Word: nasa
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Astronauts Bill Lenoir and Bob Overmyer experienced nausea and vomiting during the fifth flight of the Columbia last November. Lenoir's distress helped force changes in planned space tasks during the five-day mission. Space sickness, renamed by NASA "space adaptation syndrome" (SAS), was recognized only a decade ago. Says former Astronaut Mike Collins: "We didn't have much of a problem with space sickness as long as we were strapped in Mercury and Gemini. Same for the Russians. It's when we all began floating around in Skylab and the Russians in Salyut that the guys...
...NASA's 1984 budget tentatively is over 5900 million, a hike of over 10 percent. Although that figure exceeds the expected 5 percent inflation rate, Shannon pointed out that much of that increase would go towards maintenance costs rather than research...
...Although NASA's budget has not been cut as severely as in the last two years, Harvard research could be negatively affected if the money is not restored, David Gregory, associate director for planning at the Harvard Center for Astrophysics, said yesterday...
...space-related research is under the aegis of the Center for Astrophysics, which includes the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory, both located adjacent to the Radcliffe Quad. Gregory said that research into X-rays and ultraviolet rays make up much of the Center's relationship with NASA...
...Group was credited with helping to successfully urge Congress to restore last your's NASA research budget from the original 30 percent cut by the Reagan Administration...