Nov 26 1973
From The Space Library
Rep. Don H. Clausen (R-Calif.) introduced H.R. 11554, a bill to provide for early commercial demonstration of solar heating technology by NASA with the National Bureau of Standards, National Science Foundation, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and other Federal agencies and for the early development and commercial demonstration of combined solar heating and cooling technology. The bill was referred to the House Committtee on Science and Astronautics. (CR, 11/26/73, H10153)
An Aviation Week & Space Technology editorial commented on the energy crisis: "There is an urgent and permanent need to develop energy sources that are not dependent on fossil fuels. The aerospace industry is going to be hit hard by the current oil shortage, but it also has a great deal of new technology to offer in developing permanent new energy sources." The technology of harnessing solar energy had advanced enormously in the space program. "It offers immediate promise for light-cloud-cover areas of the earth and eventual promise for enduring production of solar energy in space for continuous transmission to earth under any conditions. NASA has long had plans to move in this direction that have been annually chopped by the President's Office of Management and Budget." (Av Wk, 11/26/73, 11)
President Nixon submitted the nomination of G. Joseph Minetti to be re-appointed as a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board for six years ending Dec. 31, 1979. (PD, 12/3/73, 1370, 1381)
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