March 1
MSFC Director Jack Lee briefed the Huntsville-Madison County Chamber of Commerce on the Center's programs and their economic impact. ("NASA Hopeful About Getting Most of Budget Hike, Lee Says," Huntsville Times, March 2, 1990, Page 7B)
March 7
The Marshall Star reported that NASA and TRW had completed negotiations of a cost-plus-award-fee contract to provide high resolution mirror optics technology and a mirror development program for the Marshall-managed Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility through October 31, 1991. (Marshall Star, March 7, 1990)
March 8
NASA Administrator Richard H. Truly testified before the Senate's Science, Technology, and Space Subcommittee. In regard to the President's budget request for the Space Station, Truly said, "This is a critical time for the Space Station... The program is transitioning from the preliminary design to fabrication and testing of development hardware." ("NASA Chief Sees Space Station Partnership Endangered by Budget Cuts," Huntsville Times, March 10, 1990)
March 8
President Bush announced his approval of the first of a series of policy decisions for the long-term space exploration initiative that he announced on July 20, 1989. Acting upon the recommendation of the Vice President and the National Space Council, the President approved a program that would give early focus to technology development and a search for new and innovative technical approaches to the moon and Mars missions. (Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Statement by Press Secretary Fitzwater on the President's Space Exploration initiative, March 8, 1990)
March 14
One of a series of training sessions for the ATLAS-1 Payload Crew was held March 14-23 in the Payload Crew Training Complex. (See MSFC History Office Microfiche #2127, "Notable MSFC Events During 1990," April 2, 1990)
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