NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Oct. 20, 2000

Media Advisory m00-198

SUMMARY

NEWS RELEASES

NASA SAFETY SYSTEM STEERS PILOTS CLEAR OF CLOSE CALLS

NASA ADMINISTRATOR REACTS TO FY 2001 APPROPRIATION

VIDEO **ALL TIMES EASTERN***

NO VIDEO FILE TODAY, OCT. 20, 2000

UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS

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NASA SAFETY SYSTEM STEERS PILOTS CLEAR OF CLOSE CALLS

Overcrowded airports mean overcrowded runways, taxiways and

ramps. On-the-ground collisions at the nation's airports are
occurring more frequently, but NASA engineers have developed a way
to keep aircraft on track and away from dangerous encounters.

It is an advanced cockpit display system, developed at NASA's

Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. The Runway Incursion
Prevention System, or RIPS, would give pilots and air traffic
controllers an early warning if another plane or ground vehicle is
about to intrude onto the runway.

Note To Editors: NASA and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport

plan to offer media tours of the NASA 757 aircraft and its
advanced cockpit display systems late Wednesday afternoon, Oct.
25, at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Interested media
should arrive at American Airlines Hangar #2 (W. Airfield Dr. and
21st St.) in time for a 5:30 p.m. briefing. A video news release,
which includes simulator, flight test and airport operations
footage and pilot interviews, is available. It is also scheduled
to air on NASA Video file Oct. 24 and 25.

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington DC: Michael Braukus

(Phone: 202/358-1979)
Contact at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA: Kathy
Barnstorff (Phone: 757/864-9886)
Contact at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, TX: Melba
Williams (Phone: 972/574-6701)

For full text see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-166.txt

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NASA ADMINISTRATOR REACTS TO FY 2001 APPROPRIATION

The following is a statement by NASA Administrator Daniel S.

Goldin concerning the
FY 2001 VA-HUD-Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill.

"The President has received from the Congress the FY 2001 VA-HUD-
Independent Agencies appropriations bill, and is expected to sign
the measure in the near future.

"Thanks to the efforts of key members of the House and Senate, and
with the support of the Administration, this measure provides an
excellent budget for NASA. Our supporters in the Congress faced
considerable difficulties in reaching this outcome, and we should
all be very grateful for their championing of the Nation's civil
space and aeronautics program."

Contact at NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC: Sarah Keegan

(Phone: 202/358-1902)

For full text see:

ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/2000/00-159.txt

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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

************ VIDEO FILE ************

THE VIDEO FILE WILL AIR TODAY AT 6 P.M. EDT.

ITEM 1 - STS-92 MISSION AND EVA HIGHLIGHTS (FLIGHT DAY 9)

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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.

****Note:**** During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television

schedule can be found at the following web address:
http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html

************ UPCOMING TELEVISION EVENTS ************

October 22, Sunday

- 2:10 p.m. - STS-92 Landing - KSC

October 24, Tuesday

- 7:30- 8:30 a.m. - Small Airplanes of Tomorrow Live News
Interviews - LaRC

October 25, Wednesday

- 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. - Expedition I Refresher Briefing - JSC
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Cassini/Galileo Look at Jupiter Live News
Interviews - JPL

October 26, Thursday

- 6:00 - 10:00 a.m. - Education Services Provided By NASA Website
'science.nasa.gov' Live News Interviews - MSFC
- 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. - Inspection 2000 Live News Interviews - JSC

October 27, Friday

- TBD - X-38 Flight Test - DFRC
- 4:30 - 9:00 p.m. - From the Outer Planets to the Inner Cities
Live News Interviews - JPL

During Space Shuttle missions, the NASA Television schedule can be

found at the following web address:
http://ston.jsc.nasa.gov/tvsked/schedule.html

For a complete list of upcoming live television events, see

http://www.nasa.gov/ntv/breaking.html

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Unless otherwise noted, ALL TIMES ARE EASTERN.

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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