University Daily Kansan, November 12, 1981
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Shuttle briefs
Firm denies inflating shuttle costs
Rockwell International, the company that built the space shuttle Columbia, denied it was paving the bill it would give the government for the mission.
Earl Blount, a Rockwell spokesman, disputed suggestions that the firm had inflated the cost of spare parts or improperly boosted costs of the shuttle
When it was begun in 1972, the total cost of the shuttle project was estimated to be $5.15 billion. The estimated cost now is $9.9 billion.
"We have no reason to believe our pricing procedures are not proper," Blount said. "They are reviewed constantly by NASA. We believe them to be valid."
That swelling was caused both by inflation and cost overruns, according to William O'Donnell, spokesman for the National Aeronautics and Space Ad-
On the whole, O'Donnell said, the shuttle program "has had a cost overrun on the order of 20 percent," but he said the overruns could not all be blamed.
Rockwell's practices came into question after the Office of Management and Budget disclosed that the space agency's inspector general had "received information that Rockwell International may have been inflating figures for the number of supplies supplied and inflating operating hours on the sauce shell contract."
After a late September review of the progress of the investigation, the office said. "Audit results to date indicate possible mismanagement of spare equipment."
The costs of the shuttle program accounts for more than a third of NASA's total budget in the current fiscal year.
Eventually, NASA hopes much of the shuttle's operating costs will be borne by private companies that pay to use it for space manufacturing, providing jobs and training.
Astronauts to sleep tight during flight Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly will sleep in space in a cloth cocoon attached to a wall and strapped into the Columbia's flight deck ejection seats.
Twelve hours after their scheduled launch from the Kennedy Space Center, the astronauts will don eye covers and ear plugs and have a seven-hour, 50-minute sleep period. Flight controllers will give them a wakeup call at 3:20 a.m. tomorrow.
One of the astronauts will climb into a cloth sleeping bag attached to storage lockers in the columbia's muddock to keep it from floating free. The rest will be stored in the capsule.
The ejection seats are scheduled to be removed from the Columbia after the fourth flight, allowing room for all crew members to use sleep bags.
First space meal features hotdogs
Like many people after a busy day, astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Truly will dine on hotdogs after their first day in space.
Later, however, they will be allowed turkey tattrazini, shrimp cocktail, steak and chicken and noodles as part of their 3,000 calorie-a day diet.
the astronauts will only have a portable food warmer to prepare their main courses during their five days in space, but plans call for installation of a full galley with an oven, water heater, pantry and serving trays aboard the Columbia for its fourth flight.
Most of the astronauts' meals are dehydrated and packed in plastic pouches. A special water gun is inserted into the plastic bags to rehydrate
The pilots will use silverware to eat, but must follow strict instruction on the amount of water they inject into the pouches or their food will end up spoiling.
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TRULY WILL START testing the mechanical arms tomorrow. The success of the shuttle as a satellite launcher, beginning next fall when it is to carry two communications satellites into orbit, hinges on those tests.
"If successful, and I'm sure it will be,
it'll very quickly add a new dimension
to our software."
when the ship is above the atmosphere and to the airplane control surfaces when it is in the air to see how Columbia responds to different conditions.
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The flight also was expected to produce invaluable data on how the shuttle performs during its climb to orbit and its return to Earth.
the descent will be particularly important. Large computer systems will send data in the form of signals to the microcontroller.
1, 300 VIPs accepted NASA invitations to view the blastoff from a special grandstand four miles from the seaside launch had.
"The important thing is to just re-fly it." Truly said in an interview. "We need to get some more experience on it as quickly as possible, so we can get these flight test objectives out of the way and just use it."
**COLUMBIA WAS originally scheduled for launch Sept. 30. It first was delayed nine days because of several technical troubles. Then, during a recovery period, three gallons of rocket fuel spilled down the ship's side, forcing repairs to 379
Milton and Vicki Snyder drove to the Florida space center to complete a mission of their own that began with the construction of a voyage in April in the California desert.
outer tiles. This accident delayed the flight to Nov. 4.
Engle and Truly came within 31 seconds of blastoff before the flight was scrubbie. Dirty oil had clogged filters in gearboxes of two of three hydraulic system engines. The system was drained, cleaned and new filters were installed and Columbia was rescheduled for launch today.
Engle was optimistic about today's launch.
Bookstore passes new policy as a deterrent to shoplifters
"Make sure you get film in those cameras tomorrow," he told photographers early yesterday. "You're going to need it."
Word said the new backpack policy should reduce shoplifting, which costs the Union bookstore from $100,000 to $150,000 a year.
The couple arrived last week in a mobile home, keeping busy by touring the space center and making new friends.
By TERESA RIORDAN Staff Reporter
"We went to the landing at Edwards (Air Force base) last time." Mrs. Snyder said. "It was the biggest thrill ever experienced. We decided we wanted to see it take off, so we came from Palm Springs, Calif."
THE UNION BOOKSTORE implemented the new policy after an experiment conducted by Word and the Kansan Monday. In the experiment, a Kansan reporter stole more than $60 in cash without being detected by cashiers.
Honest students may be grumbling at the inconvenience, but the Kansas Union bookstore no-backpack policy allows them with one less place to stash their goods.
'Even though we have shoplifting, we're still way below the national
Students are now required to leave backpacks and briefcases behind before browsing in the bookstore, Steve bookseller, bookstore manager, said yesterday.
"We were one of the few college bookstores that didn't absolutely require backpacks and briefcases to be dropped off."
Word said that the University of California at Los Angeles did not prohibit students from carrying backpacks and briefeasses into its bookstore but that it did employ 15 apprentices security guards to patrol the store.
Soon, signs will tell students to leave backpacks in hall lockers or to check bags for lost items.
"Right now we're just telling students because we put the student on the sign," Word Press said.
"We're gonna wait," she said. "If it doesn't take off now we'll stick around."
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average, which means we must be doing something right." Word said.
Since the experiment, bookstore employees have also become more
WORD SAID THE store's best
dealer to shop for the blanket
in stock and all shampoo.
"They'll still be just as nice as they always have been, but that doesn't mean that shoplifters will be able to take advantage of them." be said.
Shoplifters caught at the bookstore will be arrested by KU police, according to Word.
"In the past, shiopliffers used to be told. 'Now don't you really want to pay for that?' Now we'll go ahead and arrest them," he said. "When somebody shiopliffes once and gets away with it, he'll do it again."
Second offenders or those stealing more than $50 face stiffer penalties of up to a $2,500 fine or one year in jail.
Those stealing more than $100 are guilty of a felony and in 'hot water,'
First offenders who steal less than $50 worth of merchandise usually will be sent through a diversion program—a six-month probation period in which the shoplifter does community service work.
POLICE ESTIMATED that more than 200,000 people had lined river banks, beaches and highways around the city. We see to see the shuttle make space history.
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