NASA Daily News Summary
For Release:  Mar. 13, 2000
Media Advisory m00-48


SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES:

None today.



VIDEO:

VIDEO FILE:

ITEM 1 - SOHO SEES FAR SIDE OF THE SUN - GSFC
         (replay)
ITEM 2 - CRUSTAL THICKNESS ON MARS (MOLA 3-D) - GSFC (replay)


LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK



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LIVE TELEVISION EVENTS THIS WEEK

March 13, Monday
9:00 - 11:00 am - Latest Mars Orbiter Altimeter (MOLA) Images Live
News Interviews - GSFC

March 14, Tuesday
5:00 - 7:00 pm - KC-135 Student Campaign Live News Interviews -
JSC

March 16, Thursday
6:00 - 10:00 am - International Space Station Repair Kit Live News
Interviews - MSFC

1:00 - 4:00 pm - FY2001 Budget Posture Hearing before the House
Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent
Agencies (recorded 3/15/00) - HQ

5:00 - 7:00 pm - KC-135 Student Campaign Live News Interviews -
JSC

March 17, Friday
9:00 am - Noon - FY2001 Human Space Flight Budget Hearing before
the House Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics (replay from
3/16/00) - HQ

2:00 - 7:00 pm - Johnson Space Center Regional First Robotics
Competition - Astro Arena, Houston, TX (direct uplink to NTV)

March 18, Saturday
8:00 am - 3:00 pm - Langley Research Center Eastern Regional First
Robotics Competition - Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond,
VA (direct uplink to NTV)

4:00 - 8:00 pm - Ames Research Center BOT-BALL Regional
Competition - ARC



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NEWS RELEASES:

None today.



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If NASA issues any news releases later today, we will e-
mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.

Index of 2000 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/2000/index.html

Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html



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VIDEO:

Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.

ANY CHANGES TO THE VIDEO LINE-UP WILL APPEAR ON THE NASA VIDEO
FILE ADVISORY ON THE WEB AT
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/tv-advisory/nasa-tv.txt
WE UPDATE THE ADVISORY THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

The NASA Video File normally airs at noon, 3 p.m., 6 p.m., 9 p.m.
and midnight Eastern Time.

NASA Television is available on GE-2, transponder 9C at 85 degrees
West longitude, with vertical polarization. Frequency is on 3880.0
megahertz, with audio on 6.8 megahertz.

Refer general questions about the video file to NASA Headquarters,
Washington, DC: Ray Castillo, 202/358-4555, or Fred Brown,
202/358-0713, fred.brown@hq.nasa.gov

During Space Shuttle missions, the full NASA TV schedule will
continue to be posted at:
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/nasatv/schedule.html

For general information about NASA TV see:
http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/



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Add to NASA Daily News Summary
For Release: March 13, 2000
Media Advisory m00-048a

ALL TIMES EASTERN



ADMINISTRATOR PRAISES WORK OF REVIEW TEAMS

     NASA Administrator Daniel S. Goldin today praised the work of
two panels reporting on NASA project management issues, noting
that the teams "have done a great service to the Agency and to the
Nation."

     The Phase II report by the Mars Climate Orbiter Mishap
Investigation Board, led by Marshall Space Flight Center Director
Arthur G. Stephenson, and the Faster, Better, Cheaper report by
former Jet Propulsion Laboratory project manager Anthony Spear,
are part of a top-to-bottom review of Agency programs Goldin
chartered within the past few months.

     The two reports released today join the work of another
review panel, the Shuttle Independent Assessment Team, led by Ames
Research Center Director Dr. Henry McDonald, which looked into
Space Shuttle processing issues.  That report was released March
9.  An additional review, by a team under former Lockheed Martin
executive Thomas Young, is due to NASA this week, and after a
short period of study will be publicly released later this month.


Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC:  Peggy Wilhide
(Phone:  202/358-1898).

For full text, see:
ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-037.txt



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If NASA issues additional news releases later today, we will e-
mail summaries and Internet URLs to this list.
Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:
http://www.nasa.gov/releases/1999/index.html

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approximately 2 p.m. Eastern time. Members of the media who wish
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