Jul 23 1967
From The Space Library
Dr. Roger W. Heyns, Chancellor of the Univ. of California at Berkeley, was named chairman of NASA's Ad Hoc Science Advisory Committee, replacing Dr. Norman F. Ramsey of Harvard Univ., who resigned to devote more time to his new duties as president of the Universities Research Assn. Established in March 1966, the Committee advised NASA on the conduct of future space programs, including manned programs. (NASA Release 67-191)
NASA had awarded 12 inventors a total of` $9,100 for the advancement of space technology : (1) Warren E. Armstrong, Donald S. La France, Carroll I. Morgan, Lloyd B. Ryland, and Hervey H. Voge of Shell Development Corp., $3,000 for their contribution relating to a catalyst for monopropellant decomposition of hydrazine used in liquid propulsion technology; (2) Erwin Baker of Hughes Aircraft Co., $1,400 for a constant lift device used to simulate lunar landing conditions for spacecraft; (3) Joseph A. Goodrich and Kenneth T. Ingham, NAA, $1,200 for a turbine blade-locking device to retain rotor blades on rotor wheels for turbines employed in the J-2 engine program; (4) Richard G. Turner, RCA, $1,000 for a thermocouple assembly used in thermo-vacuum tests for TV systems in Ranger, TIROS, Lunar Orbiter, and other similar programs; (5) Richard A. McKay, JPL, $1,000 for temperature control system for circulating fluids used in mixing units for propellant development systems; and (6) John B. Schutt, GSFC, and Charles M. Shai, Electro Mechanical Research Corp., $1,500 for an alkali-metal silicate protective coating used for thermal control on spacecraft and for fire resistant paint in both Government and commercial applications. (NASA Release 67-185)
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