope each of you wants
to measure your own performance as well as that of our contractors
and their subcontractors.  And we will do this on an annual basis to
establish how well we're addressing continuous improvement.  Will
each of you, why don't you go home tonight and write down five areas
where you think you could measure how well you're doing.  It makes no
difference what it is, but it will get you started in the process of
measuring how well you're doing.  I believe that the successful
implementation of this integrated planning process will help justify
our programs to the Congress.  It will also help enlist the public,
contractor, international, university support and lift the spirit and
pride of America in the NASA team.

     As I told you from the outset, these are challenging times in
Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill, in America, and around the world.
But let's not forget the old adage, success has a thousand fathers
and mothers and with your help I think we can have the types of
success that will broaden our basis of support and give us a thousand
fathers and mothers in the American public and the U.S. Congress not
just at NASA.

     I have nothing but the highest regard for each and every
individual that I've been associated with in NASA.  Along that line,
I have asked Aaron Cohen of the Johnson Space Center and Roy Estes of
the Stennis Space Center to stay on at headquarters to assist in the
transition.  Aaron and Roy are extremely knowledgeable about NASA and
I am confident their prudent guidance will help us meet our existing
commitments as we explore new opportunities.  In addition to which,
there is a tremendous personal stress on these two gentlemen as their
families are back home and they have to commute back and forth and it
is stressful, they have responsibilities to go home when they get
done, when we can relieve them, but I think we all ought to get behind
them and tell then we really want them to stay and help make the
transition and I twisted Aaron's arm last night and he said "Ok,
I'll do it."

     As we end the first hundred years of powered flight and the
first 35 years of space flight, America must prepare for a new
century in which aeronautics and space will play an even greater role
in our national and world economy.  NASA must continue it's
leadership in the mastery of both air and space.  NASA must push the
limits to go to the edges of technology to enable a successful
execution of our missions and NASA must continue to transfer these
technologies into the private sector, not hold it to the chest, but
really reach out to ensure that America is competitive in the world
marketplace.

     I believe that we have four core program areas at NASA.  First,
we look inward to our own planet the better to understand the
delicate workings of our fragile Earth.  Next, NASA looks outward to
the heavens to explore our own solar system and beyond to better
understand our place in the universe and the origins of life.  Third,
space exploration takes the nation to the leading edge of technology
and hopefully will find new opportunity for future generations, just
as the Europeans set out to the new world by going west in silly
little ships.  They invested some faction of their gross national
product to go into the unknown and no one had to make a big budget
request and list 75 different guaranteed solutions that they're going
to get.  They went into those ships, they didn't know what they were
going to see.  What they did know, is what they didn't know and they
were happy to go off to what they guaranteed didn't know because
that's where the opportunity was and we got to get that spirit back
in NASA.

     We have to get ready for this great journey and we must
understand, most importantly, the prolonged interaction of human
stays in the hostile space environment, and, out of necessity, that's
going to demand permanent human presence in space by the end of the
decade.  And finally, we have to perform world class aeronautics
research.  Not leave it on the back burners, not enjoy all the fun
we're having writing TRs and TNs but what we have is an obligation
for America.  The American aeronautics industry is counting on us and
lets ask ourselves, have we really lived up to the expectations of
American aeronautics?  I really think we ought to think about that
and I've asked the people that are working both in space and
aeronautics to ask that question.  Not to be defensive, not to say
why we developed all these things, why didn't they use it, and it's
on airbus, but to say how do we roll up our sleeves, (did I hit a
tender note?) but to really ask  ourselves, we're not in a competition
with anyone, America needs to uplift it's place in the technological
world and NASA is the place where it's going to happen if we resurface our
thinking, refocus our thinking and commit ourselves to what the need is.
The need is not to compete with other agencies to get money.  The need
is not to write technical reports.  The need is not to just go play in the
laboratory, but the need is to help take the American aeronautics
industry and lift it to new heights so that America is supreme in
that field.

     These four core programs are NASA's heritage, it's our
challenge, and anytime you have a challenge, the challenge is one
human being's problem, one organization's problem, and another
organization's opportunity.  For NASA I view these challenges as an
opportunity.

     These are programs that challenge our young people to master
math and science and to foster better relations between Americans and
other peoples who inhabit this small planet.  As the new leader at
NASA I am committed to working with you to make NASA the world
standard in each of these areas.  I'm committed to working with you
to meet the President's goal of deploying Space Station Freedom and
Mission to Planet Earth by the end of this decade, to maintain and
improve the reliability and quality and efficiency of the Space
Shuttle as long as we need it to support human space activities and
to maintain our world class status in space and aeronautics
technologies.

     Right now we're spending two percent of our budget on
technologies.  Any society that continues without planting the seed
corns and nourishing them and nurturing them and aligning them with
the vision of the future is a technical society that withers and
dies.  So we really have to search inward and say is two percent
enough in our technological investments.  Having referenced the Space
Shuttle, let me indicate that the Space Shuttle will continue to be
the nation's principal vehicle for human space travel at least for
the next decade or two.  I am deeply committed to do everything
within our power to maintain and improve the safety and reliability
of this vehicle.  We can't go after the next widgit, we can't go
after the next nice thing to do and forget about a commitment we've
already made to the American public.  We cannot steal money from the
Space Shuttle to go do other things we want to do.  What we have to
do is figure out how we get the Space Shuttle as reliable as
possible, as safe as possible, as efficient as possible, and then and
only then, do we think about where we're going to go with other
things.

     And the same holds for every other commitment we have.  We can't
go  away from today's commitment and say well, we have this program
and that program but it's more fun to go here or go there.  The most
effective way that NASA could be gaining credibility with the
American taxpayer is to perform on what we said we were going to do,
when we said we were going to do it, and how we said we were going to
do it and for how much we said we were going to do it.  And it
applies to the Shuttle and it applies to the other things that we are
doing.  So coming back to the Shuttle, when the astronaut crew climbs
into the orbiter, I hope and want them to feel confident that safety
and reliability are job one at NASA and will never, never be
compromised.

     As important as the programmatic initiatives, I am  committed to
a work force that reflects the cultural diversity of America, and I
am determined NASA's programs that inspire young people to pursue
careers in mathematics, science and engineering and mature members of
the work force to broaden their skills so they are equipped for the
competitive job market of tomorrow.  We could do it.

     Meanwhile, I personally have to get acclimated.  I would like
each of you to start stretching today by asking yourselves and being
prepared to interact with me, what steps you should take on the
following issues, what steps we should take together to make sure our
facilities, design tools and analytical tools are world class and we
are equipped for the challenges of tomorrow.  What steps should we
take to develop world class management techniques to help us get more
value for less money? What steps should we take to further improve
employee training and recognition programs so as to better reward and
inspire our people?  What steps should we take to make NASA the world
wide leader and standard for total quality management?  What steps
should we take to better inspire our kids to pursue courses in math
and science in elementary school, in junior high school and to better
inspire the mature members of our work force to not just sit at home
and be afraid that there is not future for them, but to pull them out
and help them get new training so we could retool? What steps should
we take to get our stakeholders, the American public, the Congress,
the contractors, our international partners and the university
community much more involved in the overall direction of the
nation's space program, and to help make the space program even more
attractive and relevant to a broader segment of our society?  What
steps should we take to help our high schools and universities train
our next generation of scientists and engineers?  What steps should
we take to better determine what world class feats we should
undertake to lift the spirit of the American people, push the edge of
technology to help make us more competitive?

     To do all this an more what steps should we take to have fun, to
share the sense of pride and accomplishment, to be part of the NASA
team?  These are challenging times, these are tough times, but I know
the NASA team is well conditioned and ready to respond to these
challenges and continue our journey where no human or robot has gone
before.  Are you ready to take this challenge?

     As I get ready to visit with employees at headquarters and the
centers, I would ask each element of NASA and our contractor teams to
access your current programs and to see what each one of us, each one
of you can do to reduce costs.  We cannot have a cycle where we
continually have cost growth on programs.  We have to volunteer on
each and every program we have as to how they're going to come down
in costs.  We can't have people playing games saying my program is
more important than the other program and if I hold pat we will get
this other program cancelled.  We have to, as a collective team,
decide what we ought to do and what we should not do, and to get to
that point each of us has to make some sacrifices, but never, never,
never give up the quality and reliability of the systems we have.

     Take a challenge from the Space Shuttle team and see if you can
find better, more efficient ways to do your job.  They've signed up,
the Shuttle teams plan to achieve, at least the operational teams,
efficiency, efficiencies of three percent a year for each of the next
five years.  What are you willing to do?  Are you willing to go
better, higher?  I'm not going to dictate a number but I ask each of
you to search you souls, sit down with your contractors, let them
search their souls, think it through and see what you're ready to
sign up to.  Because you determine your goals, you measure your goals
and you know what you're doing.

     In closing let me say that becoming the new administrator of
NASA is a moment of great personal pride.  To be a member of the NASA
team is a great distinction and one that I will wear with honor and
pride.  I might say that I had a pin called NASA excellence which I
put on this blue suit about a year ago and the cleaners lost it.  So
I need another one.  And I wore that every moment I wore the suit and
blue is my favorite color so I wore the suit a lot.  I cannot begin
to tell you how happy I am to be here and how much I look forward to
working with you to turn the dreams of today into the realities of
tomorrow.  I look forward to meeting with each and every one of you
individually and turning the challenges of today into new
opportunities for NASA, the NASA family, the American public and the
peoples of the world.  I've gone on a long time, I would like to
thank you for your attention, I would like to, in advance, thank you
for your support and I want to encourage you "carpe diem" seize the
day.

     Thank you.

Sue Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                 April 28, 1992


RELEASE:  92-54

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced today the
appointment of 6 people to senior management positions at NASA
Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He made the announcement at the
annual meeting of the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics in Arlington, Va.

     Goldin appointed Major General Jeremiah W. Pearson III, USMC,
as Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight, to replace
William B. Lenoir who announced plans to leave the agency May 4.  In
this position, he will be responsible for overall management of the
Space Shuttle program, Spacelab operations and planning for Space
Station Operations. Pearson is now Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff
for Plans, Policies and Operations/Director, Plans Division, Plans,
Policies and Operations Dept. at Marine Corps Headquarters,
Washington, D.C. Prior to that he was Deputy Commander of Marine
Forces, Central Command during Operation Desert Shield/Storm in
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He has a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical
Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master of
Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Southern
California.

     Bryan D. O'Connor, a former NASA Astronaut and Colonel, USMC,
was named as Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight
for Programs. In this position, he will be responsible for the
review of all Office of Space Flight programs to insure realistic
planning and execution.  In particular, he will be concerned with
Space Shuttle activities and the overall Total Quality Management
activities being accomplished across the board.  O'Connor is a 1968
Naval Academy graduate and received a Master of Science in
Aeronautical Systems from the University of West Florida. A veteran
of two space missions, he has logged over 383 hours in space, as
Pilot on STS-61B in 1985 and as Commander of STS-40, June, 1991.

     Goldin named Charles F. Bolden, NASA Astronaut and Colonel,
USMC, to the new position of Assistant Deputy Administrator. In this
position he will be responsible for integrating and ensuring the
effective accomplishment of the Total Quality Management review
activities being initiated across the agency.  Bolden, a 1968 Naval
Academy graduate, received a Master of Science in Systems
Engineering from the University of Southern California in 1977.  A
veteran of three space missions, Bolden served as pilot on STS-61C
in January 1986, and STS-31, April 1990, and was Mission Commander
on STS-45, March 1992.

     Frederick D. Gregory, NASA Astronaut and Colonel, USAF, was
named to the position of Associate Administrator, Office of Safety
and Mission Quality, replacing George A. Rodney who is retiring in
June. In this position Gregory will be responsible for the safety
and mission quality for all NASA programs and activities, and for
the direction of reporting and documentation of problem
identification, problem resolution and trend analysis.  Gregory is a
1964 U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and received a Master's Degree
in Information Systems from George Washington University,
Washington, D.C., in 1977.  A veteran of three Space Shuttle
missions, he served as Pilot on STS-51B, April 1985, and was the
Spacecraft Commander on STS-33, November 1989, and STS- 44, November
1991.

     Goldin also announced the appointment of Alison L. McNally and
Deidre A. Lee as Executive Officers.

Sue Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
May 6, 1992


RELEASE:  92-58

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced today that he has
selected Darleen A. Druyun as his Chief of Staff. Druyun currently
serves as Assistant Administrator for Procurement, where she has led an
aggressive and innovative reform of NASA procurement practices. "NASA
intends to be world class in everything we do, and I view this
appointment as being truly world class," Goldin said.

        In this newly created position, Druyun will conduct strategic
planning for the Administrator. She also will provide continuity in the
Administrator's office and will facilitate communications between the
Administrator's office and senior staff members, as well as with private
sector executives and international visitors.  In addition, the Chief of
Staff will focus on internal NASA Headquarters management and
operations, aiming to increase the efficiency of the organization.  The
appointment is effective immediately.

        "Mrs.  Druyun will focus on improving overall efficiency at NASA
Headquarters," Administrator Goldin said. "I believe we cannot ask the
NASA field centers and contractor teams to undertake efficiency
improvements without the active participation and leadership of NASA
Headquarters. Mrs. Druyun will spearhead these activities."

        The Administrator also announced the appointment of Don G. Bush
to replace Druyun as Assistant Administrator for Procurement. He has
served as Druyun's deputy since her arrival at NASA last year.

        "Don and I developed the NASA procurement initiatives as a team,
and he has been their most aggressive and forward-thinking supporter,"
Druyun said. "I leave our efforts in good hands." Administrator Goldin
and Druyun both expressed confidence that the new Assistant
Administrator for Procurement will successfully implement the plan for
procurement reform initiated in 1991.

Dwayne Brown
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/453-8956)


RELEASE:  92-59  (5/6/92)

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the appointment
of Dr. Charles J. Pellerin, Jr., to the position of Deputy Associate
Administrator for Safety and Mission Quality. In addition, he will serve as
Special Assistant to the Administrator for long-range planning.  In this
capacity, he will work with Assistant Deputy Administrator Charles F.
Bolden.

        Pellerin has served since 1983 as Director of Astrophysics in NASA's
Office of Space Science and Applications. Many of the most complex
satellites ever conceived were completed under his leadership and launched
in recent years.  The scientific results from these missions, which include
the Cosmic Background Explorer, Hubble Space Telescope and Compton Gamma Ray
Observer, are now changing how we view the universe and humanity's place in
it.

        Pellerin began his NASA career as an aerospace engineer at the
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md., where he was involved in the
engineering of rocket instrumentation and later, in the use of sounding
rockets for scientific research.  In 1975, he moved to NASA Headquarters and
for 5 years managed the development and integration of scientific
instrumentation for flight on the Space Shuttle.

        In 1974, Pellerin was awarded a Ph.D. in physics from the Catholic
University of America. He has received many honors, including the
Presidential Rank Award, Catholic University Science Alumni Award and NASA's
Outstanding Leadership Medal.

Daniel S. Goldin
Administrator
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Daniel S. Goldin became the ninth NASA Administrator on
April 1, 1992.  Prior to his nomination, he was Vice President
and General Manager of the TRW Space & Technology Group, Redondo,
Calif., where he managed the development and production of
advanced spacecraft, technologies and space science instruments.

    Goldin began his career as a research scientist at NASA's
Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, from 1962 to 1967.  While
there, he worked on electric propulsion systems for human
interplanetary travel.

    He has held positions at TRW since 1967 when he became a
member of the technical staff.  During his tenure as Vice
President and General Manager, the Space and Technology Group
pioneered advanced technologies including superconductivity,
composites, and electro-optics and built 13 spacecraft that
continue to operate successfully in orbit.  These include the
launch and operation of NASA's Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite-5 and the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory.  The group
also has worked on other NASA programs, including the successful
grinding and testing of the world's two largest X-ray mirrors for
the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility.

    The Space and Technology Group won the 1990 Goddard Award for
Quality and Productivity, was a finalist in 1991 for NASA's
highest quality award for contractors - the George M. Low trophy
- and in 1992, the NASA/TRW team received the National Space
Club's Nelson P. Jackson Aerospace Award for the Compton Gamma
Ray Observatory.

    Prior to that position, Goldin managed several advanced
technology programs of high national priority.  He led TRW's
efforts in the design, development and production of the
communications payload for the U.S. Air Force's MILSTAR
communications satellite and managed the direct broadcast payload
for NASA's communications technology that became the forerunner
of current direct broadcast television systems.  He also has held
yeadership positions on several NASA advanced studies for
interplanetary, asteroid-flyby and comet rendezvous missions.

    Goldin, born in New York City on July 23, 1940, received a
Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1962 from
the City College of New York.  He is married to the former Judith
Linda Kramer of New York City.  They have two daughters, Aerial
and Laura, who reside in California.

April 1992

    re .-1
    
>They have two daughters, Aerial and Laura, who reside in California.
    
    Is this for real?     ^^^^^^

Sue Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                   May 22, 1992

RELEASE:  92-71


     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the
appointment of Bill Livingstone as Special Assistant to the
Administrator for Communications.

     "Bill Livingstone, who has worked with the media
nationwide, brings to the agency a broad array of experience
and talent," Goldin said.  "He joins the new team at NASA,
which is dedicated to making the agency faster, better,
cheaper, without compromising safety."

        For the past 7 years, Livingstone was Press Secretary
for then U.S. Senator and now Governor Pete Wilson (R-
Calif.).  Previously Livingstone was Press Secretary for U.S.
Senator Jim McClure (R-Idaho).  He also was the Press
Secretary for Wilson's gubernatorial election in 1990, and
McClure's re-election in 1984.

     Livingstone was born in Helena, Mont.  He received a
B.S. from Montana State University (honors) and attended
graduate school at the University of Southern California in
motion picture production and the Fletcher School of Law &
Diplomacy in international relations.
 

Sue Mathis Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.             May 26, 1992

RELEASE:  92-72



     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced
the appointment of Laurie A. Broedling as Associate
Administrator for Continuous Improvement.  She will
report directly to the Administrator and serve as NASA's
primary facilitator of Total Quality Management.
Broedling's appointment is effective tomorrow.

     "This appointment is an important step in bringing
a world-class TQM program to NASA," Administrator Goldin
said.  "Laurie Broedling has an outstanding background
on facilitating TQM and is regarded as an expert in the
field."

     Broedling has had extensive experience leading the
implementation of TQM in federal agencies.  Before
joining NASA, she served in the Department of Defense as
Deputy Under Secretary for Total Quality, where she was
responsible for overall direction of DoD's
implementation of total quaility principles and
practices.  From 1970 to 1989, she was employed by the
Department of the Navy, where she held numerous
managerial posts. These included serving as the
Secretary of the Navy's TQM Technical Advisor, where she
created the structure that institutionalized
implementation of TQM across the entire Navy and Marine
Corps.

     Broedling also has been a professor at San Diego
State University and George Washington University, where
she taught graduate and undergraduate courses in
strategic planning, organizational behavior and
organizational development.  She holds a B.A. in
psychology from Brown University and an M.A. and Ph.D.
in industrial-organizational psychology from George
Washington University.

    And in another stunning move, the official NASA logo has reverted back
    to the "meatball" (the blue globe with the red orbit stripe, ...).  The
    "worm" logo will be phased out via attrition.
    
    [Is a Saturn V revival far behind?  :-)  -dg]

    Re. .37
    
    Actually, the "meatball" never *really* disappeared; it was quite
    visible on flight suits throughout the shuttle program.
    
    I don't really expect the "worm" to disappear that quickly either,
    since NASA can't make up its mind how it wants to paint its space-
    craft...... ;^)
    
    						--Eric--

Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          June 10, 1992

Release:  92-83


        NASA Associate Administrator for Space Flight, Jeremiah
W. Pearson, III, today announced that Thomas Utsman, currently
Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight, will
become the Program Director for the Space Shuttle.  He will be
given responsibility for directing long-range Shuttle planning,
Space Shuttle continuous improvement activities and overseeing
efforts to reduce Shuttle operations costs while maintaining
safety.

        Program Manager, Space Shuttle, Leonard Nicholson will
remain at the Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, where he
will oversee the day to day management of the Space Shuttle
program and the integration of the Shuttle and Space Station
Freedom.  Management of vehicle integration and launch
processing will continue to be the responsibility of Nicholson's
deputy, Brewster H. Shaw, at the Kennedy Space Center, Fla.
(KSC).

        "One of the main challenges for the Shuttle Director's
office in the coming years will be to oversee the integration of
the Shuttle and Space Station Freedom," said Pearson.  "In light
of that, it will be more efficient for the Shuttle Manager to be
at JSC where personnel reside who are responsible for the mission
operations for both Shuttle and station, as well as engineering
and design support for both programs."  Freedom will be carried
up in 18 separate stages aboard the Space Shuttle and assembled
in space.  Assembly of the orbiting international research center
will begin in late 1995.

        Previously, the relocation of the Shuttle Program Director
from NASA Headquarters to KSC required the transfer of some
program management functions and would have involved the
relocation of approximately 20 people.  Under this revised
organization, a limited set of functions will be transfered to
support the Program Manager in the areas of configuration and
data requirements, ground operations and project integration
support and will involve approximately 10 people being
relocated to KSC.

Barbara E. Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.       June 10, 1992

James A. Richter
National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc.
Ann Arbor, Mich.

RELEASE:  92-85

        Through a recent letter agreement, NASA and the National
Center for Manufacturing Sciences, Inc. (NCMS), Ann Arbor,
Mich., have established a continuing program for technology
development and transfer between NASA and NCMS and its
member companies to advance the state of U.S. manufacturing.
NASA and NCMS have agreed to establish procedures and
principles for research endeavors in the area of advanced
manufacturing sciences.

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and NCMS President
Edward A. Miller signed the agreement at the May 29 National
Technology Initiative Conference in Pasadena, Calif.  NASA and
NCMS will establish a continuing program that emphasizes
advancing manufacturing sciences and technologies which
include energy-efficient and environmentally sound processes,
tools, materials and techniques that improve the quality,
reliability and competitiveness of U.S. manufactured products.

        "Technology transfer has been an integral part of NASA for
the past 30 years," said Goldin.  "Through collaborative efforts
with industry, NASA has contributed greatly to the U.S. economy
by using its aerospace technology as the basis for tens of
thousands of successful spinoff products and processes."

        Cooperative efforts for this program will include
information exchange in agreed-upon areas of cooperation,
technical workshops to identify technology transfer
opportunities, collaborative applications engineering projects to
adapt NASA technology for use by the U.S. manufacturing
industry and cooperative research and development.

        NCMS President Miller called the agreement "a critical
step on the road toward world-class manufacturing in the 21st
century.  "We are seeing a new spirit of collaboration in both the
public and private sectors," he noted.  "Partnerships combining
the strengths of manufacturers, government entities and
academic institutions are emerging on a number of fronts.

        "These are partnerships that will not only help bolster the
nation's position in world markets but also its economic stability
here at home.  With this agreement -- and others like it -- we
are at the forefront of a new way of doing business in America,"
Miller said.

        The program will be implemented by individual sub-
agreements between NASA field centers and NCMS member
companies.  NCMS, a nonprofit corporation, is authorized to act
on behalf of its member companies, which include over 150
large, medium and small U.S. manufacturing firms.

Sue Mathis Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          June 8, 1992

N92-54

     On June 5, 1992, NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin
issued a memorandum to all employees concerning the
general guidelines and process for the internal teams he
has established to develop a NASA vision, review major
programs and make recommendations for the agency's
future.  Copies of the memo, plus a list of the team
members, are available from NASA center newsrooms and the
Headquarters newsroom (202/453-8400).
                  - end -


[A copy of the memo can be found at pragma::public:[nasa]nasa_review_teams.memo 
 It is rather long (>500 lines), and contains some good information, but a lot
 of lists, etc.  -dg]

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

RELEASE:  92-89   (6/15/92)

        Dr.  Harriett G. Jenkins, Assistant Administrator for Equal
Opportunity Programs, has resigned her NASA position to become
first Director of the newly established Office of Senate Fair
Employment Practices. In that role, she will administer processes
that review allegations of prohibited discrimination practices and
will implement programs for the Senate to heighten awareness of
employee rights in order to prevent violations from occurring.

        Jenkins served for 18 years as the NASA Assistant
Administrator for Equal Opportunity Programs. In that position, she
was responsible for helping NASA integrate its workforce and for
ensuring equal opportunity in personnel transactions and in the use
of NASA's resources.

        Before being appointed to NASA in 1974, Jenkins was a
consultant to the District of Columbia school system for the
Response to Educational Needs Project for about 4 months, beginning
in late 1973.  Prior to that, she served for 19 years as a public
school educator in Berkeley, Calif., entering as a teacher and
rising through the ranks to vice-principal, principal and Director
of Elementary Education before reaching the post of Assistant
Superintendent for Instruction in 1971.

        In 1977, Jenkins received NASA's highest award, the
Distinguished Service Medal. Also during 1977, she chaired the Task
Force on Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, one of nine task
forces of the Personnel Management Project, which led to the Civil
Service Reform Act. For this work, she received the Civil Service
Commissioner's Award for Distinguished Service. Dr. Jenkins
received the President's Distinguished Executive Award in 1983.

        In 1986, Jenkins was elected to the National Academy of
Public Administration and in 1987, she received the Black Engineer
of the Year Award for Affirmative Action. In 1988, she received a
second Distinguished Service Medal from NASA and in 1990, the Women
in Aerospace Lifetime Achievement Award.
 

Jeff Vincent
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          June 24, 1992
 
RELEASE:  92-94
 
 
     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the
appointments of key personnel in the Office of Public Affairs and
the Office of Equal Opportunity Programs.
 
     Bill Livingstone, who joined NASA last month as Special
Assistant for Communications, has been appointed Associate
Administrator for Public Affairs.  For the last 7 years,
Livingstone served as Press Secretary for then U.S. Senator and
now Governor Pete Wilson (R-Calif.).  Livingstone succeeds
William Sheehan, who will retire July 1.  Sheehan came to NASA in
May 1985 and has been on assignment with the International Media
Fund for the last year.
 
     Sue Mathis Richard will serve as Deputy Associate
Administrator for Public Affairs.  She joined NASA in this
capacity in April 1990 and has been the acting head of Public
Affairs throughout Sheehan's absence.
 
     Goldin also named Lewin S. Warren as Acting Assistant
Administrator for Equal Opportunity Programs.  He has served as
Deputy Assistant Administrator in this office since joining the
agency in April 1980.  Prior to his employment at NASA, he worked
for 24 years with the Central Intelligence Agency, including
service as that agency's first Deputy Director for Equal
Employment Opportunity.
 
     In addition, Oceola S. Hall was designated Acting Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity Programs.  Hall has
been with NASA for 18 years and has led the agency's
Discrimination Complaints Division since 1978.  She also has been
a key member of NASA's Culture Climate and Practices Committee.
 
     Dr. Harriett Jenkins recently resigned as head of NASA's
Office of Equal Opportunity Programs to become the first Director
of the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices.

Del Harding                                       June 30, 1992
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.

Barbara Schwartz
Johnson Space Center, Houston, Tex.

RELEASE NO.  92-037

Dr. Steven A. Hawley, associate director of NASA's Ames
Research Center since 1990, will return to Johnson Space Center
Aug. 1 as deputy director of flight crew operations directorate
(FCOD).

     "This is a unique opportunity to return 'home' and play a
part in running my old organization," Hawley said.  "I have
enjoyed my two years at Ames and seeing a unique part of the
agency.  I will miss the Ames people very much."

     Prior to being named Ames' associate director in June 1990,
Hawley was deputy chief of the astronaut office at JSC and served
as an astronaut from 1978-1990.

     Hawley, 40, flew on three space shuttle missions, logging 412
hours in space.  Hawley's hometown is Salina, Kan.  He is an
honors graduate of the University of Kansas and received his
doctorate in astronomy and astrophysics from the University of
California at Santa Cruz in 1977.  He is a member of the American
Astronomical Society, the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,
Sigma Pi Sigma and Phi Beta Kappa.  In 1988, he was awarded the
NASA Exceptional Service Medal.  Hawley is married to the former
Eileen M. Keegan of Redondo Beach, Calif.

     "Steve's an outstanding manager, and I look forward to his
return to JSC.  His experience makes him well qualified to help
lead the flight crew operations functions, which include
recommending astronaut selections; aviation operations; payload
specialist activities, both domestic and international; and
operational contributions to design and development of manned
spacecraft and payloads, equipment, and systems," Donald R. Puddy,
director of FCOD, said.

Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          July 1, 1992

Jack Riley
Johnson Space Center, Houston

RELEASE:  92-100

        Capt. Daniel C. Brandenstein, Chief of the
Astronaut Office, Johnson Space Center, Houston, since
1986 and veteran of four Space Shuttle missions, is
retiring from the U.S. Navy and leaving NASA about Oct.
1 to pursue other interests.

        Brandenstein commanded and flew the new orbiter
Endeavour on the recent STS-49 mission to retrieve,
repair and deploy the stranded INTELSAT-VI
telecommunications satellite.  During this mission, the
crew conducted a record-setting four EVA's
(extravehicular activity or spacewalks) to successfully
rescue the satellite and to demonstrate and evaluate
numerous EVA tasks to be used for the assembly of Space
Station Freedom.

        Selected by NASA in January 1978, Brandenstein
first flew as a pilot on STS-8, the first night launch
and landing in August-September 1983, aboard the
Challenger.  During the mission, crew members deployed
the Indian National Satellite, operated the Canadian-
built remote manipulator system (RMS) with the payload
flight test article, operated the continuous flow
electrophoresis system with live cell samples, conducted
medical measurements to understand biophysiological
effects of space flight and activated Earth resources
and space science experiments.

        On his second mission in June 1985, Brandenstein
commanded the crew of STS-51G aboard Discovery to deploy
communications satellites for Mexico (Morelos), the Arab
League (Arabsat) and the United States (AT&T Telstar).
Also, the RMS was used to deploy and retrieve the
SPARTAN satellite after a rendezvous procedure by
Brandenstein.  In addition, the crew conducted a number
of astronomy, materials processing, biomedical and other
experiments.

        Brandenstein also commanded the crew of STS-32 in
January 1990 aboard Columbia to deploy the Syncom IV-F5
satellite and retrieve the Long Duration Exposure
Facility using the RMS.  The crew also operated a
variety of life sciences and Earth sciences experiments.
The IMAX camera was flown on this mission and the film
incorporated into "The Blue Planet" about the Earth's
environment.

        With 789 hours in space, Brandenstein holds the
record among Space Shuttle astronauts.  He also has
flown four of the five orbiters, and he has more
rendezvous experience than any other pilot.

        During his career, Brandenstein has earned a number
of achievement awards, including NASA Distinguished
Service Medals, the Defense Superior Service Medal, the
Distinguished Flying Cross, NASA Outstanding Leadership
Medals, Legion of Honor (France), Medal of King Abdul
Aziz (Saudi Arabia) and numerous other awards and
honors.

        "For the past 14 years I have had the opportunity
to have the most challenging and interesting job in the
world.  It has been exciting, rewarding and a pleasure
to work with the many talented and motivated people who
make up this country's space team.  Although I have
chosen to change careers, I always will be an avid
supporter of the space efforts which I feel are
essential to the advancement of knowledge and technology
in this country," Brandenstein said.

        "I'm sorry to see Dan go.  He's one of the finest
human beings I have ever had the privilege to know.  He
has been an outstanding astronaut, providing an example
of excellence to which all others should aspire.  His
leadership skills are unparalleled here or elsewhere.  I
wish him the best in whatever he chooses to do," Center
Director Aaron Cohen said.

        Donald R. Puddy, Director of flight crew operations
added, "Dan's experience and expertise certainly will be
missed.  His many extraordinary achievements as an
astronaut and exemplary performance as a manager have
provided the leadership that has been very valuable to
the astronaut corps, the Johnson Space Center and NASA.
I wish him continuing success as he pursues a new
career."

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.             July 7, 1992


RELEASE:  92-103

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced
the appointment of Samuel W. Keller as Associate
Administrator for Russian Programs. The new function is
being established within the Office of the Administrator and
will give focus to the many programs involving NASA and the
former Soviet Union.

        "NASA is actively pursuing opportunities for
expanded cooperation in space activities with Russia. This
area of international cooperation is critical and warrants
creation of this new position.  Sam Keller has the kind of
experience necessary to ensure that our relationship with
the Russian space program is beneficial to both sides.  He
will be responsible for overall coordination of the NASA
program relating to cooperative endeavors with the Russian
space program," Goldin said.

        Keller has served as Associate Deputy Administrator,
NASA Headquarters, since May 1989.  In that position he was
the focal point for resolving institutional management and
policy issues and provided agency leadership on US/Russian
cooperative ventures carried out under agreements between
the two governments.

        Keller began his NASA career at the Goddard Space
Flight Center,Greenbelt, Md., in 1960.  After holding
various managment positions, he was named the Director of
Administration and Managment in 1972.  In 1975, he
transferred to NASA Headquarters and in 1981, was appointed
Deputy Associate Administrator for the newly combined Office
of Space Science and Applications. In that position he
concentrated on the development of major space flight
systems including the Hubble Space Telescope, Galileo,
Magellan, the Gamma Ray Observatory and the Cosmic
Background Explorer.

        Before joining NASA, Keller held positions at the
Naval Research Laboratory, the Applied Physics Laboratory of
the Johns Hopkins University, RCA Laboratories and the
Office of Naval Research. He served as a pilot in the U.S.
Air Force from 1956 through 1959.

        He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical
Engineering from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor
of Laws degree from George Washington University.

        Keller was awarded the NASA Exceptional Service
Medal in 1969, the Presidential Rank of Meritorious
Executive in 1983 and 1990 and both the Presidential Rank of
Distinguished Executive and the NASA Distinguished Service
Medal in 1985.

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                 July 21, 1992


Mark Stern
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.



RELEASE:  92-119

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin and National Institutes of Health
Director Bernadine Healy, M.D., today signed an agreement that will enhance
each agency's biomedical research capabilities.

        At a signing ceremony held with Senator Barbara Mikulski, the agencies
pledged to develop programs that apply NASA's unique expertise to practical,
medical needs on Earth and in space.

        "For decades, the rigors of space flight have pushed NASA to advance
the bounds of medical knowledge for the protection of our astronauts' health,"
Goldin said. "In so doing, the space program has spawned a host of
technological advancements.  Walk into any hospital today and you see the work
of NASA -- programmable pacemakers, CAT scans, intensive care monitors,
arthroscopic and laser surgery -- all derived from the space program."

        Barbara Mikulski said, "For the first time in history we are linking up
the considerable talents of both our NIH and our NASA research teams, and we
are saying to them -- work together on what needs to be done both on Earth and
in space.  The joint NASA/NIH venture means that we will have twice the
brainpower looking at diseases such as neurological disorders, arthritis and
even cancer."

        Dr.  Healy said, "This memorandum of understanding provides the
National Institutes of Health and NASA with a welcome opportunity to combine
the unique strengths of both agencies in conducting research on the frontiers
of space and medicine.

        "NIH looks forward to what promises to be a productive exploration with
NASA of the inner space of our bodies and cells and the outer space of our
solar system and the universe," Dr. Healy said.

        The agreement is intended to stimulate new opportunities in the
biomedical and behavioral research community, as it provides for greater access
to space as well as involvement by university-based research centers.

        In general, the agreement calls for NIH to have the lead role in
ground-based research activities and for NASA to have the lead role in space
flight research activities.

        Specifically addressed in the agreement are provisions for joint
management and funding of programs that cover:

        o Focused, university-based biomedical and behavioral research,

        o Opportunities for space flight experiments to enable more biomedical
and behavioral scientists to use the space environment for research,

        o Grant supplements that allow NASA to fund awards to existing NIH
research centers,

        o Program announcements, requests for applications and requests for
proposals to increase research tasks in selected areas of biomedical and
behavioral research, and

        o Mutually sponsored workshops and symposia on specific biomedical
research topics.

        Initial research topics likely to be addressed under the agreement
include the neurovestibular system (vestibular and balance disorders and
sensory motor function) and the musculoskeletal system (bone, muscle and
related connective tissue).

        Research performed by both agencies, under the agreement, would help us
understand how these systems function in space crews and how mechanisms develop
that lead to disease or dysfunction in patients on Earth.

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.        July 24, 1992


RELEASE 92-123

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced a series of
procurement reforms to make NASA the model of excellence for the Federal
Government and ensure Americans receive the very best value for their tax
dollar.

        "Through a focus on the customer, empowerment, teamwork with our
partners in industry, accountability and diversity, we can achieve our goal and
serve as a beacon to others," Goldin said in a speech to the National Contract
Management Association in Los Angeles.

        Goldin said reforms in NASA's procurement process are necessary because
90 percent of its budget is spent through contracts.

        "We must continue to give the American people technical advances, but
we must also give them 'best' value for their tax dollar," Goldin said.

        "In the future, NASA will not tolerate 300 percent cost overruns,
defective spacecraft hardware or the failure to follow work instructions that
protect government furnished hardware," Goldin said.

        "Nor will we tolerate schedule slippages," Goldin said. "We can't keep
letting months turn into years and years into decades."

        According to Goldin, the current procurement system teaches people to
fear making any mistake.

        "Everyone involved in the acquisition process is swimming in
certifications," Goldin said. "Instead, we should be encouraging innovation,
creativity and efficiency."

         Goldin said NASA and contractor personnel will never achieve
excellence if they are not given clear lines of responsibility and held
accountable for their decisions.

        Major changes in the procurement process include:

        o New contracts will be awarded to companies that have demonstrated
they are accountable by delivering quality systems that meet cost schedule and
technical requirements; and

        o The amount of the award fee earned will be determined by the end
result, namely the quality, timeliness and cost of what is delivered;

        o Contractors will be given greater responsibility for success of a
program, and should be given the opportunity for increased award fee if they
hold to schedule, keep the program within cost estimates and deliver a
satisfactory product.

Total Quality Management

        To determine contractor performance, Goldin said NASA will soon
establish a joint NASA-Industry team to develop a source of "metrics" or
measurements.

        "Once the metrics are established, NASA will publish the results on a
generic basis, without identifying specific contractors.  On a semi- annual
basis, we will notify each CEO where their company stands," Goldin said.

Cultural Diversity

        Finally, Goldin said NASA will aggressively promote cultural diversity
in the work place and to reaching its goal for Small and Disadvantaged Business
(SDB) contracts.

        "As Administrator of NASA, I have made a personal commitment to
increasing cultural diversity in the workplace and to increasing the
contracting opportunities for small and disadvantaged contracts," Goldin said.

        Goldin said NASA had implemented a range of initiatives to increase the
number of SDB contracts, including:

        o SDB considerations are part of NASA's earliest procurement planning,
and are emphasized in acquisition strategy meetings or in procurement plans;
and

        o In many of NASA's large prime contracts, NASA is establishing firm
percentages of the effort to be subcontracted to SDBs and will reward those
contractors with special incentive fees when they exceed the SDB requirement.

        "Small and disadvantaged businesses need assistance above and beyond
set-asides," Goldin said.

        "In the coming months we will be setting up a new 'minority business
resource advisory committee' in NASA to help us bring more SDB contractors into
the NASA family," Goldin said.

        "Each of us as professionals and as citizens has an obligation to help
overcome the barriers that divide us as a nation," Goldin said.

        "The Los Angeles riots were visual proof that we must redouble our
efforts to help our minority citizens turn their dreams into realities," Goldin
said.

[Digital gets a mention here.  We were part of the team that competed for this
 rather important network contract.    This is really good news for NASA/DOE
 and Digital.  I help support the DECnet part of NSI, and know that a lot of
 people are working hard to keep our hand in the evolution of this network.
                                                               -dave         ]


Drucella Andersen
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Jeff Sherwood
Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.


RELEASE:  92- 132                               August 17, 1992

     The National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) and the Department
of Energy(DOE) today announced that they have selected Sprint to provide
broadband communications services that will upgrade the technology of three of
their national research data networks.

     The contract has an estimated value of more than $50 million over the next
5 years.  Sprint will use a new technology based on high speed transmission of
fixed length cells of data to enable the communications networks to increase
speed tremendously, from 1.5 million to 622 million bits per second.  This
contract is expected to accelerate Sprint's schedule in making the new
technology available on a nation-wide commercial basis, originally not expected
before 1994.

     Four companies will work together on this state-of-the-art technology.
Sprint, Kansas City, Mo., will provide fiber-optic communications facilities.
TRW, Redondo Beach, Calif., will provide new broadband access switches
developed by their Space Communications Division. Cisco, Menlo Park, Calif.,
will supply network routers and Digital Equipment Corp., Maynard, Mass., will
be responsible for the network management software.

     DOE's Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) and NASA's AEROnet and Science
Internet (NSI) provide high-speed, nation wide and international data
communications to support a variety of open research and educational programs
in energy, aeronautics, space and Earth sciences.  Universities, laboratories
and research centers use the networks.  The NSI project offices are located at
NASA's Ames Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif. The National Energy Research
Supercomputer Center at DOE's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
Livermore, Calif., manages ESnet.

   This activity is funded under the Federal High Performance Computing and
Communications program.  The program was a 1992 Presidential initiative and was
authorized in the High Performance Computing Act of 1991.  A fundamental
objective of the initiative is to promote U.S. competitiveness in the fields of
scientific computing and communications.

     The program is a nine-agency effort with four major components, including
High Performance Computing Systems, Advance Software Technology and Algorithms,
National Research and Education Network (NREN) and Basic Research and Human
Resources. The selection of Sprint represents one of the first major contracts
to be established under the network component of the program.

     This contract makes Sprint the first carrier to provide wide-area ATM
service.  ATM stands for Asynchronous Transfer Mode, an emerging technology,
and will enable networks to evolve from the current T1-based bandwidth of 1.5
million bits per second capacity to substantially faster speeds, with steps to
45, 155 and 622 million bits per second in the next few years, for a total
increase in speed of 400 times.  By comparison, approximately 20 pages of a
standard-sized dictionary can be transmitted in one second at T1 rates.  At the
highest rate planned, about 8,000 pages of information will be transmitted per
second.

     The ATM technology is considered the precursor to a broadband technology,
called B-ISDN, that will support future multi-media universal transmission.
This technology will be capable of simultaneously carrying voice, data and
video communications traffic as well as bandwidth-intensive applications, for
example, the transfer of high definition television images and links for
networks with high capacity Local Area Networks.

Bill Livingstone                          August 28, 1992
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.


RELEASE:  92-137

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin has announced that he will upgrade
the position of Small and Disadvantaged Business Director to Assistant
Administrator, equal to directors of program and administrative offices.

        Goldin called the decision "a strong signal" in a series of moves to
insure that the nation's small firms, including those owned by members of
minorities and women, win a larger share of NASA contracts.  He made the
announcement at a small business conference in Nashua, N.H.

        "In the past, we have focused much of our attention on working with the
giant aerospace companies with the big hardware contracts and comparatively
little on working with small business," Goldin said.

New Orientation

        "We must change our orientation," he declared, stating that NASA has
begun the process through a series of procurement initiatives.

        One of the most important changes, Goldin said, is an action to reduce
drastically the amount of paperwork and other administrative tasks now required
to win smaller contracts.

        "We are looking at 10-page requests for proposals and contracts versus
90-to-100 page documents," Goldin said.

        The biggest change to help small businesses could come in mid-range
procurements between $25,000 and $500,000, Goldin said.  Although they
represent only 15 percent of NASA's contract dollar, they account for more than
80 percent of the procurement actions.

        Other Steps Outlined

        Other steps Goldin has directed the agency to take to bolster awards to
small firms include:

        o Requiring prime contractors to increase the percentage of
subcontracts with small and disadvantaged businesses (SDBs).

        o Establishing a firm agency percentage for SDB awards in competitive
procurements instead of a mere goal.

        o Making subcontracting to small firms an important evaluation factor
in source selection.

        o Rewarding primes that exceed their subcontracting goals.

        o Establishing a "Minority Business Resource Advisory Committee" within
NASA to help SDBs deal with the agency.

        o Pursuing statutory authority to allow the agency to make SDB
set-asides.

Obstacles Must Come Down

        "NASA must take down the obstacles that discourage so many small
businesses from engaging in government contracting, " Goldin said. "We must
make our requirements and our contracting process more accessible.  We cannot
bury you in forms, certifications, contract clauses and reporting
requirements."

        Goldin stated that NASA made direct awards to small firms of $870
million in fiscal year 1991, while another $1.4 billion flowed to small firms
through subcontracting.

        "We are convinced we can do more," he declared.

        NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Fla.,currently is evaluating
proposals for a $2.7 billion base operations contract and has declared that 30
percent of this must be subcontracted to small, disadvantaged or women-owned
businesses.

        Recently, KSC selected a minority-owned firm for a $75 million contract
with options up to $150 million.

High-Tech Activities

        "The contract is not for routine support services," Goldin noted. "It
is for applied research and technology, including tasks involving telerobotics
and development of a highly sensitive spectrometer to detect hazardous gas."

        The Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., expects to award
a $35 million contract to a minority firm in late September, he said.

        Goldin said that small firms have been great sources of innovation for
NASA. He disclosed that a recent recipient of a NASA Small Business Innovative
Research contract had developed "three dimensional packaging technology" for
integrated circuit dies.

        "This may ultimately lead to a sugar cube sized personal computer,"
Goldin said. "That company is now working with IBM to develop this product for
the commercial marketplace."

        NASA's Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization is headed
by Eugene D. Rosen, who has the title of Director.

   

Drucella Andersen                   September 1, 1992
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Del Harding
Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.

RELEASE:  92-139

        NASA has selected Cray Research, Inc., Eagan, Minn., for negotiations
leading to award of a contract to provide a new supercomputer to NASA's Ames
Research Center, Mountain View, Calif. Estimated value of the contract is $74.3
million.

        "Cray is an acknowledged pioneer in the supercomputer field," said
Kristin Hessenius, Director of Aeronautical Research at NASA Headquarters,
Washington, D.C. "They were chosen because of the clearly superior capabilities
of the Y-MP C-90 and Cray's history of providing NASA with reliable,
cost-effective facilities over the years."

        The Y-MP C-90 will support Ames' Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation (NAS)
Processing System Network. NAS serves hundreds of federal, private industry and
university scientists throughout the United States. NAS is widely considered a
pathfinder in advanced computational systems.

        "This purchase will allow Ames to continue providing leading- edge
computational services to the aerospace community," Dr. F. Ron Bailey, Director
of Ames' Aerophysics Office said. "The Y-MP C-90 will be able to perform in
excess of 6 billion computations per second, making it one of the fastest
computers in the world."

        Cray will deliver the Y-MP C-90/16512 supercomputer to Ames next year.
Under the contract, the company also will perform maintenance and other support
services for the new supercomputer.  The Y-MP C-90 will replace Ames' Cray 2
supercomputer acquired in 1985.

Paula Cleggett-Haleim
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

September 2, 1992

RELEASE:  92-141

        NASA has selected Dr. Claude R. Canizares, head of the Astrophysics
Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as the new Chairman of
the Space Science and Applications Advisory Committee.

        Dr.  Lennard A. Fisk, Associate Administrator of NASA's Office of Space
Science and Applications, said that the advisory committee process would be
particularly important over the coming months as NASA looks at restructuring
parts of its program.

        "To preserve a strong set of space science missions in a tight
budgetary environment, we need to work especially closely with members of the
scientific community," said Fisk.

        This committee, a standing committee of the NASA Advisory Council,
consults with and advises NASA on its plans, priorities, objectives and
strategies to accomplish its multifaceted space science programs.

        Concerned with observations from space and use of space technology to
support basic research, the committee reviews NASA's plans in the following
areas: astrophysics, solar system exploration, solar and space physics, Earth
science, microgravity research and life sciences.

        Since 1990, he also has served as the Director of the MIT Center for
Space Research. He has served on numerous NASA advisory committees, including
the Space and Earth Sciences Advisory Committee and the NASA- University
Relations Task Force. Also, he served as a member of the National Academy of
Science's Astronomy and Astrophysics Survey Committee.

        Canizares has written or contributed to more than 114 scientific
papers.  He earned three degrees from Harvard University -- A.B. in 1967, A.M.
in 1968 and Ph.D. in 1972.

        Canizares succeeds Dr. Berrien Moore who led the committee since its
formation in 1988.  Moore recently received the Distinguished Public Service
Medal, one of the highest honors NASA bestows.

        Moore had helped to organize the Space Science and Applications
Advisory Committee from three former committees -- Space and Earth Sciences,
Space Applications and Life Sciences.

        Moore merged an extraordinarily diverse group of scientists and
perspectives into a coherent and cohesive body, capable of looking at the full
spectrum of space science and applications issues and then rendering objective
advice.

        Currently, Moore is Director of the Institute for the Study of Earth,
Oceans and Space at the University of New Hampshire.

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                     September 17, 1992


RELEASE:  92-154

        WASHINGTON -- NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced a
series of broad initiatives and activities to improve the way the agency
conducts business and works with its contractors.

        "We are committed to strengthening AmericaUs belief in NASA as the 'can
do' government agency," Goldin said at a speech to the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).  "And to remaining an institution that
provides inspiration, economic and education benefits to all Americans."

        The initiatives represent the work over the past several months of the
Red and Blue review teams, which have been looking at every NASA program on
ways to operate faster, better, and cheaper without compromising safety.

        As each of the teams scrubbed through their respective programs, they
were tasked to pay particular attention to operational costs that have been
growing at an alarming rate.

        "We are pleased to report that each team has taken steps to reduce
those costs," Goldin said.  "We will use those savings to begin planning for
new missions, using small spacecraft."

        Following are the major initiatives and activities:

NASA'S Program Priorities

        ** Shuttle Safety Top Priority -- NASA is working to make the shuttle
system safer and more reliable.  This includes making investments in new
display systems to optimize the flight controllers tasks, investing in hardware
improvements, improving engine safety, and developing state of the art
avionics.

        "Our top priority is Shuttle safety -- the continuation of a safe,
robust shuttle program into the early part of the next century, with a maximum
of eight flights per year," Goldin said.

        ** Space Station Freedom Second Priority -- "Our second priority is
Space Station Freedom," Goldin said.

        NASA is taking steps to ensure its top talent is working on this
program, and Goldin said NASA expects contractors to put their best people on
the program as well.

        ** Pooling Award Fees -- To ensure that there is complete cooperation
among the contractors working various contracts, NASA is examining the idea of
setting aside a portion of the Space Station contractors' award fee and
establishing a combined pool.

        "The fee paid from this pool would be awarded based on how well the
contractors are working as an integrated team in meeting milestones and cost
estimates," Goldin said.

        ** Aeronautics is High Priority -- Goldin said NASA must forge a joint
vision with its partners in industry of where we should be heading in
commercial aeronautics.  The Red and Blue teams recommended that NASA better
balance its programs between advanced subsonics, NASP hypersonics and high
speed civil transport, including, as an example, shifting more funds to
advanced subsonics and noise reduction.

        "We need to concentrate on programs that will lay the ground work for
future generations of commercial aircraft," Goldin said.  "We cannot get there
from here if we spread our resources too thin."

        "We must also shift more resources to supersonic transport propulsion
concepts, aimed at greater fuel efficiencies and lower noise and exhaust
emissions," Goldin said.

        Goldin announced that in October he will meet with the CEOs of the
largest airframe and engine manufacturers to brainstorm and discuss whether
they agree with NASA'S assessment of priorities in aeronautics.

        ** EOS, AXAF, and Cassini High Priority -- Delivery on these science
missions is a very high priority.

        Based on reviews of the Red and Blue teams, it has become clear that
the development of suitable instruments is impacting NASA'S ability to
accomplish these programs on time and within cost estimates.

        "We intend to call upon our contractors, scientists from universities,
and our field centers to develop a new process to ensure we can provide for
early availability of these instruments so crucial to our ability to extend our
knowledge of Earth and our solar system," Goldin said.

        ** Earth Observing Systems (EOS) -- EOS has been rescoped, resulting in
several improvements.  Tasks have been more clearly defined and therefore can
be more readily accomplished.

        "The program is more evolutionary now; new capabilities will be phased
in," Goldin said.  "Some of the potential international collaborations can
result in certain EOS measurements being made earlier than was originally
envisioned."

        The rescoping exercise, and incorporating 'common designs' will result
in savings of $3 billion, "while still preserving the essential science
objectives, as well as launch schedule of the main EOS spacecraft."

        An estimated $1 billion will be saved by rescoping and deferrals,
including the deletion of the High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (HIRIS)
instrument from the second EOS-AM spacecraft launched in 2003.

        Goldin said the deletion of the instrument can potentially be
compensated for by a vigorous Landsat program and/or advances in technology
that result in lighter weight and lower cost imaging instruments.

        ** Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF) -- AXAF has been
restructured into two smaller platforms.  The changes will not cause a negative
impact on the expected science.  The Imaging AXAF mission will be launched into
a high Earth orbit, allowing simpler and less expensive support systems for
power, communications and pointing control.  The small, or spectroscopic,
mission will be flown on a Delta class rocket to low Earth orbit.

        ** Cassini Redesigned -- Fundamental changes will be made in the
management approach.  Technical managers will be empowered to act as project
managers for their subsystems.  All elements of a section will report directly
to the technical manager.  Projected staffing levels will be reduced by over
700 workyears.

        Key features of the re-designed mission include: Cassini-unique
spacecraft with body-fixed instruments, and a lighter spacecraft permitting the
launch by a standard Titan IV vehicle.

        ** Space Exploration Initiative (SEI) a Priority -- Goldin said NASA
will perform the precursor work to ensure the SEI goals are achievable.  NASA
will also focus on small probes.

        "Our goal is to build a credible program in the short term, and with
that foundation, work towards more substantial funding in future years," Goldin
said.


Other Initiatives

        ** National Launch System -- The Blue Team recommended changes to the
program baseline, which are being coordinated with the Department of Defense,
that include the reassessment of the facilities needed, the engine-out
requirement for multi-engine configurations, and acceleration of vehicle
development.

        ** Award Fee -- NASA will discuss its final proposed policy on Award
Fee Contracting with the NASA-Industry Process Action Team on September 21 and
expects to issue a policy for public comment in early October.

        ** Independent Cost Assessment Group -- NASA will establish a new
independent group -- as recommended by the Augustine Committee -- staffed with
sufficient resources and modern cost estimating tools, to help ensure its cost
estimates are as accurate as possible.

        ** Cost Overruns -- Goldin said NASA "can no longer afford broken
promises." According to a General Accounting Office (GAO) report, in a sample
of 29 NASA programs, the average cost growth was 75 percent.

        "We can not tolerate contracts so fluid, that the product we bargained
for in no way resembles what we end up with," Goldin said.

        "We are partners with industry, but we will hold you [contractors]
accountable for what you sign up to deliver and ourselves accountable for
establishing firm requirements," Goldin said.

        "I am confident that if we work as a team we will not only deliver
great science, but we will do it on time and within budget.  As a team, we will
deliver on our promises," Goldin said.

        ** Town Meetings -- NASA will share its vision, mission and values with
the American people during a series of town meetings, scheduled to begin in
November, as well as allow prime contractors, small and disadvantaged
businesses and the university community to express their views.  Planned
locations include Hartford, Raleigh-Durham, Tampa, Indianapolis, Los Angeles,
and Seattle.

        ** Headquarters -- NASA is examining the roles and responsibilities of
headquarters and the centers.  The review is focused on eliminating conflicts
caused by a lack of clear lines of authority and responsibility, as well as
identifying the tasks that are headquarters' functions that should be
transferred to field centers.

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

October 1, 1992


RELEASE:  92-162

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today was presented the Meritorious
Award of the National Association of Small Disadvantaged Business.

        "He's now won this award twice for opening up his organizations to
minority businesses -- once at TRW and now at his present role as Administrator
of NASA", said Senator John C. Danforth (R-Mo.) who presented the award on
behalf of the association.

        "I think it's a tremendous accomplishment to win this award once, to
win it twice is absolutely fantasitic and it shows a real commitment by Dan
Goldin to something that is admirable, that is making business opportunities
available to all Americans," Danforth said.

        According to Henry T. Wilfong, Jr., President of the national
association, Goldin is the first repeat recipient of the Meritorious Award.

        "We intend that this award be only for accomplishments that are of
truly meritorious dimensions.  TRW Space & Technology Group accomplished such
deeds the time you served as Chief Executive Officer," Wilfong said.

        "While we consider your performance at TRW to have been worthy of
recognition, we feel your performance to date at NASA indicates that your
performance as Administrator will be of even more note and benefit to minority
firms throughout America," Wilfong said.

        In accepting the award, Goldin said, "This recognition is not for me
but , I believe, for NASA. NASA is commited to bringing the cultural diversity
of America into the workforce.  I'm accepting this award on behalf of NASA."

NASA Minority Goals

        Among the steps that Goldin has taken to make NASA's small and
disadvantaged business program the "best in the country", include:

        o Establish a NASA Minority Business Resource Advisory Committee to
help identify more businesses that should be part of the NASA family;

        o Establish firm percentages for small and disadvantaged business
subcontracting as part of our prime contracts;

        o Make use of small and disadvantaged business subcontracting as an
important evaluation factor in every source selection and;

        o Reward prime contractors with special award fees when they exceed
their subcontracting goals by certain percentages.
 

HQ 92-179/NASA REORGAN

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                                October 15, 1992


RELEASE 92-172


        WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Daniel S. Goldin today announced a series of
structural changes at NASA to improve management and bring focus to programs
that are essential to America' future.

        Of all the agencies in government, NASA has a unique responsibility to
invest in the future to ensure there is hope and opportunity for future
generations and to keep America on the cutting edge of technology, Goldin said.

        Today, I am announcing a series of structural changes to better focus
NASA's programs, to streamline how we do business so we can meet the challenges
ahead, Goldin said.

        In preparation for today's announcement, Goldin said over the past 6
months he has traveled to NASA centers, visiting with hundreds of employees,
worked with the red & blue teams, met with CEOs of Americas top companies, met
with small and disadvantaged companies, small entrepreneurial companies and
reached out into minority and women-owned companies.

        He has traveled abroad to meet with leaders on space policy, met
personally with nearly 200 members of Congress and analyzed major reports such
as the Augustine Report, the Paine Commission Report and the Rogers Commission
Report. He also has reached out to academia and the science community.

        The past 6 months, I've reached deep into NASA to listen to the hopes
and dreams of employees.  I've listened to concerns expressed by America's
leaders outside the agency, Goldin said.


        If there is universal agreement on one point its that NASA cannot
afford to fail, that it must be the preeminent technological leader of the
world, Goldin said.  NASA must reach for the stars and bring back to America
dual-use technology to improve life on Earth.

        To achieve its goals, Goldin announced the following structural and
managerial changes at NASA:

SPACE STATION FREEDOM

        Strengthening the focus of management of Space Station Freedom (SSF) is
of the highest priority for NASA. In a Sept. 17, 1992 speech, Goldin said he
was taking steps to ensure NASA's top talent is working on this program.

        ** Marty Kress will become Deputy Program Manager for Policy and
Management, responsible for strengthening cooperation with the space station
user community, international partners and the private sector.  Marty's
previous position was Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs.

        Marty Kress is one of NASA's best and brightest rising young stars, who
has successfully helped me steer the agency through difficult budget
deliberations on Capitol Hill, Goldin said.  His talent is now needed for even
greater challenges, to pull together, coordinate and integrate the scientific
and commercial communities so they take full advantage of the opportunities
aboard Space Station Freedom.

        Marty Kress' appointment will allow Dick Kohrs, Space Station Associate
Administrator, to focus his skills on the day-to-day development and
construction of SSF.

        ** Mary Kerwin, Director Liaison Division, will become Acting Assistant
Administrator for Legislative Affairs.

        ** Tom Campbell, formerly NASA Comptroller, will become the Chief
Financial Officer for SSF to help ensure SSF keeps within its budget estimates.

        Tom Campbell is recognized as the strongest financial officer at the
agency, Goldin said.  He's NASA's top talent, who will be responsible for
keeping a watchful eye on the budget and schedule.

        ** Gary Allison, who was Deputy Comptroller, will become Acting
Comptroller.



SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

        NASA, which is recognized for its great scientific achievements, must
strengthen its outreach to the science community to improve the integration and
coordination of research.

        ** Len Fisk will be promoted to the new position of Chief Scientist for
NASA. Len's previous position was Associate Administrator for Space Science and
Applications.

        Len is one of NASA's most brilliant and outstanding scientists, Goldin
said.  His formidable challenge will be to aggressively work with the
scientific and engineering community, particularly academia, to fully involve
them in our research goals.

        He will be responsible for forging a strong bond with the directors of
research and development in corporate America to ensure NASA is getting the
very best technology in all our science missions, Goldin said.

        Len, because of his outstanding communication abilities, will also be
instrumental in explaining to the public the importance of NASA's research to
improve life on Earth and to inspire humanity with wonderful scientific
achievements, Goldin said.

EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE

        The Office of Science and Space Applications will be divided into two
parts to bring focus to the programs.

        ** Shelby Tilford will become Acting Associate Administrator of Mission
to Planet Earth. He previously was Director of Earth Sciences.

        Mission to Planet Earth is more than a duty, it' a moral commitment to
future generations, Goldin said.  We must understand our environment --
separating natural from human causes and effects -- so policy makers can make
decisions on hard data, not suppositions.

        ** Wes Huntress, previously Director of Solar System Exploration, will
become Acting Associate Administrator of Planetary Science and Astrophysics.


        We must build and launch many more spacecraft that are smaller, faster
and cheaper, Goldin said.  By studying our solar system and the universe, we
will be able to better understand Earth's environment and its future and see if
life has developed on other planets and understand how the planets formed.

AERONAUTICS

        Goldin announced in a recent speech that NASA needs a better balance of
programs between subsonics, National Aero/Space Plane hypersonics and high
speed civil transport.  In addition, NASA needs to develop a strategic plan to
ensure we have the proper facilities to keep America's aerospace industry the
world's leader.  The Office of Aerospace and Space Technology will be divided
to provide focus as specified below.

        ** Pete Petersen will become Special Assistant to the Administrator to
develop a comprehensive and integrated long-term plan that identifies the
critical facilities for aeronautics and space.  He was Associate Administrator
for Aeronautics And Space Technology.

        As the Augustine Report points out, NASA's infrastructure is critical
to meeting its mission goals, Goldin said.

        NASA must develop an integrated facilities plan, in coordination with
other government agencies and private industry, to construct world class
facilities for aeronautics and space.

        We must avoid duplication in government and industry to achieve maximum
results and stretch taxpayerUs dollars, Goldin said.

        ** Cecil Rosen, who was Director for Aeronautics, will become Acting
Associate Administrator for the Office of Aeronautics.

        ** Gregory Reck will become Acting Associate Administrator for the new
office of Advanced Concepts And Technology.

        ** Courtney Stadd will become Acting Deputy Associate Administrator for
the new office of Advanced Concepts And Technology.

        NASA needs to attract and work with America's greatest researchers and
entrepreneurs in academia and industry, Goldin said.  This office will push
America's technological frontiers.  It will be the catalyst for innovation and
commercialization of technology and for transferring technology to create jobs,
opportunity and creatively commercialize space.

        As part of the restructuring, the Office of Commercial Programs will
become part of this new division.

        ** Jack Mannix, who was Assistant Administrator for the Office of
Commercial Programs, will become Associate General Counsel for Intellectual
Property.

RUSSIAN PROGRAMS

        ** Sam Keller, Associate Administrator for Russian Programs will be on
Special Assignment.

        Because of Sam Keller's talent and hard work, NASA has been able to
sign far-reaching contracts with Russia in record speed, Goldin said.  He now
will be moving on to new and exciting challenges. 

Dwayne C. Brown
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                           October 21, 1992

Jim Doyle
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

RELEASE:  92-178


     IBM Federal Systems Co., Houston, and Honeywell, Inc., Space and
Strategic Systems Operation, Clearwater, Fla., have been named recipients of
the 1992 George M. Low Trophy - NASA's Quality and Excellence Award.

         NASA Acting Deputy Administrator Aaron Cohen announced the
selection last night at the Ninth Annual NASA/Contractors Conference on
Quality and Productivity in Pasadena, Calif.

     "These companies have not only made the commitment to improve, but
they have demonstrated the courage to be measured on their progress,"
Cohen said.

     The Low Trophy recognizes NASA's prime contractors, subcontractors
and suppliers for outstanding achievements in quality and productivity
improvement and Total Quality Management (TQM).  Key goals of the award
are to internalize quality and productivity practices and TQM processes
throughout NASA and the agency's contractors.

     "The success of NASA's mission is dependent on the quality of the
products and services our suppliers provide.  The Low Trophy recognizes
firms who are truly enhancing their overall quality," said Dr. Laurie
Broedling, Associate Administrator for the Office of Continuous
Improvement.

     IBM Federal Systems has supported every crewed space flight  Support
consists of both ground and onboard hardware and software, which include
command and control, communications and administrative functions.

    Honeywell, Inc., built the flight control systems for the Space Shuttle
and
also built and rebuilt the original and improved main engine controllers.
Honeywell also is providing stabilization and control systems for NASA's
Space Station Freedom.

     The other finalists for the 1992 award were:

*    Cray Research, Inc., Customer Service, Engineering and Manufacturing
      Divisions, Chippewa Falls, Wisc.

*    McDonnell Douglas Space Systems Co., Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

*    Paramax Systems Corp., Space Systems Operation, Houston.

*    Rocket Research Co., Redmond, Wash.

*    Stanford Telecommunications, Inc., Reston, Va. (Small Business)

*    Technical Analysis, Inc., Houston, (Small Business)

     Award criteria, developed by NASA in conjunction with the American
Society for Quality Control, Milwaukee, were used to judge nominees on
performance achievements and improvements in customer satisfaction,
quality and productivity levels.  Emphasis was placed on management
commitment, goals and measures, communication, health and safety, work
force training, award recognition and subcontractor involvement.

     Information on the 1992 award program can be obtained by contacting
the NASA Headquarters Office of Continuous Improvement, 600
Independence Ave., S.W., Washington, D.C. 20546

Michael Braukus
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.               October 23, 1992



RELEASE:  92-182

     NASA today signed an agreement with the National Institute On Deafness And
Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) to expand biomedical cooperation between
the two agencies.

       "At some point in their lives, over 75 million Americans suffer from
various types of balance disorders that are poorly understood by the scientific
community," said Dr. Lennard Fisk, NASA's Chief Scientist and Associate
Administrator of the Office of Space Science and Applications.

     "The signing of this agreement is just the beginning of NASA's cooperative
activities with the various institutes within the National Institutes of
Health. NASA plans to work hard as a member of the national research team.  I
have no doubts that our efforts will enhance the nation's medical research,"
Fisk said.

      The major goal of this collaboration is to enhance basic knowledge and
understanding of vestibular function in both normal and clinical states.  An
increased ability to study this system could significantly enhance advances in
health care and is important to NASA to protect the health and well-being of
space flight crew members.

     In space, astronauts experience many physiological changes to their bodies
such as muscles wasting away and bones becoming smaller and weaker.  The
absence of gravity also causes astronauts to suffer space motion sickness.
NASA expects this agreement to help it obtain a better understanding of how
space flight affects the human body.

     Today's agreement calls for activities on Earth and in space.  NASA's Life
Sciences Division will fund jointly with NIDCD a center to study balance and
control of balance.  NASA also will develop ways to make its unique facilities,
such as the Vestibular Research Facility at the Ames Research Center, Mountain
View, Calif., available to NIDCD researchers.  In space, NIDCD will work
closely with NASA in developing joint activities for Neurolab, a Spacelab
mission planned to be launched in 1998.

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.             November 3, 1992

RELEASE:  92-194


        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the
appointment of Dr. Charles Pellerin as Associate Deputy
Administrator for Strategic Planning, John R. Dailey as Associate
Deputy Administrator and Ralph C. Thomas as Assistant
Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization.

        Dailey and Thomas were selected after a nation-wide search
and review.

Charles Pellerin
        Pellerin, who has been with NASA for some 25 years, most
recently was Deputy Associate Administrator for Safety and Mission
Quality.

        "Dr. Pellerin has a broad knowledge of NASA and will be
responsible for creating a strategic plan to implement the
agency's vision, mission and values," Goldin said.  "He also will
direct and oversee key elements of the strategic plan."

        Pellerin first came to NASA Headquarters in 1975 to assist
in the planning for Shuttle utilization.  He later managed the
integration of payloads for the Space Shuttle.  And in 1982, he
moved to the Astrophysics Division, where he helped initiate a
series of astrophysics telescopes called the "Great
Observatories."

        He began his career at the Goddard Space Flight Center,
Greenbelt, Md., as an aerospace engineer.  There, he developed and
patented a magnetomoter that has been used in sounding rockets and
commercially at airports.

        Pellerin has a Ph.D. in physics from Catholic University,
Washington, D.C.,  and a B.S. in physics from Drexel University in
Philadelphia.

Jack Dailey
        Jack Dailey will plan, direct and manage the institutional
operations required to accomplish NASA's roles and missions.  He
comes to NASA from the Marine Corps, having retired in September
1992, from the position of Assistant Commandant.

        "Jack Dailey brings a remarkable background in system
acquisition, strategic planning, total quality management and
experience in the operation of government at its highest levels,"
Goldin said.

        Dailey graduated from the University of California at Los
Angeles in 1956, afterwards entering the Marine Corps as a pilot.
In 1975, he returned to school, graduating from the National War
College.

        Dailey served as President of the Armed Forces Staff College
from 1987-89, which is part of the National Defense University.
He also held senior positions in research, development and
acquisition before assuming the duties of Assistant Commandant of
the Marine Corps in August 1990.

Ralph Thomas
        Thomas, who has been the Executive Director of the National
Association of Minority Contractors since August 1985, will become
the first Assistant Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged
Business Utilization -- a division recently elevated in stature to
ensure NASA reflects the full diversity of America.

        "Ralph Thomas will spearhead a determined effort to see that
small and minority-owned businesses play a significant role in
America's civil space and aeronautics programs," Goldin said.

        Thomas graduated with honors from the University of
California, Berkeley, in June 1975.  He received a law degree from
Harvard Law School in June 1978.  After working in a law firm for
2 years, Thomas became an instructor in clinical law at George
Washington University National Law Center in Washington, D.C.

        In elevating the position, Goldin has emphasized these major
goals:

        o  Establish a NASA Minority Business Resource Advisory
Committee to help identify more businesses that should be part of
the NASA family;

        o  Establish firm percentages for small and disadvantaged
business subcontracting as part of prime contracts;

        o  Make use of small and disadvantaged business
subcontracting as an important evaluation factor in every source
selection and;

        o  Reward prime contractors with special award fees when
they exceed their subcontracting goals by certain percentages.
  

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.              November 12, 1992



RELEASE:  92-202


     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced that Paul F. Holloway,
in addition to his responsibilities as Director of Langley Research Center
(LaRC), Hampton, Va., temporarily will be assigned to NASA Headquarters as a
special assistant to the Administrator.

     "Paul has a distinguished record of service with NASA and has provided
unparalleled leadership at Langley. I'm very pleased to announce his new
position as special assistant at Headquarters, where he will be intimately
involved with the day-to-day operations of the agency," said Goldin.

     Holloway was appointed Director of LaRC in October 1991, where he was
responsible for the Center's aeronautical and space research programs, as well
as facilities and administration of the center's 3,000 civil service employees.
Prior to his appointment as Director, he was Deputy Director of Langley since
1985.

     He joined the Langley staff in 1960 as an aerospace research engineer and
served in various positions including Chief, Space Systems Div. and Director
for Space. His research work has been in hypersonic aerodynamics, boundary
layer transition and flow separation, analysis of entry flight mechanisms and
Earth orbital and planetary space missions.

     He earned a bachelor's of science degree in aeronautical engineering from
Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1960 and did graduate study in physics at the
College of William and Mary. He is a Fellow of the American Institute of
Aeronautics and Astronautics and the American Aeronautical Society.

Assistant Administrator for Procurement

     Goldin also announced today that Don G. Bush, Assistant Administrator for
Procurement, would be leaving the agency on Jan. 11, 1993.  Bush, who joined
the agency in 1990 after numerous assignments in the Defense Department, plans
to pursue opportunities in the private sector.

     "Don has done an outstanding job as the Assistant Administrator for
Procurement, forging ahead NASA's procurement reform program that began about
18 months ago.  Clearly the agency will miss him," said Goldin.

     "My association with the procurement professionals at NASA has been a very
rewarding experience," said Bush. "I will miss being with them for the exciting
times as many of my favorite procurement initiatives come to fruition.  But,
there comes a time when one must move on to other interests."

     Prior to his appointment as NASA Assistant Administrator for Procurement,
Bush held positions as Special Assistant and the Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Procurement.

     Before joining NASA, he served on active duty with the U.S. Air Force in
all aspects of contracting and manufacturing operations, holding various
procurement assignments within the Air Force Logistics Command (AFLC) and at
AFLC Headquarters in base level procurement and central procurement policy.  He
served as an administrative contracting officer in Thailand and then as Head of
Production for Defense Contract Administration Services for the state of
Wisconsin.

   After an assignment as Procuring Contracting Officer and Director of
Subsystems in the A-10 Aircraft Systems Program Office, he returned to AFLC to
head their major program/policy acquisition strategy office.  He subsequently
served in the Pentagon as Head of Major Weapon System Contract Policy and as
Deputy Director of Contracting and Manufacturing Policy in the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Acquisition.

     Bush earned a bachelor's of science degree in industrial engineering from
the University of Kentucky and a master's of science degree in logistics
management from the Air Force Institute of Technology.

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.              Nov. 10, 1992


RELEASE:  92-201

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced today details about the
purpose and operations of the newly created Office of Advanced Concepts and
Technology, declaring it will pursue innovative ideas and high leverage
technology that both fulfill NASA's needs and have significant commercial
possibilities.

        "NASA can be a leading force for creativity, innovation and boldness in
American society just as it was during the days of Apollo, when America reigned
supreme in the world of technology because we were on the cutting edge," he
said in an address to the Washington Space Business Roundtable.

        The new office will not be a simple "stapling together" of previous
commercial program and space technology activities, but an "entirely new breed
-- a highly flexible, customer-driven organization," Goldin said.

        The NASA Administrator said the new office will have four primary
functions that will satisfy the currently unmet needs of the industry, academic
and NASA communities.

        First is a systems engineering team capable of judging the feasibility
and cost of highly innovative ideas.

        "Currently, there is no place in NASA where someone with an advanced
concept can go to get an idea properly considered and evaluated.  Furthermore,
in the rush to bend metal, there usually is little consideration of operations
or life cycle costs," the NASA Administrator said.


Avoiding 'Hobby Shops" for Real Opportunity

        Such an advanced systems engineering function will help bridge the gap
between technology development and commercial applications "so we avoid ending
up with 'hobby shops' that aren't aligned with customers' needs, while
commercial opportunities fall by the wayside."

        In its second major function, the office will be the agency's "front
door" for businesses that seek NASA expertise in developing new ideas and
technologies.  This "one-stop shopping" center also will serve universities and
even NASA program offices, Goldin said.  Currently people with new ideas often
are shuffled from office to office.

        The third major function will be to transfer technology into the
commercial sector at a faster pace.

        "We will seek the input of the technology user community to figure out
the best mechanisms to transfer technology, whether it's technical papers,
NASA-generated software, regional tech transfer centers, cooperative research
agreements or working in our labs and other facilities," Goldin said.

        The office will welcome new ideas from any source, the NASA chief said.

        "We want to abolish the 'not invented here' syndrome which breeds
insularity and fails to seize the good ideas within and outside of NASA."


NASA Devoted to Creation of Commercial Space Sector

        The fourth function will be to stimulate commercial space activity.  He
distinguished between "privatization," in which functions now performed by
government for itself are performed by private firms with the government as the
customer, and true space commerce in which products and processes related to
space are developed by commercial firms and sold in commercial markets.

        "For everyone who's worried about the American economy being stuck in a
rut, it's vital that we remember the tremendous power of technology to produce
growth.  Remember the tremendous push NASA gave the computer chip and software
sector," Goldin said.

        Goldin said that revolutionary space technologies "hold the promise of
astounding commercial application." He listed virtual reality, powerful
lighter-weight plastics and ceramics, microsensors, artificial intelligence and
integrated opto-electronics for controls and navigation.

        "Developing new technology is what drives this country forward.  It
raises our standard of living by creating the new industries and new jobs of
tomorrow.  I believe America today is crying out for organizations like NASA to
step up to the challenge of developing cutting-edge, dual-use technology that
can both keep America pushing outward into space and put Americans back to
work," the NASA Administrator declared.

Bill Livingstone
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.        November 17, 1992

RELEASE:  92-207

        In July 1992, a Management Review Team (MRT) was established, after a
classified briefing was presented to NASA Headquarters management by Ames
Research Center (ARC) management located at Mountain View, Calif. The briefing
identified potential national security problems.

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin determined that the situation at
ARC warranted a special one-time review to determine whether the issues and
problems existed and, if so, what type of corrective action should be taken.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Justice and the
Department of Defense were consulted on the national security and foreign
counterintelligence aspects of the problems identified.

        "Upon learning about the potential security problems, I immediately
ordered a review of the situation," Goldin said. "Based on the review,
information has been forwarded to proper authorities.  The recommendations of
the review are being taken very seriously and I intend to promptly implement
them."

        Based upon the review and discussions with senior management, the MRT
does not believe that the problems encountered at ARC are occuring at other
NASA centers.

Findings of Review

        ARC is considered "high risk" for hostile intelligence operations.  ARC
exacerbated a marginally effective security posture by not focusing appropriate
management attention on the handling of sensitive technology.

        Structural and functional weaknesses existed in the way the ARC
security office worked in relation to other center operations.  In addition to
security concerns, processes and practices in the areas of personnel, legal,
procurement, and data and technology protection are contributing to the
potential risk rather than serving as controls over the risk.

        The ARC culture and environment were found to be the underlying cause
of NASA's vulnerability; the culture is strongly biased toward maintaining an
academic reputation, rather than meeting U.S. industry and national needs.

        Generally accepted management controls, as well as security, legal,
personnel, and procurement policies, are often viewed as impediments and are
sometimes sidetracked or avoided.  Lax procedures and attitudes were identified
that set the stage for widespread dissemination of commercially valuable
applied technology being developed by ARC personnel.

        ARC's credibility with the U.S. aerospace industry has been damaged as
a result of these problems.  Some of NASA's customers and partners are
reluctant to share important data with NASA for fear it will be disseminated
with little or no regard for its sensitivity.  In order to regain credibility,
specific processes for the identification and handling of sensitive and
commercially valuable technologies at ARC must be developed and fully
implemented by ARC employees.

        To resolve the conflict between NASA's desire to share technology
internationally and the need to place U.S. interests first, an environment and
culture must be developed at ARC and elsewhere at NASA, which focuses NASA's
attention on the needs and expectations of U.S. industry and the taxpayer.

        Basic science efforts actively involve and will continue to involve the
international community but applied technology, developed at U.S. taxpayer
expense, must be protected for U.S. industry use in accordance with applicable
laws and regulations.  NASA must work internally, and externally with
appropriate members of the Administration and Congress to address the problems
and develop long-term solutions.

Information Referred to OIG and FBI

        The MRT found a number of specific discrepancies in the areas of
procurement, misuse of government equipment and apparent violations of the law
and/or NASA policy.

        The MRT referred this information, as appropriate, to the NASA Office
of Inspector General (OIG) and the FBI, which has jurisdiction over foreign
counter intelligence issues resulting from the review.  Cases were opened up by
both the OIG and the FBI.

        It is anticipated that the OIG effort will be completed in December
1992.


Review of the MRT Team

                Because the review was unexpected by the ARC workforce and
employees of Asian-Pacific ancestry appeared to be disproportionately affected,
there was a significant adverse reaction to the review among some of the ARC
workforce.  The NASA Administrator took immediate action to address employees'
concerns.  He met with representatives of the ARC Asian Pacific Island Advisory
Group to discuss their concerns.

        The Administrator also appointed an Assessment Panel on Aug. 26, 1992,
to assess the approach and process used by the MRT. The assessment panel was
charged with examining the concerns that could have unnecessarily increased the
levels of employee discomfort or organizational disruption flowing from the
review.

        It was also tasked to make recommendations that would alleviate
employee concern about the process, and minimize difficulties, should a similar
review be required in the future.

        The Assessment Panel concluded that "the scope and objective of the
management review were legal and that individuals were not selected for
interview and search of their workplaces based upon their race or national
origin."

        "The Panel further concluded that there was a confluence of factors
prior to, during and after the management review, some of which were avoidable
and some not, which caused negative reactions within the workforce."

David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.             November 30, 1992



RELEASE:  92-211


     NASA plans to publish a request in the Federal Register for public and
industry comment on new procedures to simplify and expedite the award of
mid-range contracts, which account for 80 percent of the agency's procurement
actions.

     "It is incredible to think that these contracts, which range from $25,000
to $2.5 million, frequently require as much paperwork and time to complete as
contracts worth hundreds of millions of dollars.  This is a costly, wasteful
situation that discourages small business, and we aim to change it," said NASA
Administrator Daniel S. Goldin.

     Goldin said that under the proposed procedures, both solicitations by the
agency and documentation required of potential contractors would be greatly
simplified.  The goal is to reduce cost, improve the quality of goods and
services purchased by NASA, and encourage small and disadvantaged business to
participate in the nation's space and aeronautics research programs.

     "This procurement reform is perhaps the most revolutionary approach to
government contracting in many years," Goldin said. "This will merge the
capabilities of electronic technologies of the 1990s with greater empowerment
of people directly responsible for the process, straightforward evaluation and
documentation simplification.  We aim to create a system -- with input from the
public and industry -- which will significantly reduce the time and effort
involved in procurement."

     After the 45-day public comment period, the new mid- range procedures
initially will be tested at a NASA field center.  Based upon the results of
this test, the agency will seek authority to expand mid-range procedures to the
remainder of its centers.


Electronic Bulletin Board to Speed Process

     An electronic bulletin board -- called the NASA Acquisition Bulletin Board
(NABB) -- would be used as the primary means of publicizing requirements and
providing copies of solicitations.  There would be no charge for access to the
NABB other than the user cost of a phone call.  This would eliminate the
inherent delays in using Commerce Business Daily to publicize requirements and
the mails to provide copies of solicitations.

     NASA mid-range solicitations would clearly explain requirements considered
of major importance.  A buying team -- a group of two to four people intimately
familiar with the procurement requirements and unburdened by layers of
bureaucracy -- will focus on these key aspects in the evaluation and source
selection.

     "Mid-range solicitations would be stripped of much of the 'boilerplate'
language associated with government procurement.  Small firms would be
encouraged to do business with the government rather than be intimidated.  The
buying team's documentation requirements would be relaxed to a more reasonable
standard," Goldin said.

     All procurement decisions would be made by the buying team.  It is
expected that these new, simplified procedures could ultimately be used for all
but the most complex procurements.

Barbara Selby
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          November 25, 1992



RELEASE:  92-209


     The National Technology Transfer Center (NTTC) has launched an initiative
to foster innovative approaches to transfer and commercialize federally
developed technologies.

     The Strategic Partnership Initiative will fund competitively selected
proposals with matching awards of up to $200,000 with the goal of fostering new
and productive technology transfer and commercialization partnerships between
federal laboratories, U.S. industry, research universities and state, local and
non-profit economic development and related organizations.

     "This initiative directly addresses the need to better leverage the
nation's investment in federal research and development, and thus strengthen
U.S. economic competitiveness," said Frank E. Penaranda, Director of NASA's
Technology Transfer Program in the Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology.
"I encourage U.S. industry and others to respond to the NTTC's call for
proposals."

       The NTTC is sponsored by NASA, in cooperation with other Federal
agencies, to assist federal technology transfer efforts.  The new initiative
will become a key component of the NTTC's overall mission to promote and
facilitate the transfer of federally-developed technologies to American
industry.

     The NTTC will accept proposals through Feb. 26, 1993.  To receive the
request for proposals, contact:

     Melanie Griffith
     Manager, Strategic Partnership Initiative
     National Technology Transfer Center
     Wheeling Jesuit College
     Wheeling, WV  26003

     Telephone:  1-800-678-NTTC

Sue Richard
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          December 22, 1992



RELEASE:  92-229

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the appointments of
Dr. Wesley L. Harris as Associate Administrator for Aeronautics and Dr. Yvonne
Freeman as the Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity Programs.

Dr. Wesley L. Harris

        Harris, an aeronautical engineer, comes to NASA after serving as Vice
President of the University of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, since
1990.  Previously, he was Dean of the School of Engineering at the University
of Connecticut, Storrs (1985-90).  From 1981 to 1985, he was professor of
aeronautics and astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
Cambridge (MIT), Cambridge.

        "Dr.  Harris brings to this critical position an extensive background
in aeronautical engineering and management," Goldin said.  "It is imperative
that NASA move aggressively to help America regain the leading edge in
aeronautics.  Dr. Harris' appointment is a key step in that effort."

        As Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, Harris will be responsible
for directing research and technology development efforts in support of
AmericaUs aeronautics industry.  This includes fundamental research in
aerodynamics, materials and propulsion, flight tests with advanced aircraft and
efforts to improve safety.

        From 1979 to 1980, Harris took a leave of absense from MIT to work at
NASA as Manager of Computational Methods in the Office of Aeronautics and Space
Technology. He was Associate Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of
Ocean Engineering at MIT from 1973-79.

        Harris has published more than 100 technical articles.  He received a
bachelor of aeronautical engineering in 1964 from the University of Virginia
(honors) and a Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1968.


Dr. Yvonne B. Freeman

        Freeman was Manager of the Minority Science and Engineering Program at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, Calif., prior to her
appointment as Assistant Administrator for Equal Opportunity.

        Before serving at JPL, she was Manager of the Minority University
Program at NASA Headquarters (1987-90).  In this capacity, she was responsible
for planning, developing, managing and monitoring NASA- sponsored programs at
historically black colleges and universities.  She also reviewed program
policies to ensure compliance and equal access by minority institutions.

        "Dr.  Freeman has an excellent background in equal opportunity
programs, particularly in the education area.  She knows NASA, and it will be
great to have her back at Headquarters," Goldin said.  "She shares my deep
commitment to developing a NASA workforce that reflects the rich diversity of
our society."

        Freeman will be responsible for maximizing opportunities for women and
minorities throughout NASA, with a particular emphasis on senior management
levels.  She will lead efforts to recruit and retain employees from
under-represented groups in the NASA workforce and strengthen multicultural
education efforts within the agency.

        At JPL, Freeman was responsible for the design, development and
implementation of training and outreach programs to enhance education and
opportunities for minorities.

        Freeman received a bachelors degree in elementary education from Fisk
University, Nashville, Tenn. She was awarded a masters degree from Loyola
Marymount University, Los Angeles, and a doctoral degree from the University of
Massachusetts, Amherst.

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David W. Garrett
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.           January 25, 1993



RELEASE:  93-15

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today announced the appointment,
effective immediately, of Geoffrey H. Vincent as Acting Associate Administrator
for Public Affairs.

        On Jan. 21, the White House accepted the resignations of William A.
Livingstone and Sue Mathis Richard, the Associate Administrator and Deputy
Associate Administrator for Public Affairs, respectively.  Both were non-
career executives who served at the pleasure of the President. Their last day
at NASA was Jan. 22.

     "Bill and Sue have provided outstanding service to NASA and to me
personally," Goldin told a meeting of the Headquarters Public Affairs staff on
Jan. 22. "I extend to them my sincerest gratitude for their dedication and
enthusiasm." Livingstone came to NASA in May 1992; Richard in April 1990.

     Vincent currently is Director of the Program Management Division in the
Office of Public Affairs, where he oversees resources, administrative services,
Freedom of Information requests and coordinates issues among various parts of
the Public Affairs organization.  He joined NASA in December 1987 and served as
a Public Affairs Officer and Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator
for Public Affairs before assuming his current position.

     Prior to coming to NASA, Vincent served for 4 years as a public affairs
officer for the Department of the Navy. He also spent 5 years reporting on
legislative, regulatory and political issues for various Washington-based
newsletters.  He received a B.A. degree from George Washington University and a
M.A. degree in journalism from the University of Missouri.
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Drucella Andersen
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.          January 27, 1993


RELEASE:  93-16

        NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin awarded famed test pilot A. Scott
Crossfield the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal for his contributions to
aeronautics and aviation during a 50 year career.  The award was presented in a
Capitol Hill ceremony honoring Crossfield's retirement from federal service
yesterday.

        Crossfield played a pivotal role in NASA's highly successful X-15
research aircraft program in the late 50s and early 60s.  He also flew most of
the early experimental X-series research planes for NASA's predecessor, the
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA).

        More recently, he has been a key advocate of the National Aero-Space
Plane (NASP) program as technical consultant to the U.S. House of
Representatives Committee on Science and Technology.

        "Scott's pioneering efforts with the X-series of airplanes and his
contributions to the X-15 program were vital to the historic flight research
accomplishments by NASA and the NACA," Goldin said. "He has continued to apply
his skills and talents to aeronautics with his visionary advice and counsel on
the NASP program and the potential it offers to the nation."

        Crossfield joined NACA as a research pilot in 1950.  During his 5-year
stint at the NACA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, Calif., he flew the X-1
and D558-II rocket planes and many experimental jets.  On Nov. 20, 1953,
Crossfield became the first person to fly twice the speed of sound at the
controls of the D558-II "Skyrocket".

        As chief engineering test pilot for North American Aviation, Inc.,
Crossfield was the driving force behind development of the record-setting X-15
rocket research aircraft that paved the way for NASA's Space Shuttle. He guided
the X-15 on its first free flight in 1959 and later qualified the first two
X-15s for flight before they were turned over to NASA and the U.S. Air Force.


        "I have a lot of respect for Scott. He was an excellent test pilot,"
said former X-15 pilot Milt Thompson, now Chief Engineer at NASA's Ames-Dryden
Flight Research Facility, Edwards, Calif. "As pilot-consultant to the X-15, he
contributed significantly to the safety and reliability of its design."

        Crossfield served as an executive for Eastern Airlines from 1967 to
1973, where he helped shape the company's technology applications, new aircraft
specifications and flight research development.  From 1974 to 1975, he was
Senior Vice President with Hawker Siddley Aviation and established its U.S.
subsidiary for design, support and marketing of the HS-146 transport in North
America.

        From 1977 until his retirement, Crossfield was technical consultant to
the House Committee on Science and Technology, where he advised committee
members on all aspects of civil aviation.  He has been a strong supporter of
the NASP program to develop a flight research vehicle that will take off
horizontally, fly into Earth orbit and return through the atmosphere to land on
a runway.


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Jeff Carr
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.                     March 11, 1993

RELEASE:  93-044

        A series of organizational changes to improve the focus on programs and
enhance external relationships were announced today by NASA Administrator
Daniel S. Goldin.

        In a move to strengthen the top-level management of the agency, Goldin
has named John R. Dailey as Acting Deputy Administrator. Dailey has been
serving as Associate Deputy Administrator since November 1992 after retiring
from a highly distinguished 36-year career in the Marine Corps.

        The Administrator also announced that Dr. Joseph Shea, recently named
as Assistant Deputy Administrator for Space Station Analysis, will have
oversight of all Space Station related development activities.

        The organizational changes particularly target NASA science and
exploration programs and the agency's relations with American industry,
academia, government and non-government laboratories, and international
partners. "Science and exploration are what NASA is all about," the
Administrator said. "These changes will reestablish that focus."

        New program offices for Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications
and for Advanced Concepts and Technology have been formally established and
will report directly to the Administrator.

        The official formation of the Office of Planetary Science and
Astrophysics and the Office of Mission to Planet Earth also are being
implemented effective this date.  The plan to form these offices out of the
former Office of Space Science and Applications was announced in October 1992.

        Named as Associate Administrator for Life and Microgravity Sciences and
Applications is Dr. Harry C. Holloway, Deputy Dean of the Uniformed Services
University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md. Dr. Holloway has performed
extensive study into the impact of extreme environments on human adaptation.
He has been Chairman of the NASA Aerospace Medicine Advisory Committee since
1988 and a member of NASA's U.S./U.S.S.R. Joint Working Group on Space Biology
and Medicine.

        Assisting Dr. Holloway in setting up this new organization will be Dr.
Bonnie J. Dunbar, a NASA astronaut since 1981.  Dr. Dunbar is a veteran of
three space flights which logged more than 761 hours in space.  Her most recent
flight was STS-50, June 25- July 9, 1992, on which she was Payload Commander of
the first U.S. Microgravity Laboratory mission.  She received her doctorate in
Biomedical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1983 and a master of
science degree in Ceramic Engineering from the University of Washington in
1975.

        Dr.  Arnauld E. Nicogossian will become Deputy Associate Administrator
for Space Flight Activities, Life and Microgravity Sciences and Applications.
He is presently Chief Medical Officer in NASAUs Office of Space Flight and has
been with NASA since 1972.

        In announcing the new organization for Life and Microgravity Sciences
and Applications, Goldin said it is critical to the President's stated
objective for a strong and productive space program, which includes development
of a space station.

       Goldin said, "The President wants the current space station redesigned
as part of a program that is more efficient and effective, and capable of
producing greater returns on our investment.  The redesigned space station must
provide for significant long duration space research in materials and life
sciences during this decade."

        "To assure the right emphasis in the redesign effort and also within
NASA," Mr. Goldin said, "I am elevating Life and Microgravity Sciences and
Applications to report directly to the Administrator, and I am bringing all of
the elements together into a strong organization."

        The decision also was recommended in a NASA study led by Roy Estess,
Director of Stennis Space Center, Miss., which reviewed the agency's life
sciences activities. "Applications is also a key element of this new
organization," the Administrator said, "because providing benefits here on
Earth must be an important consideration."

       The Administrator also pointed out that, "turning back the pages of
NASA's history, the agency's greatest scientific research in life sciences was
during the Skylab program, in which there was a similar emphasis placed on the
activity in an organizational sense."

        Dr.  Wesley Huntress will become Associate Administrator for Planetary
Science and Astrophysics. He was named as acting in that position in October
and previously had been Director of the Solar System Exploration Division since
1990.  Prior to joining NASA in 1988, he had a distinguished 20-year career at
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

          The new Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE) Office will be headed by Dr.
Shelby G. Tilford, named as the Acting Associate Administrator. The MTPE office
will consist of divisions for flight systems, for operation, data and
information systems, and for science.

        The Administrator also has taken measures to strengthen NASA's space
programs and the commercialization of technology.

        The Office of Advanced Concepts and Technology has been formally
established with Gregory Reck as Acting Associate Administrator. Reck served as
Director of the Space Technology Program at NASA Headquarters before his
selection to this post and has over 20 years experience in technical research,
management and oversight of various technology programs.

        In the Office of Aeronautics, Dr. Kristin A. Hessenius has been named
as Deputy Associate Administrator. She has been the Director of Aeronautical
Research in the Office of Aeronautics. Prior to coming to NASA Headquarters,
Dr. Hessenius was Deputy Director of Aerophysics at NASA's Ames Research
Center, Mountain View, Calif. In 1992, she was one of 10 women honored by the
National Aviation Club for outstanding contributions to the field of aviation.

        Goldin has named Deidre A. Lee as Associate Administrator for
Procurement. She has been acting in that position since early January and had
been Deputy Associate Administrator of Procurement since September 1992.  She
has an extensive background in a variety of military and government procurement
positions.  Procurement reform is a vital element in NASA's new management
approach.

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Ed Campion                      March 19, 1993
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.



RELEASE:  93-49


     NASA's Associate Administrator for Space Flight Jeremiah W. Pearson today
announced that Leonard Nicholson is leaving his current position as Space
Shuttle Program Manager to take over the key Johnson Space Center, Houston,
position of Acting Director of Engineering. As a result of this action,
Brewster Shaw, currently Deputy Director Space Shuttle Operations will take
over the duties formerly performed by Nicholson in the position of Director
Space Shuttle Operations.

     JSC Director Aaron Cohen has assigned current Director of Engineering
Henry Pohl to a new position on his staff, where he will be responsible for
leading JSC's support of the agency's effort to redesign the space station.
Pohl will spearhead the center's efforts and serve as a focal point for JSC
support to Assistant Deputy Administrator Joseph Shea, who was appointed by
NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin to oversee the redesign.

     Shaw will move from Kennedy Space Center to JSC. In addition to his
current duties, he will direct the day-to-day management and execution of the
Shuttle program, including detailed program planning, scheduling and Shuttle
systems configuration management.

     As Acting Director of Engineering at JSC, Nicholson will be responsible
for managing the work of eight functional divisions and providing support to
program and project offices for current and future space flight programs
assigned to JSC, including the Shuttle and space station.  JSC's Engineering
Directorate also performs complete in-house design, development and testing of
certain Government-furnished equipment and maintains expertise in test
facilities and computational complexes.

     JSC Flight Crew Operations Director David Leestma has appointed Astronaut
Linda Godwin, Ph.D. to replace Col. Loren Shriver as Deputy Chief of the
Astronaut Office. Shriver is being reassigned to the Space Shuttle Program
Office to assist in the management of this program.

     "I'm very pleased to make these appointments" said Pearson. "These are
extremely talented individuals whose knowledge and experience in space flight
make them excellent choices for these key positions."

     Nicholson, Shaw and Shriver are expected to assume their new duties
following Shuttle Mission STS-57, in late April. Pohl will assume his new
duties immediately and Deputy Engineering Director Max Engert will manage
day-to-day operations of the organization until Nicholson is free to take over.

 
Jeff Vincent	                January 6, 1994
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
(Phone:  202/358-1898)
 
 
RELEASE: 94-3
 
NASA ADMINISTRATOR ANNOUNCES MANAGEMENT CHANGES
 
	NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced today a number of 
management appointments and organization structural changes at NASA 
Headquarters in Washington, DC and at various NASA field centers.  
 
	"These appointments and realignments will enhance and strengthen the 
agency's programs and institutions," Goldin said.  "They will affect NASA 
science, technology, research facilities and major programs, as well as the 
agency's Advisory Committee structure.  All will benefit. 
 
	"The appointments and the emphasis they bring to their respective areas
of expertise are in keeping with the President's goal to make government less 
expensive and more efficient, and to reinvigorate NASA."
 
 
NEW CENTER DIRECTORS
 
Ames Research Center
 
	Dr. Ken K. Munechika has been appointed Director of the Ames Research 
Center, Mountain View, Calif.  He has been serving as the Executive Director 
of the Office of Space Industry of the State of Hawaii.  He previously held a 
number of key management and technical positions during a distinguished 
31-year Air Force career.  His last Air Force assignment was as Senior 
Commander of the Onizuka Air Force Base, Sunnyvale, Calif.  
 
	Dr. Dale Compton, the present director of Ames, plans to retire on 
Jan. 28.  Goldin said that Compton will be working with Munechika to affect a 
smooth transition.  "The Ames Research Center will continue to play a major 
role in aeronautics becoming, along with the Langley Research Center, a Center 
of Excellence for Aeronautics," Goldin said.  "These centers will provide an 
essential function supporting the U.S. aeronautics industry in maintaining a 
competitive edge and an advanced and far-reaching research capability."
 
Dryden Flight Research Facility
 
	Effective March 1, 1994, the Dryden Flight Research Facility will be 
established as a separate entity, and will no longer be a part of the Ames 
Research Center.  Kenneth J. Szalai, who currently heads Dryden as a deputy 
director of Ames, has been appointed as the new director of Dryden, reporting 
directly to Wesley Harris, Associate Administrator for Aeronautics.  Goldin 
said that Szalai "will develop a timely transition plan to reflect the 
establishment of Dryden as a separate entity with responsibility for all 
functions related to its management.
 
	"Operating as a separate facility, Dryden will be able to support the 
agency's aeronautics and space programs in a streamlined manner, by working 
directly to serve each of the research and flight centers," Goldin said.  He 
said that Dryden will work with the centers and aerospace community customers 
to formulate and implement flight research and test programs and streamline 
program execution.  Project reporting lines will directly link the centers and 
the NASA Headquarters offices that Dryden supports.
 
	"This change reflects the commitment on the part of NASA to reduce 
layers of management and empower operating organizations to carry out their 
mission with maximum benefit to the country.  It fully supports the 
fundamental principles to 'reinvent government,' the Administrator said.
 
Johnson Space Center
 
	Dr. Carolyn Huntoon has been appointed Director of the Johnson Space 
Center, Houston, Tex.  She has served as the Director of Space and Life 
Sciences at the Johnson Space Center since 1987.  Previously she was the 
Associate Director of the center, assisting the Director and Deputy Director 
in its management.
 
	Huntoon joined the Johnson Space Center in 1970 as a Senior Research 
Physiologist and was responsible for conducting research programs in the area 
of medical endocrinology and biochemistry.  She is a pioneer in human life 
science research, having created and supervised projects in the Apollo, Skylab, 
Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs.  She is the author of numerous 
technical papers and a fellow of the Aerospace Medical Association and the 
American Astronautical Society.  
 
	Huntoon is a recipient of the Arthur S. Fleming Award, the National 
Civil Service League Career Achievement Award for her work as a federal civil 
servant and numerous other awards.  She received her doctorate degree from 
Baylor University, College of Medicine, in 1968. 
 
Marshall Space Flight Center
 
	G.P. (Porter) Bridwell has been appointed Director of the Marshall 
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.  The current Director, Thomas (Jack) J. 
Lee, will become the agency's Special Assistant for Access to Space.  
 
	Bridwell served most recently as Deputy Manager of the Space Station 
Redesign Team and as a leader of the U.S.-Russian Space Station feasibility 
study this past summer.  He has had a distinguished career with NASA since 
1962.  He previously served as Manager of the Shuttle Projects Office where he 
directed the Space Shuttle project activities assigned to the Marshall Space 
Flight Center, including the Space Shuttle main engine, External Tank, 
Redesigned Solid Rocket Motor, Solid Rocket Booster, Advanced Solid Rocket 
Motor, related systems and test activities and activities at the Michoud 
Assembly Facility.  
 
	Bridwell managed the performance of the Marshall Space Flight Center 
and industry contractors in the planning, design, engineering, integration, 
development, production testing, delivery and operations of Space Shuttle 
elements furnished to the center, ensuring that cost, schedule and performance 
goals were met.  "Under Mr. Bridwell's direction," Goldin said, "Marshall's 
major role will be as the Center of Excellence for propulsion and providing 
access to space for the nation.  The restoration of an active and vital 
launch capability is essential to the nation's future activities in space."
 
Lewis Research Center
 
	Donald J. Campbell has been appointed Director of the Lewis Research 
Center, Cleveland, Oh.  Campbell currently serves as Director of Science and 
Technology in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Acquisition, Washington, D.C., an appointment he has held since April, 1992.  
He was responsible for monitoring the Air Force science and technology program, 
and other selected research, development, technology and engineering programs.  
 
	Campbell earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from 
Ohio Northern University in 1959 and a master's degree in the same subject in 
1974 from Ohio State University.  He has completed several management courses 
at the Brookings Institution.  He began his government career in July, 1960 as 
a test engineer for gas turbine engines and engine components in the Air Force 
Aero Propulsion Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Oh.  He 
worked as a project engineer and later as a program manager for advanced air 
breathing propulsion systems.
 
	Campbell has extensive experience in large and small aircraft 
propulsion systems, ramjet engines, aerospace power systems and fuels and 
lubricants.  He was appointed Director of the Aero Propulsion and Power 
Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in January, 1990.  He served as 
the senior civilian executive of the laboratory, responsible for power and 
propulsion research and development technology activities for future Air Force 
systems.  Campbell was the first civilian director of aeronautics propulsion 
and power technology since 1928, and only the second civilian to serve in that 
capacity.  He is a native of Ohio.
 
	"Under Mr. Campbell's direction, the Lewis Research Center will 
fulfill a vital need as the nation's Center of Excellence for advanced air 
breathing propulsion systems in support of America's Aeronautics industry." 
Goldin said.
 
 
KEY APPOINTMENTS AT NASA HEADQUARTERS
 
Associate Deputy Administrator (Technical)
 
	Michael I. Mott has been appointed Associate Deputy Administrator 
(Technical).  He will report to the Administrator and provide independent 
technical analyses in the conceptual and formulative stages of programs.  In 
addition, he will support on-going reviews of major programmatic and 
institutional issues.  
 
	Mott previously served as the Director for New Initiatives and Concept 
Development for General Research Corporation.  He has served on numerous NASA 
civil space panels and review groups.  These include the Hubble Space Telescope 
Servicing and Repair Mission Review Group, the Space Station Redesign Team, 
the NASA Administrator's Vision Panel, the Tethered Satellite System Prelaunch 
Review Group and the Mission Review Group for Satellite Rescue, Servicing and 
Repair.
 
	Mott served with distinction in the United States Marine Corps.  
Following graduation from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School, he was assigned as 
a test project officer at the Naval Air Test Center, participating and flying 
in 89 major test projects.  He also served as the Deputy Director of the 
Technical Support Group for the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Naval 
Warfare), the Director of the Aviation Development Tactics and Evaluation 
Department at Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron-One and as a panel 
member of the Naval Research Advisory Committee.  A native of Nashville, Tenn., 
Mott is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and holds a master of science 
degree from the University of Southern California.
 
Special Assistant for Access to Space

 	Thomas (Jack) J. Lee has been appointed Special Assistant for Access 
to Space.  Making the appointment, Goldin said that Lee "will be responsible 
for leading NASA efforts to help define a technology program for the future 
that will help the United States retain its leadership in space.  This 
technology is critical to ensuring the retention of the nation's continuing 
access to space."  Goldin said that with his experience as Marshall Space 
Flight Center director, Lee " brings the leadership and skills that are so 
essential to this position."
 
Associate Administrator for Mission to Planet Earth
 
	Dr. Charles F. Kennel, from the University of California at Los 
Angeles, has been appointed as the Associate Administrator for Mission to 
Planet Earth.  Kennel has a long and distinguished career in space science.  
He received an A.B. from Harvard College in 1959, and a Ph.D. in Astrophysical 
Sciences from Princeton University in 1964.  He has been a tenured member of 
the UCLA Department of Physics since 1967, and was its chairman from 1983 to 
1986.  He became a member of UCLA's Institute of Geophysics and Planetary 
Physics in 1971, and is an Associate Director of UCLA's Institute for Plasma 
Physics and Fusion Research.  
 
	Kennel has been a Fulbright scholar, a Guggenheim scholar,  and a 
Fairchild Professor at the California Institute of Technology.  He is a fellow 
of the American Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society, and the 
American Association for the Advancement of Science, and a member of the 
International Academy of Astronautics and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
 
Chief Scientist for Mission to Planet Earth
 
	Dr. Mark Abbott has been named Chief Scientist of the Office of 
Mission to Planet Earth.  Abbott has been serving as a Professor of the 
College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.  
Abbott has played an active role in the Earth Observing System since 1989.  
He has served in the College of Oceanographic and Atmospheric Sciences since 
1988, at The Scripps Institute of Oceanography and earlier as a member of the 
Oceanographic Group at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.
 
Director, Wind Tunnel Program Office
 
	Lawrence J. Ross, formerly Director of the Lewis Research Center, has 
been appointed as the Director of the Wind Tunnel Program Office, reporting to 
the Office of the Administrator.  Goldin said that NASA's test facilities are 
"critical to the country's aeronautics research program and the retention of 
America's leadership in aeronautics.  The aeronautics industry accounts for a 
million high quality jobs throughout the United States."  Ross, he said, "will 
be responsible for laying out a bold and innovative facility program to 
support the research needed for the next two decades."
 
 
SPACE STATION PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
	Noting that the Space Station Program has been expanded to include 
Phase I Shuttle-Mir missions, Phase II United States-Russian activities and 
the Phase III International Space Station, the Administrator announced several 
key appointments in the program.  
 
Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Station
 
	Wilbur C. Trafton has been appointed Deputy Associate Administrator 
for Space Station.  Prior to joining NASA, he was president of Micro Research 
Industries, a computer systems integration and software development company in 
Alexandria, VA.
 
	Trafton retired as a Captain from the United States Navy in October, 
1992 and last served as the Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans and Policy, U.S. 
Pacific Fleet.  In this position he coordinated international military and 
diplomatic negotiations with Pacific Rim nations, including Russia.  He planned 
and managed the withdrawal of all U.S. Naval forces from the Philippines.  
Trafton has held a number of other key command and management positions in the 
Navy and with the Department of Defense.
 
	Born in Tela, Honduras, he holds a master of science degree from the 
U.S. Naval Postgraduate School.
 
Space Station Program Manager
 
	Goldin said that the increase in the responsibilities of the Deputy 
Associate Administrator for Space Station has required a corresponding 
increase in the duties of the Program Office at the Johnson Space Center.  
 
	As a result, Randy Brinkley has been assigned as the Space Station 
Program Manager, with the responsibilities for management of all United 
States-Russian activities.  He will be charged with working with Russia in 
implementing the United States-Russian activities for Phase I and Phase II, 
and working with international partners and Russia "to ensure implementation of 
International Space Station," Goldin said.   Brinkley was mission director for 
the recent Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission (STS-61).
 
Manager of Technical Activities
 
	Captain William Shepherd, USN, will continue in his current capacity 
as the manager for all technical activities related to the International Space 
Station, reporting to  Brinkley.  "This management structure will enable 
Captain Shepherd to focus his expertise on the continued design, development, 
and assembly of the Space Station," the Administrator said.
 
Deputy Program Manager for Business
 
	Daniel C. Tam has been assigned as the Deputy Program Manager for 
Business in the Space Station Program Office at the Johnson Space Center.  
Serving in this capacity he will be responsible for all the business 
management operations for the Space Station Program.  
 
	Tam has spent practically all of his professional career at TRW.  He 
received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering, and a masters 
degree in economics from the University of California at Davis and a Masters 
degree in business administration from UCLA.  Since starting at TRW in 1975, 
Tam has held a number of key management positions.  In January, 1993 Tam was 
named as the Manager of Acquisitions for the Space and Technology Group and was 
responsible for subcontracts, purchasing, proposal operations, facilities 
contracts, procurement review and system support, as well as the Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Office in the Space and Electronics Group.
 
 
NEW LEADERSHIP FOR NASA ADVISORY COUNCIL
 
	Dr. Bradford W. Parkinson has been appointed head of the NASA Advisory 
Council.  Parkinson was the original Program Director of the Defense 
Department's Global Positioning Satellite System.  He has a broad background 
in guidance, control, astrodynamics, simulation, avionics, navigation and 
software engineering.  He is currently a Professor of Aeronautics and 
Astronautics at Stanford University.  Dr. Parkinson is also leading a Stanford 
research group that is developing innovative uses of the Global Positioning 
Satellite for aviation applications.  
 
	Parkinson received his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics from 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Stanford.  He was elected to the 
National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of the Royal Institute of 
Navigation and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.  He was 
awarded the Royal Institute of Navigation's Gold Medal and has received the 
Kirschner Award from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.  
Parkinson has authored more than 50 papers on the subjects of guidance, 
navigation, and control.
 
	The Advisory Council and its related committees provide advice and 
counsel to the Administrator on NASA's programs and policies.  Parkinson has 
most recently served as a member of the Advisory Committee on the Redesign of 
the Space Station and the Hubble Space Telescope Review Committee.
 
	Anne L. Accola has been appointed Staff Director of the NASA Advisory 
Council.  Accola received a bachelor of science degree from Colorado State 
University and a master of science degree in computer science from the 
University of Wisconsin.  She has extensive experience in NASA, serving in a 
number of key technical and management positions since joining NASA in 1967.
 
	"I am extremely pleased with the quality of these appointments," said 
Goldin.  "Their willingness to serve clearly shows that outstanding scientists, 
engineers, and managers, as in the early days of our Nation's space program, 
are willing to join NASA to help ensure America's leadership in space and 
aeronautics, and to help NASA return to the future."

From:	VERGA::US1RMC::"[email protected]" "dick_jones  23-Mar-1994 1939" 23-MAR-1994 
To:	[email protected]
CC:	
Subj:	FYI#45: NASA

National Space Society on "Reinventing NASA"

FYI No. 45, March 23, 1994

"NASA is a `how' agency with a `why' problem."
     -- Lori Garver, National Space Society

On March 10, members of the National Space Society (NSS) met in
Washington to discuss the problems of NASA, which in recent years
has received a lot of negative attention from Congress and the
press, and repeated budget reductions.  Last fall the NSS, an
organization of space enthusiasts, surveyed its members on a number
of issues facing the space agency.  Society members ranked four
issues highest in affecting NASA's success: 1.) letting the agency
do its job (by eliminating congressional micromanagment,
fluctuating budgets, and administrative waffling on priorities; 2.)
reforming the procurement system; 3.) setting realistic goals; and
4.) reforming NASA's organizational structure.  

Panel discussions examined these four issues, with input from NSS
members, Administration and NASA officials, industry and
congressional representatives.  The major consensus was that in
order to be perceived as successful, NASA needs goals clearly
defined by the President to work toward, public agreement on those
goals, and congressional support for sustained funding.  

NASA Senior Policy Advisor Alan Ladwig stated that "it is not
NASA's job to set goals" for itself.  He also questioned whether,
in such a tight budget environment, it was the time for NASA to
"think of `Goals' with a capital `G.'"  Richard Dalbello, the
Office of Science and Technology Policy's Associate Director for
Aeronautics and Space, pointed out that because of the priority
given to deficit reduction, "everyone has to give a little."  John
Logsdon, Director of George Washington University's Space Policy
Institute, gave NASA mixed reviews for the realism of its goals,
but noted marked improvement under the administration of Daniel
Goldin.  He also declared that "the space community spends a lot of
time denying reality rather than seeking it."

Many panel members argued that NASA would perform better with
multi-year budgets.  House space subcommittee staffer Bill Smith,
although agreeing that multi-year funding would lead to greater
project stability, said, "it is difficult to expect Congress to
fund multi-year budgets when NASA is unable to propose multi-year
budgets."  He cited the Comet Rendezvous/Asteroid Flyby (CRAF)
project as an example of attempted multi-year funding where the
project overran its cost cap and was cancelled.  He called NASA "a
very popular, low-priority program:" while it enjoys high public
approval, it ranks low in public surveys of funding priorities.

On the procurement issue, NASA's Associate Administrator for
Procurement, Dierdre Lee, explained that as a government agency,
NASA has to abide by numerous socio-economic provisions
complicating the procurement process and slowing reform.  Regarding
organizational reform, it was the opinion of Mark Albrecht of
Science Applications International Corporation that organizational
structure does not matter if NASA has clear direction and public
support.  John Pike of the Federation of American Scientists had
concerns, though, that NASA was not organized to cope with a new
geo-political mission for the space station.

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Public Information Division
American Institute of Physics
Contact:  Audrey T. Leath
(301) 209-3094
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Article: 3882
From: [email protected] (AP)
Newsgroups: clari.news.gov.usa,clari.news.gov.agency,clari.tw.space
Subject: NASA Advised To `Reinvent'
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 94 11:50:16 PST
 
	WASHINGTON (AP) -- Concluding NASA's belt-tightening is likely to
fail, the Congressional Budget Office offered somber alternatives
for the struggling agency Thursday including grounding America's
astronauts and ending the space shuttle program.

	The congressional office faulted what it said was NASA's
strategy of continuing its ambitious space efforts despite a
shrinking budget and a history of habitual cost overruns.

	``The attempt to fit a program that was projected to cost more
than $20 billion a year in the late 1990s into an annual budget of
$14 billion risks delay, mission failure and the loss of
anticipated benefits,'' the CBO report said.

	NASA has been forced into ``reinventing'' itself because the
agency for the first time in 21 years is faced with a budget that
is actually less than it received the previous year, the
congressional office said.

	The Clinton administration has asked for $14.3 billion for 1995,
a $300 million reduction. The administration also has said there
will be no funding boosts for NASA over the next five years.

	The congressional budget report could be a severe blow to NASA's
efforts to fund the space station, a project that barely passed
Congress last year. NASA already has spent $11.2 billion on space
station plans, and the hardware is still being redesigned. The
space agency estimates it will cost another $17.4 billion to
complete the project, even with plans to cut costs by establishing
a partnership with the Russians.

	NASA should focus its efforts on ``narrower objectives,'' the
congressional office said. It offered three main alternatives:

	-- Eliminate costly piloted space flight, concentrating instead
on robot spacecraft and on developing new technology for private
industry. The cost of this plan would be $7 billion annually.

	``This alternative, which would effectively end the current era
of piloted space flight by the United States, addresses the
criticism that NASA's activities do not contribute to the
competitiveness of U.S. industry,'' the CBO said.

	-- Emphasize robotic spacecraft and conduct only four space
shuttle flights a year, instead of eight. This plan also would
cancel the space station, abandon projects aimed at sending piloted
missions to the Moon or Mars and leave no room for the joint missions 
with Russia as now planned. Cost: about $11 billion a year.

	-- Concentrate on piloted space flight, building the space
station and planning for eventual manned missions to the Moon and
to Mars, limiting robot missions to pathfinder projects for the
Moon-Mars effort.

	This plan would severely restrict research in astronomy and
physics, including a reduction in operation of the Hubble Space
Telescope and the Gamma Ray Observatory which already are in orbit.
The Earth Observation System, which would study the environment
from orbit, would be hard hit, the congressional office said. Cost:
about $14.3 billion annually.

	Summing up, the CBO said choosing the piloted space flight
option would be to value the results of that effort at $7 billion
more a year than the technology and science alternative.

	NASA has been trying to trim costs by reducing some programs,
canceling or delaying others and by operating with greater
efficiency, the Congressional Budget Office said.

	But an analysis of the plan, said CBO, ``concludes that
improving the way NASA conducts its business -- buying more for less
-- is unlikely to produce significant budgetary savings for the next
five years.''

	NASA is undertaking expensive projects such as the space station
that would take many years to complete. This, ``coupled with the
agency's tendency to underestimate the cost of its projects,''
increases the risk that NASA would fail in its efforts, the
congressional office said.

From: [email protected] (Peter Yee)
Subject: NASA establishes program office for U.S.-Russian spaceflights [Release 94-172] (Forwarded)
Date: 2 Nov 1994 02:02:36 -0800
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
 
Mark Hess/Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, DC                           October 17, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1778)
 
Kari Fluegel
Johnson Space Center, Houston
(Phone:  713/483-5111)
 
 
RELEASE:  94-172
 
 
NASA ESTABLISHES PROGRAM OFFICE FOR U.S.-RUSSIAN SPACEFLIGHTS
 
 
     A new program office to direct the upcoming Shuttle flights to
the Russian Mir Station has been formed with a long-time Shuttle
program official as its manager.
 
     Tommy Holloway, who has served as Deputy Manager for Program
Integration for the Space Shuttle Program since 1992, will serve as
Manager of the Phase One Program Office located at the Johnson Space
Center (JSC).  Holloway will be responsible for coordinating NASA
resources and plans for a series of spaceflights between the United
States and Russia.
 
     "I am honored and excited to be managing this superb team which
has already put so much work into building this joint program,"
Holloway said. "We have been working with our Russian counterparts for
over two years, so it will just be a matter of implementing our new
management plan and helping the organization do what NASA and the
Russians already know how to do so well -- fly manned missions."
 
     "Phase One" represents the activities that will develop the
experience and technical expertise necessary for the assembly and
operation of the International Space Station, which will occur in
Phases Two and Three. In addition, a full program of science
experiments and research is planned to be conducted on both the Mir
and the Shuttle, as well as extravehicular activities.
 
     The Phase One Program Office will be responsible for developing
the requirements for Shuttle flights to Mir; directing activities
associated with research on astronauts on board Mir for long-duration
flights; coordinating the manifest of research hardware and
instruments for the Russian Spektr and Priroda science modules;
identifying ground support requirements related to Phase One; and
integrating the NASA and Russian launch schedules and manifests.
 
     In his new position, Holloway will report directly to Gen.
Jeremiah Pearson, Associate Administrator for the Office of Space
Flight at NASA Headquarters.  He also will coordinate extensively with
the Space Station and Space Shuttle Program managers.
 
     "We are totally committed to the success of this Phase One
Program, and I am sure that the combination of resources here in NASA
and in the Russian space arena will produce a joint program that we
will be proud of," Holloway said.
 
     The Phase One activities began in early 1994 with the flight of
Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev on board the STS-60 mission.  The Phase One
activities will pick up speed in 1995 beginning with a rendezvous and
fly-around of the Mir station by the Shuttle Discovery during the
STS-63 mission, currently scheduled for launch in February.  The
mission also features the flight of Cosmonaut Vladimir Titov, who has
been training at JSC for the last year.
 
     In March, U.S. Astronaut Norm Thagard is scheduled to be launched
in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft with two cosmonauts to begin a
three-month tour of duty on Mir. Thagard, along with his backup,
Astronaut Bonnie Dunbar, has been training in Russia since February of
this year.  During his stay on Mir, Thagard will conduct a variety of
life sciences experiments that will provide U.S. investigators with
the first long-duration medical data on American astronauts since the
Skylab mission of the late 1970s.
 
     Thagard's mission will end in late May or early June 1995 when
the Space Shuttle Atlantis, carrying the newly installed docking
mechanism, docks with Mir for the first U.S.-Russian docking operation
since Apollo-Soyuz in 1975.  The orbiter will remain attached to Mir
for five days of joint scientific operations before returning home
with Thagard and his Russian crewmates. Two cosmonauts will remain on
Mir.
 
     Later in the year, during STS-74, Atlantis will revisit Mir to
install a new docking module on the station to improve the ease of
future joint operations. In total, Phase One includes a minimum of
seven missions to Mir and calls for the flight of five astronauts on
the Russian station for a cumulative U.S. crew time of approximately
two years.
 
     Holloway came to JSC (formerly the Manned Spacecraft Center) in
1963 and served as the Chief of the Flight Activities Section from
1966 to 1973. In 1973, he became Chief of the Flight Activities
Branch, and in 1978, he was named as the Ascent/Orbit Flight
Techniques Manager for the first Space Shuttle mission. Holloway
served as a flight director for many of the early Shuttle missions,
and in 1985, became Chief of the Flight Director's Office.
 
     From 1987 to 1989, Holloway served as Mission Operations
Director, and then was assigned as the Assistant Director for the
Space Shuttle Program for the Mission Operations Directorate until
1992, when he was named Deputy Manager for Program Integration for the
Space Shuttle Program.

From: [email protected] (Peter Yee)
Subject: Ladwig to lead new Office of Policy and Plans [Release 94-181] (Forwarded)
Date: 2 Nov 1994 02:12:04 -0800
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
 
Laurie Boeder
Headquarters, Washington, DC        October 28, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1898)
 
RELEASE:  94-181
 
 
LADWIG TO LEAD NEW OFFICE OF POLICY AND PLANS
 
     A new Office of Policy and Plans (Code Z) has been formed at NASA 
Headquarters, Washington, DC.  Alan Ladwig has been selected as the Associate 
Administrator for the new office.
 
     The Office of Policy and Plans will oversee the analysis, formulation and 
implementation of NASA policies and long-range strategic planning activities. 
In addition, the office will serve as the focal point for agency-level policy
issues with Executive Branch offices and other federal agencies and departments.
 
     Ladwig served as the Executive Assistant for the Science, Technology and 
Space Cluster of the Clinton-Gore Transition Office.  In October 1993, he 
received a Presidential appointment and was assigned as the Senior Policy 
Advisor in the Office of the Administrator at NASA Headquarters.
 
     Prior to serving in the Transition Office, Ladwig was a senior space 
policy analyst in private industry specializing in policy and education 
program development.  He also established an independent consulting business 
for policy analysis, editorial writing and education program development
for space projects.
 
     From 1981 to 1989, Ladwig served in a variety of management positions at 
NASA including Director of Special Projects in the Office of Exploration and 
Manager of the Space Flight Participant Program.  He also served on the
Administrator's Long Range Planning Task Force that produced the report 
Leadership and America's Future In Space.   He has authored numerous articles 
on the space program and co-authored a chapter on long-range planning in 
Blueprint For Space.  Ladwig is an active participant in NASA's Speaker's
Bureau.
 
     Ladwig earned a MS degree in higher education and a BS degree in speech 
from Southern Illinois University and has received two NASA Exceptional Service
Medals.  He and his wife Debra live in Northern Virginia.

Mark Hess                                             November 16, 1994
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone:  202/358-1776)
 
Release: 94-191
 
 
PEARSON RESIGNS AS SPACE FLIGHT ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR
 
     Major General Jeremiah W. Pearson (Ret.), United States Marine Corps, 
today announced his resignation as the Associate Administrator for the Office 
of Space Flight.
 
     Dr. Wayne Littles was named as the new Associate Administrator.  Littles 
currently is the NASA Chief Engineer and former deputy director of the Marshall 
Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL.
 
     "These past two-and-one-half years at NASA have been tremendously 
rewarding for me," Pearson said.  "We've made great strides in the human space 
flight program during that time.  We have found new efficiencies in the Space 
Shuttle budget while maintaining our strong commitment to safety. We've brought 
Russia into the redesigned Space Station partnership.  And we've set the stage 
for an exciting future in human space flight.  I'm extremely proud of our 
accomplishments and gratified to have had the opportunity to lead this talented 
group of people at NASA.  Now I'm looking forward to new challenges and 
opportunities."
 
     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin accepted Pearson's resignation and 
praised his service.  "Jed Pearson's contributions to the Office of Space 
Flight have been significant," Goldin said.  Numerous contributions to Shuttle 
safety and performance have been made and we wish General Pearson all the 
success in the future."
 
     In announcing the appointment of Littles to the post of Space Flight 
Associate Administrator, Goldin said, "Dr. Littles brings great experience and 
leadership to the Office of Space Flight and will continue to play a major 
role to ensure Americaes leadership in space, and to help NASA build an 
exciting future on this new frontier."
 
     The resignation of Pearson and the appointment of Littles are effective 
immediately; however, Pearson has agreed to remain at NASA Headquarters to 
provide for an orderly transition period.

12/15/94:  JAY HONEYCUTT NAMED KENNEDY SPACE CENTER DIRECTOR
 
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, DC                                            
December 15, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1778)
 
Hugh Harris
Kennedy Space Center, FL
(Phone:  407/867-2468)
 
RELEASE:  94-214
 
     Jay F. Honeycutt was named to become the sixth Director of the John F. 
Kennedy Space Center today by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin.  Honeycutt 
succeeds Robert L. Crippen who is leaving the Agency January 21.
 
     In making the announcement, Goldin said, "Jay has been an accomplished 
member of NASA's human space flight team for many years.  He understands 
spacecraft processing, launch operations and flight operations, and I believe 
he will make an exceptional Director of this vital field center."  
 
     Crippen said, "I am very pleased that Jay will be succeeding me as Center 
Director.  He has made major contributions to KSC and the Agency as Director 
of Shuttle Management and Operations while at KSC.  In particular, he has 
greatly improved the efficiency of the Shuttle team.  I know he will carry on 
the KSC tradition of safety and excellence."
 
     Honeycutt began his U.S. Government career at Redstone Arsenal, 
Huntsville, AL, in 1960 and joined NASA in 1966.  In 1967 he became Chief, 
Vehicle Simulation Section in the Flight Operations Directorate at the Johnson 
Space Center, Houston, TX.  He later became the Assistant Chief of the Flight 
Training Branch in 1969 and Chief in 1974.  In 1976 he was promoted to 
Assistant to the Director of Flight Operations.  He became the technical 
assistant to the Associate Administrator for the Space Transportation System 
at NASA Headquarters in 1981 and moved back to JSC as Assistant to the 
Director, Space Shuttle Program, in 1982.  
 
     Before moving to his present job at KSC in 1989, he served in a number of 
management capacities including Manager, STS Integration and Operations and 
Special Assistant to the Associate Administrator for Space Flight, NASA 
Headquarters.  From 1987 to 1989 he was Deputy Manager of the Space Shuttle 
Program.
 
     During his career, he has earned a number of significant awards including 
two NASA Exceptional Service Medals and NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal.

 
Laurie Boeder
Headquarters, Washington, DC
 
                                                     December 1, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1898)
 
RELEASE:  94-199
 
LYNN TO BECOME NASA'S FIRST CIO
 
     John C. Lynn has been named to head the new office of Chief
Information Officer within the Office of the Administrator at NASA
Headquarters in Washington, DC.
 
     The Chief Information Officer will provide leadership in the
development of information resource management strategies and will
ensure that information and related technologies are managed and
utilized to support Agency
priorities.
 
     Lynn will be on detail from the Marshall Space Flight Center
(MSFC), Huntsville, AL, where he has been serving as the Deputy
Director of Institutional and Program Support.  He will begin his new
duties on February 1, 1995.  At Marshall, he was responsible for
assisting in management of MSFC's facilities, environmental and
information systems offices.  He is currently the Center's Senior
Installation Information Resources Management Official and chairs the
MSFC Information Resources Oversight Council.
 
     Prior to 1989, Lynn was the Director of the MSFC Information
Systems Office.  He has been the chair of the NASA Information
Resources Management and Technology Exchange Council (NITEC) since
1982.  The NITECprovides Agencywide coordination of information
technology activities and consultation to NASA management.  The NITEC
has been responsible for the formation of teams and studies leading to
the creation of efforts such as the Inter-Center Committee on
Networking, the Automated Information Management Program and the NASA
Information Resources Strategic Plan.
 
     Lynn earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Denver
and is the recipient of several awards, including the NASA Exceptional
Service Medal and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.

 
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, DC           December 9, 1994
(Phone:  202/358-1776)
 
 
RELEASE:  94-206
 
 
DELUCAS NAMED SPACE STATION ACTING SENIOR SCIENTIST
 
 
     Dr. Larry DeLucas, a former Space Shuttle payload 
specialist and a noted expert in the field of protein 
crystallography, has been named acting senior scientist for 
the Space Station.
 
     DeLucas will serve in this position for up to eight 
months until the selection of a full-time senior scientist 
is made.  The senior scientist functions as the primary 
advocate to the Space Station program for scientific users 
of the permanent orbital laboratory, scheduled for launch 
beginning in 1997.
 
     "My primary objective is to broaden participation of 
scientists in the Space Station," DeLucas said.  "I'll 
concentrate on making the Space Station 'user friendly' by 
working with the engineers who design and build it to make 
sure the Space Station has all the capabilities needed to 
make it a world-class research facility for U.S. and 
foreign partner scientists and technologists."
 
     DeLucas holds several key positions at the University 
of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), including director for 
Macromolecular Crystallography, and director for the 
Comprehensive Cancer Center X-ray Core Facility.  He also 
serves as a professor in the Department of Optometry.
 
     As a payload specialist on the first United States 
Microgravity Laboratory mission in June 1992, DeLucas 
became the first protein crystallographer to grow protein 
crystals while in space.  This promising field of 
biotechnology involves growing protein crystals that are 
larger and of higher quality than those grown on Earth.  
The superior quality of the space-grown protein crystals 
allows researchers to see details of the atomic structure 
more clearly, possibly leading to development of disease-
fighting drugs.
 
     DeLucas was born in Syracuse, NY.  He holds five 
degrees from UAB, including both a B.S. and M.S. in 
chemistry, a B.S. in physiological optics, an O.D. in 
optometry and a Ph.D. in biochemistry.  He holds or has 
applied for four patents related to growing protein 
crystals in space and has published two books and over 50 
papers in scientific journals on the subject.
 
     The senior scientist position was created in the mid-
1980's when the Space Station program was started.  The 
position has always been a short-term assignment, so it can 
be filled by scientists who can then return to their fields 
of research when their duties are completed.

Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, DC        December 2, 1994
(Phone: 202/358-1776)
 
 
RELEASE:  94-200
 
INDEPENDENT SHUTTLE MANAGEMENT REVIEW TEAM MEMBERS NAMED
 
     Dr. Christopher C. Kraft, former director of the
Johnson Space Center, today named the members of the
independent review team that will develop by March 15 a
proposal for innovative concepts and tools for managing the
Shuttle program.
 
     The team, made up of aerospace executives, business
leaders and current and former NASA officials, was
chartered by NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin.  Kraft
was named to head the team on Nov. 23.
 
     Kraft announced a five-member team including:
 
     Frank Borman, former Eastern Airlines Chief Executive
Officer and retired astronaut;
 
     George W. Jeffs, former President of Rockwell
International's North American Aerospace Operations;
 
     Robert E. Lindstrom, former Senior Vice President and
General Manager, Space Operations, Thiokol Corp. and
retired manager of the Space Shuttle Projects Office at
the Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL;
 
     Thomas E. Maultsby, General Research Corp. Vice
President and former Senior Department of Defense
representative to NASA Headquarters;
 
     Isom A. Rigell, former Vice President, Florida
Operations for United Space Boosters Inc., and retired
Director, Shuttle Payloads and former Director, Launch
Vehicle Operations at the Kennedy Space Center, FL.
 
     Technical advisors to the team will include:
 
     Jay Honeycutt, Director for Shuttle Management and
Operations at the Kennedy Space Center;
 
     David C. Leestma, Director of Flight Crew Operations at
the Johnson Space Center, Houston;
 
     William S. Mackey, Houston businessman and former
Chairman of the Board of Lifemark Corp.;
 
     John W. O'Neill, Director of Mission Operations at the
Johnson Space Center;
 
     George F. Page, former Deputy Director of the Kennedy
Space Center;
 
     Cary H. Rutland, Solid Rocket Booster Project Manager at
the Marshall Space Flight Center;
 
     Robert B. Sieck, Launch Director at the Kennedy Space
Center.
 
     The team will assemble at the Kennedy Space Center
Dec. 5 to begin an assessment of Space Shuttle management
and operations. The review team plans two days of meetings
next week with NASA managers and contractors involved in
Shuttle operations at KSC.
 
     They will convene the following week Dec. 12 at the
Johnson Space Center for meetings with NASA and contractor
personnel involved with Shuttle managment and operations
from both Johnson and Marshall.

 
Laurie Boeder
Headquarters, Washington, DC             June 26, 1995
(Phone:  202/358-1898)
 
RELEASE:  95-102
 
SCHUMACHER, WHITEHEAD APPOINTED ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATORS
 
     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin has appointed John 
D. Schumacher as the Associate Administrator for the Office 
of External Relations and Dr. Robert E. Whitehead as the 
Associate Administrator for NASA's Office of Aeronautics, 
NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, effective immediately.
 
     The Office of External Relations provides 
international policy formulation, coordination and 
implementation.  The Office of Aeronautics is responsible 
for directing NASA's aeronautics research and development programs.  
 
     "Bob Whitehead and John Schumacher are talented 
managers with extensive experience in their fields," Goldin 
said.  "Our aeronautics program and our work in developing 
partnerships with other nations are central elements of 
NASA's vision for the future, so we are indeed fortunate to 
have Bob and John heading up those key areas."
 
     Schumacher came to NASA from the law firm of Rogers & 
Wells, New York, NY, in June 1989 and served as Advisor to 
the NASA Administrator until January 1991, when he became 
the Deputy Associate Administrator for External Relations.  
He was appointed Acting Associate Administrator for 
External Relations in September 1994.
 
     Earlier in his career, Schumacher served as a Naval 
officer with tours of duty aboard the USS Guadalcanal, at 
the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and as Aide 
to the Director, Navy Command and Control.  He graduated 
with distinction from the United States Naval Academy, 
earning a B.S. in oceanography/general engineering in 1976.  
He earned an M.A. in government, with a certificate in 
national security studies, from Georgetown University in 
1984.  Schumacher earned a J.D. from the Columbia 
University School of Law, and a certificate with honors in 
international law from Columbia's Parker School of 
International and Foreign Law in 1987.  He is a member of 
the New York Bar, the American Bar Association 
(International Law Section) and the U.S. Naval Institute.
 
     Whitehead, who joined NASA in 1989, has been the 
Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, NASA 
Headquarters, Washington, DC, since February 1994.  He 
played a key role in advising and working closely with the 
Associate Administrator in developing strategic plans and 
direction for NASA's aeronautics research programs and in 
institutional management of NASA's Ames, Dryden, Langley 
and Lewis Research Centers.
 
     Whitehead began his career in 1970 as a postdoctoral 
research associate at NASA's Ames Research Center, Mountain 
View, CA.  From 1971-1976, he was a research engineer at 
the Department of the Navy's David Taylor Research Center, 
Potomac, MD.
 
     In 1976 he joined the Office of Naval Research as 
scientific officer for aerodynamics and later held 
positions as program manager for fluid dynamics (1981-1985) 
and Director, Mechanics Division (1985-1989).
 
     Whitehead received B.S. (1967), M.S. (1969) and Ph.D. 
(1971) degrees in engineering mechanics from the Virginia 
Polytechnic Institute and State University.  He is a member 
of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 
and the American Helicopter Society.
 
			-end-

 
Brian Welch                              June 28, 1995
Headquarters, Washington, DC
(Phone:  202/358-1600)
 
RELEASE:  95-105
 
CHRISTENSEN TO HEAD NEW HEADQUARTERS OPERATIONS OFFICE
 
     As part of an effort to dramatically reduce staffing 
at its headquarters, NASA is merging a variety of staff 
functions within an Office of Operations to be headed by 
Michael D. "Chris" Christensen, effective immediately.
 
     The new Headquarters Operations Office will 
consolidate institutional functions from seven 
organizations.  Those functions, involving areas such as 
procurement and finance, relate to the daily running and 
operations of the NASA Headquarters installation.
 
     "This consolidation is one more step in a process that 
will result in a 50% reduction in staffing at NASA 
Headquarters by Fiscal Year 1999," said Acting Deputy 
Administrator John R. Dailey.  "The new Operations Office 
under Chris Christensen will allow us to achieve the 
maximum amount of efficiency in the daily running of our 
organization here in Washington."
 
     Christensen began his NASA career as a Federal 
personnel intern in 1967.  During his tenure at NASA, he 
has worked at the Kennedy Space Center, FL, Johnson Space 
Center, Houston, TX, and the Goddard Space Flight Center, 
Greenbelt, MD, as well as NASA Headquarters.  In 1975, he 
became Deputy Chief of the Manpower Utilization Division at Goddard.
 
     In 1979, Christensen joined the Agricultural Research 
Service, Department of Agriculture, as Director of 
Personnel.  He subsequently served as Associate Deputy 
Administrator for Management.  
 
     In 1988, Christensen rejoined NASA in his current 
capacity as Deputy Associate Administrator for Management 
Systems and Facilities.  He has been the recipient of the 
Secretary of Agriculture's Distinguished Service Award, 
NASA's Exceptional Service Award, and a Presidential 
Meritorious Rank Award.  He and his wife, Jan, reside in 
Columbia, MD.