Thursday, Feb. 27, 1986
University Daily Kansan
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Nation/World
Panel told NASA needs new shuttle
United Press International
WASHINGTON — The acting chief of NASA and a top Air Force official told Congress yesterday that a new shuttle must be built to replace Challenger.
"If it were up to me, I'd start this morning," said William Graham, acting chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The $2 billion proposal would take 3½ years to complete.
Graham and Edward Aldridge. Air Force undersecretary, said the space program's ability to carry cargo and U.S. security interests required a new shuttle.
Graham conceded to the House Science and Technology space subcommittee that an interagency group of government officials had not yet decided whether the government should ask Congress for the money needed to replace Challenger. The Challenger shuttle exploded Jan. 28, killing all seven crew members.
Aldridge termed the loss of launch capacity a national emergency. He said the taxpayers would have to pay for it so there shouldn't be any worry about whose budget it came from.
Republicans on the panel said it might be hard to justify buying another shuttle while Congress and the White House are trying to reduce the federal deficit.
Aldridge warned that any significant delay in resuming the shuttle service would create a backload of
cargo that would create problems for NASA and the Pentagon.
Graham told the panel the administration is considering the use of single-use rockets to help take up payloads delayed by the halt in the shuttle program.
A year's delay in resuming flights, which NASA is predicting, could create a backlog of 25 to 30 flights before more shuttle space could be obtained in 1989, said Aldridge.
The Pentagon, he said, would encourage strongly the construction of a new orbiter now to regain the fleet launch capacity and to ensure meeting launch requirements of future space programs.
Graham said $450 million in structural spare parts soon to be available could reduce construction time for a new shuttle to about $3½ years.
A combination of shuttles of adequate size and commercial missile fleets appears to offer the best and most effective approach at least through 1995, Graham said.
There are a number of missiles, such as the Delta, Scout and Atlas Centaur, that could help the shuttle in delivering payloads, he said.
The ranking Republican on the full committee, Rep. Manuel Lujan of New Mexico, said it would be hard to pay for a new shuttle even though there apparently was considerable public support for a replacement.
"You have to look at where you get the money to do it," said Lujan.
BOSTON — A physician fed with the timidity of his colleagues urged other physicians yesterday to encourage patients with smoking-related illnesses to sue the tobacco industry.
Michael L. Charney, a psychiatrist, predicted in a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine that legal action by patients would drive up prices,
United Press International
Physician urges lawsuits against tobacco industry
generate negative publicity about smoking and pressure the industry to place warnings such as skulls and crossbones on their products.
The lawsuits, presenting vivid examples of how addictive cigarettes are and powerful illustrations of suffering, would deter habitual tobacco use, Charney said.
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