For Release: Jan. 7, 1998
Janice Johnson
(757) 864-6123
RELEASE NO. 98-001
ACCESS TO SPACE BEYOND THE YEAR 2000
The race for space which began forty years ago with the
successful launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite has spawned
spectacular achievements in communications, space exploration,
research and a multitude of spin-offs that have positively affected
everyone on Earth. On Tuesday, Jan. 13, Delma C. Freeman will give
a presentation on the X-33, the NASA Reusable Launch Vehicle (RLV)
Program, slated to play a major role in future space
exploration.
Freeman, an aerospace engineer and the Director of the Aerospace
Transportation Technology Office at the NASA Langley Research
Center, was involved in the development of the space shuttle.
Since the completion of his shuttle work, Freeman has been
involved in development of advanced space transportation systems to
replace the space shuttle. He has just completed a special
assignment as a member of a five person team that defined a Space
Transportation Investment Strategy for NASA that will support an
orderly transition from the space shuttle to a new system.
A media briefing will be held at 1:15 p.m. in the Wythe Room of
the NASA Langley H.J.E. Reid Conference Center, 14 Langley
Boulevard in Hampton. Media who wish to attend this briefing should
contact Janice Johnson (757) 864-6123. Freeman's talk begins at 2
p.m.
A similar presentation will be given by Freeman at 7:30 p.m. at
the Virginia Air and Space Center
(VASC) in Hampton.
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