May 19 1993
From The Space Library
NASA reported that the agency was working with the Nation's large aerospace companies to determine how NASA computer programs could help industry design and produce aircraft more efficiently. The ultimate goal was to integrate all the factors involved in aircraft design and production so that aeronautical engineers would be able to design aircraft systems simultaneously rather than separately as is done now. (NASA Release 93-90)
NASA announced a new initiative to commercialize NASA inventions by using top graduate students at Case Western to come up with new product ideas and strategies. NASA's Lewis Research Center, the Battelle Memorial Institute, and Case Western Reserve University, all based in Cleveland, Ohio, were involved in the program. (NASA Release 93-91)
The media reported that a Naval panel inquiry into the crash of the V-22 experimental aircraft, nicknamed the Osprey, in the summer of 1992 had found evidence that an improperly installed seal may have permitted gearbox oil to leak, possibly contributing to the crash. The panel also noted that the pilot, under strong pressure to arrive on time for a ceremony at Quantico Marine Base, had skipped a scheduled refueling stop and ignored a warning that might have forced him to ground the plane for a maintenance check. The Navy authorized resumption of flight testing of the Osprey after release of the final report. (W Post, May 19/93; P Inq, May 19/93; USA Today, May 19/93)
The Washington Times reported that the journal Science had added its voice to those who maintained that the ozone-depletion threat had been overestimated. In an earlier article, the Washington Post, which in the past had editorialized strongly for worldwide controls on ozone-depleting substances, also concluded that many scientists, including some in the environmental movement, agreed that the ozone threat had been overestimated. Not all experts agreed with the position taken by the authors of the articles in Science and the Post, however. (W limes, May 19/93)
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