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Aggies design
space shuttles
By CARL BECKER
Reporter
Larger, more economical space
shuttles than those now in use nave
been designed by Texas A&M stu
dents for a national design competi
tion.
The shuttles, bearing names such
as Pegasus and Space Eagle, were
designed by groups of aerospace en
gineering students enrolled in an
aircraft/spacecraft design course.
Assistant dean of engineering Stan
Lowy, who teaches the course, said
the students were given several op
tions, one of which was to work on a
contest proposal for the 1984 Amer
ican Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics/Bendix Design Compe
tition.
The shuttle proposal involved de
signing a space transportation sys
tem capable of carrying larger loads
and of inserting them into higher or
bits in response to the anticipated
demands of the 21st century. In ad
dition, the proposal required that
the shuttles be fully reusable, have a
five-day landing-to-launch turn
around lime and be able to carry a
100,000-pound payload. Lowy said
that of 10 groups, five chose the
shuttle proposal.
He said each of the resulting five
designs will be entered in the Sep
tember competition and is optimistic
about their chances of winning.
“They are all good designs, and
one in particular has an excellent
chance of winning,” he said.
Designing the shuttles according
to the specifications of the competi
tion required the students to apply
everything they learned in the aero
space curriculum, Lowy said.
“It got them to see the intercon
nection of the courses they had been
taking,” he said. “For example, they
saw how aerodynamics and propul
sion interact with the structure. The
class gave them the knowledge of
what it takes to design anything —
where you start, how you proceed
and how you begin to finish it up.”
John Bessolo, team leader of Mc
Mullen’s group, said the class did
more than just teach the students to
apply their accumulated knowledge.
u taught us to organize our time
and to plan ahead,” Bessolo said.
“The class also refined our research
ing skills by making us learn where
to go to find the information we
needed. I learned a lot.”
David Forsyth, a member of the
group that designed the Pegasus,
said tie also learned more than just
how to apply what he learned in his
classes.
“It taught me a lot about working
together with a group of people,”
Forsyth said. “It also taught me that
once you start a job, you finish it.”
Lowy said the class is unique in
other ways, too.
“Contrary to most classes here
that give students problems with
only one right answer, this one of
fers problems with several different
answers,” Lowy said. “The student is
introduced to a real-life situation
where there may be eight or nine
different answers and must decide
which one to choose.”
NASA picks designers
for first ‘space tug’
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The National
Aeronautics and Space Administra
tion awarded preliminary design
contracts totaling $5 million for an
"orbiting maneuvering vehicle” —an
unmanned space tug that would
starting flying in 1990 to ferry satel
lites to and from space shuttles in or
bit above earth.
Contracts were awarded to LTV
Aerospace in Dallas, Martin Marietta
Aerospace in Denver and TRW Inc.,
Redondo Beach, Calif.
NASA expects to select one of the
companies in 12 months to build the
reusable, remotely controlled space
craft. The project will be managed*
by NASA’s Marshall Space Flight
Center at Huntsville, Ala.
The tug will be designed to re
trieve satellites up to 1,000 miles
above Earth, ferry them to a space
shuttle in an orbit about 200 miles
high for maintenance, and repair
and then return the satellites to their
normal, higher orbits.
Terry Eddleman, a Marshall
spokesman, said the tug will be car
ried to and from orbit in a shuttle,
but may eventually be based at the
space station NASA hopes to have in
operation in 1992.
Another bright idea ' , *“'°^ ER,CEVA ' vtEE
Anthony Baker, left, and Curtis Holder, both Texas A&M
University employees, change a light on Ireland St. The
newly designed high pressure sodium lights are replacing
the old mercury vapor lights on the street. The new lights are
supposed to require less energy while giving brighter illumi
nation.
Bush attacks Democratic campaign
United Press International
WACO — Vice President George
Bush, campaigning in the heart of
conservative Baptist country Tues
day, blasted the Democratic Party’s
“ultra-liberal” policies and praised
President Reagan as the “peace pres
ident of the Nuclear Age.”
Bush told about 2,000 supporters
that Democratic presidential nomb
nee Walter Mondale advocated
“weakness in the face of totalitarian
aggression,” while President Reagan
was responsible for building a
stronger national defense.
“Because we have been strong and
have strengthened our defenses,”
Bush said, “ ... Ronald Reagan is in a
good position to be the peace presi
dent in the Nuclear Age.”
During the rally at the Waco Con
vention Center, attended largely by
students of Baptist-supported Bay
lor University, Bush hammered
away at the Mondale-Geraldine Fer
raro ticket.
Earlier Tuesday in Tyler, Bush
said the Democrats “crowded out”
moderates and insulted Sen. Lloyd
Bensten of Texas by nominating
Ferraro for vice president.
He also accused the opposition
party of “low-road campaigning”
and demanded an apology for a
speech in which New York Gov.
Mario Cuomo assailed Reagan’s
Central America policy and the mur
der of American nuns in El Salva
dor.
Bush said such legendary Demo
crats as Harry Truman and Lyndon
Johnson would applaud Reagan’s
foreign policies — not criticize them.
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