Mar 18 1973
From The Space Library
Proposals to outfit Boeing 747 aircraft with instruments to monitor pollution in the upper atmosphere were being solicited for the Global Air Sampling Program, NASA announced. Manufacturers would submit bids covering design and fabrication of instruments to sample gaseous and particulate pollutants, installation on Boeing 747, and flight-testing. The contract would be awarded by July. (LeRC Release 73-15)
A secret Department of Defense study and an independent Air Force study had shown that costs on the F-15 fighter aircraft could run $1.7 billion -21%-above estimates given to Congress, the Washington Star and Daily News reported. The engine developed for the F-15 had had 52 hitherto undisclosed hardware breakdowns. Secretary of the Air Force Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr., was convinced the F-15 would not encounter the cost problems plagued by other large aircraft programs but was concerned about the engine problems. Seamans had asked NASA to help solve the problem and find better ways to develop new aircraft engines, the newspaper said. (Kelly, W Star & News, 3/18/73, Al)
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