Jul 31 1972
From The Space Library
Volunteers at Lewis Research Center were being trained to recognize odor intensity and character of jet engine exhaust gases. Project- Jet Combustor Exhaust Study-was part of overall program at LeRC to determine emissions of pollutants from jet aircraft and was being con-ducted by LeRC and Arthur D. Little Co. Findings were expected to help in reducing odors around airports caused by jet engine exhaust. Other studies were checking possible correlation between combustion efficiency and odor intensity. Project director Helmut F. Butz said best instrument "for attacking the odor problem ... is still the human nose, but the nose has to be trained" Volunteers, on cue, opened sniffing port in special odor chamber, took short whiff, and recorded what they smelled. Classes of chemical compounds responsible for odor would be determined by analytical tests. (LeRC Release 72-78)
Sen. Clinton P. Anderson (D-N. Mex.) told press in Washington, D.C., that Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences would include probe of Apollo 14 crew's decision to carry 200 privately minted silver medals on Jan. 31-Feb. 7, 1971, mission in scheduled Aug. 3 hearings on commercial exploitation of Apollo 15. (AP, Pasadena Star-News, 8/1/72)
Group of 60 Civil Air Patrol cadets from 32 states and Puerto Rico arrived at Marshall Space Flight Center for week-long space flight orientation course. Cadets would attend lectures on NASA programs, tour MSFC laboratories, and visit Alabama Space and Rocket Center. (MsFc Release 72-92)
Manned Spacecraft Center announced award of 18-mo, $238 000, cost plus-fixed-fee contract to United Aircraft Corp. Hamilton Standard Div. to design and build prototype waste collection system-usable by both males and females-for space shuttle orbiter. (MSC Release 72-168)
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