Nov 3 1992

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NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin announced the appointment of Dr. Charles Pellerin as Associate Deputy Administrator for Strategic Planning, John R. Dailey as Associate Deputy Administrator, and Ralph C. Thomas as Assistant Administrator for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. The appointments continued management changes Goldin had instituted in recent months. (NASA Release 92-194; Space News, Nov 9-15)

NASA began assembling Space Shuttle Discovery for launch in December on a mission to deploy a secret Department of Defense satellite. Liftoff was scheduled for December 2, nearly a month behind schedule because of problems with a faulty steering engine. (P Inq, Nov 4/92; W Times, Nov 4/92)

Former NASA Administrator Richard Truly said that he would assume a new job as director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute, a branch of the Georgia Institute of Technology. (Space News, Nov 9-15/92)

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