Feb 10 1993
From The Space Library
The National Air and Space Museum's new permanent exhibition, "Where Next, Columbus?" sums up U.S. space explorations to date and attempts to guess what lies ahead. The show ends without any firm answers; exploration is limited by technological feasibility, but it is also, as this exhibition emphasizes, very much a cultural enterprise, shaped by the values of a given society. (P Inq, Feb 10/93)
The Smithsonian Museum put the Air and Space Museum Annex proposed for Dulles Airport on its priority list for 1993. The annex would display, for the first time, such pieces of aeronautical history as the Enola Gay atomic bomber, the Space Shuttle Enterprise, and the SR-71 "Blackbird" spy plane.
Representative Frank R. Wolf of Virginia reported that very likely both houses of Congress would soon be getting legislation authorizing construction of the Annex at Dulles Airport. Construction of the Annex had been delayed for years because of disagreement in Congress as to its location. (Reston Connection, Feb 10/93)
President Clinton dissolved the Cabinet-level National Space Council as part of staff cuts to reduce the budget. The duties of the Space Council were to come under the umbrella of a broader policy-making group called the Office of Science and Technology Policy headed by new presidential science adviser Jack Gibbons. (H Chronicle, Feb 10/93; Space News, Feb 15/93)
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