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Subject: GENERAL SPACE INFORMATION
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Date: Wed, 29-May-85 01:28:16 EDT
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The following are reports from the Intercomex Bulletin
Board (303)-367-1935 * Reports are edited to provide
easier computer readability, but content integrity is
maintained.
FROM: NASA/NEWS SERVICE
SUBJ: SUPERCOMPUTER PLANNED
NASA'S AMES RES. CENTR. WILL HOST A GRND BREAKING CEREMONY
MARCH 14 FOR THE NUMERICAL AERODYNAMICS SIMULATION (NAS)
FACILITY BLDG., TO HOUSE THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL
SUPERCOMPUTER SYSTEM. * HIGH SPEED SUPER COMPUTERS WILL BE
USED TO SOLVE COMPLEX AERODYNAMICS EQUATIONS - FLUID PHYSIC S
AND LARGE SCALE AERODYNAMIC FLOWS ASSOCIATED WITH AIRCRAFT
FLYING IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE. THE NAS WILL REDUCE TIME  AND
COST FOR DEVELOPING NEW AIRCRAFTS. *
ANOTHER IMPORTANT GOAL IS TO MAKE THE SUPERCOMPUTER NETWORK  
AVAILABLE TO REMOTE USERS NATIONWIDE. OFF SITE SCIENTISTS W ILL
GAIN ACCESS TO THE SYSTEM BY SATELLITE. OTHER RESEARCH TO B E
SUPPORTED BY NAS INCLUDES COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS AND
STRUCTURES, WEATHER PREDICTIONS, COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY,
GENETIC ENGINEERING AND COMPUTATIONAL ASTROPHYSICS. * CRAY
RESEARCH'S CRAY 2 SUPERCOMPUTERS, WITH AN EXPECTED OPERATIN G
SPEED OF 250 MILLION CALCULATIONS PER SECOND, IS ONE OF THE
FASTEST COMPUTERS IN THE WORLD AND WILL BE THE HEART OF THE
INITIAL NAS NETWORK EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL IN 1986. FAS TER
SUPERCOMPUTERS WILL BE INCORPORATED AS THEY BECOME AVAILABL E.
* NAS IS PLANNED TO CREATE A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE AND
MACHINES THAT WILL ADVANCE COMPUTER SIMULATION. * THE 90,50 0
SQ FT CONCRETE NAS BUILDING WAS DESIGNED BY HUNT AND CO.,
ARCHITECTS, SAN FRANCISCO. THE CONTRACTOR IS PERINI CO., SA N
FRANCISCO. ** KEN ATCHISON HQ AND PETER WALLER/ ROBERTA
FRIEDMAN AMES RESEACH CENTER, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA.
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FROM: NASA/NEWS SERVICE
SUBJ: SPACE STATION
NASA SELECTED 6 INDUSTRY TEAMS FOR NEGOTIATIONS LEADING TO
FIXED PRICE CONTRACTS FOR DEFINITION & PRELIMINARY DESIGN O F
ELEMENTS OF A PERMANENTLY MANNED SPACE STATION TO BE
OPERATIONAL IN MID 1990'S. * NASA CENTERS SELECTED ARE:
=> MARSHALL SFC - HUNTSVILLE, ALA; BOEING AEROSPACE, SEATTL E
AND MARTIN MARRIETTA, DENVER => GODDARD SFC, GREENBELT, MD. ;
RCA ASTRO ELECTRONICS, PRINCETON, N.J.; AND GE, SPACE SYSTE M
DIV, PHILA, PA => LEWIS RESEARCH CNTR, CLEVE, OHIO; ROCKWEL L
INTL, ROCKETDYNE DIV., CANOGA PARK, CALIF; AND TRW FED. SYS .
DIV., REDONDO BEACH, CALIF. * IN ADDITION ARE NEGOTIATIONS
WITH LOCKHEED MISSILES & SPACE;
MCDONNELL DOUGLAS ASTRONAUTICS & ROCKWELL INTL FOR WORK TO  BE
PERFORMED UNDER JOHNSON SPC CENTER, HOUSTON. * APPROX CONTR ACT
VALUES IM MILLIONS..$24 MARSHALL; $27 JOHNSON;
$10 GODDARD; $6 LEWIS. * WORK TO INCLUDE DEFINITION AND
PRELIMINARY DESIGN: MARSHALL- PRESSURIZED "COMMON MODULES"  FOR
USE AS LABS, LIVING AREAS AND LOGISTIC TRANSPORT;
ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND PROPULSIVE SYSTEMS;
ORBITAL MANEUVERING AND TRANSPORT... JOHNSON- STRUCTURAL
FRAMEWORK TO WHICH ELEMENTS OF THE STATION WILL BE ATTATCHE D;
STATION TO SHUTTLE INTERFACE; MECHANISMS SUCH AS REMOTE
MANIPULATOR; ATTITUDE, THERMAL CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, DAT A
MANAGEMENT; SLEEPING QUARTERS, WARD ROOM AND GALLEY;
EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY. LEWIS-
ELECTRICAL, POWER GENERATION, CONDITIONING AND STORAGE. *
OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY WILL BE NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. *
STATION PLAN- LOW EARTH ORBIT, ABOUT 300 MI HIGH, INCLINATI ON
28.5 DEG, 75 KW POWER, SUPPORTING A CREW OF 6-8. * LAUNCH A ND
SUBSEQUENT TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BY THE SPACE SHUTTLE. *
INTERNATIONAL TO INCLUDE THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY, CANADA  AND
JAPAN. ** BILL O'DONNELL HQ
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  from Mark Felton
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