Oct 17 1978
From The Space Library
NASA announced it had awarded the Douglas Aircraft Co.'s McDonnell Douglas Corp. a modification of its contract for engineering investigations, analyses, design studies, and component testing to evaluate alternatives in designing laminar-flow control subsonic commercial transports for the early 1990s. The modification for work to be completed by late 1979 would permit more complete exploration of promising design alternatives and evaluation of structural concepts, and would include an option to conduct a feasibility study on use of a representative transport aircraft for leading-edge systems testing and full-wing chord laminar-flow control flight testing. (LaRC Release 78-62)
Defense/Space Business Daily reported that the United Nations had presented its Peace Medal to Dr. Robert Frosch, NASA administrator, at NASA Hq in recognition of NASA assistance to a recent conference on technical cooperation among developing countries in Buenos Aires, Argentina [see Aug. 30]. UN Undersecretary-General Bohdan Lewandowski presented the medal and a letter of appreciation from Secretary General Kurt Waldheim for NASA's offer of the Cts satellite to the UN for communications between UN Hq in NYC and the conference. (NASA photo 78-H-625; DISBD, Oct 17/78, 200)
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