European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 31, 196g the stars and stripes Page 5 loss of shuttle affects defense plans Star wars experiments May be postponed b Norman Blac Washington map loss or the space Shimic challenger will have i serious Impact in inc def cow department s space program jeopardising lung planned schedules far dip Loument of a Host of spy weather and navigational Mit Ollile. Officials said. More Over if the explosion of inc challenger an tues Day results in a lengthy grounding of the three remaining shuttles a Teri Bucnis associated with president Reagan s slur wars program could be delayed Pentagon spokesman bub Sims while refusing 10 go into detail said defense Secretary Caspar a Wein Berger met several limes wednesday with top deputies to discuss the situation. We Are assessing the Impact on defense programs of the  Sims said. The loss of one of the four Orbik is affects All users of inc shuttle transportation system including the defense department. We know it will have an Impact on us. It clearly  a serious Impact on defense programs. Our intention would be in continue to carry but the National Security missions that we have planned and will make every Effort to do that. My Ai the moment we do not hate a full  Pentagon and air Lorec space managers refused o elaborate publicly. We be been mid not 10 d Ihus firs Call on Inutile launches. One official said in is conceivable the pert lagon Coull bump commercial payloads once the shuttles began Fly ing again. But this official also joined Llie other sources in stressing inc larger problem was not the flight delay that would accompany Nasa s investigation but Lite fact inc Nasa shuttle Fleet is now Down to three Orbil cars. Under agreements reached Jusi last year Chr Penta gon signed up for a third of the available shuttle flights Over the next 10 years. To Date Only two Pentagon mis Sions have been flown by the shuttle. Only four military flights were scheduled this year the first in july. Hoi he Pentagon  been planning to be using the so Ullic at least nine limes a year by i95tt. Unless a replacement Shullie is built i Don t Sec How thai schedule can stand  one source said. The vast majority of inc military flights were scheduled with an Eye Loward launching different types of satellites. Lull the Pentagon s strategic defense Initia Tive organisation inc office overseeing inc Siar wars Effort also vim planning to use half of the shut la s huge cargo buy a minimum of twice a year starting in 1987 for experiments. The next use of a Shullie for Star wars experiments was scheduled for Llilas year s first military flight inc july launch if a shuttle from the air Force s new space port it i Indenberg of a Calif. We did t have a lot planned in inc immediate future said inc Star wars official. A u crunch you can always build unmanned rockets to boost satellites. But by definition we Are working on anti missile defensive systems thai can Only be designed through experiments in space conducted by scientists. Let s just say we d like to Sec the shuttles flying again  another source disputed the notion that the Pentagon could easily turn to Rollel i even for i is satellite deploy ments. T or now we re really committed to the shuttle said this official. It s the i Niile Tiit gives us the heavy life Cap Abili  the source explained. We doa l have any in maligned Nickel that can life us much weight into  the Pentagon relies on four different ipes of unmanned rockets i boost its satellites into orbit. The largest is the Titan Iii 34d, which is described As Capa ble of boosting a 4,in a poured satellite into High Farl Urbit. The other unmanned rockets the Atlas Thor and Seoul can handle Only smaller cargoes according to one source the Pentagon  launched .15 unmanned rockets since inc first flight of the shut Ltd i n i a i. Rapidly a Cpl i i no us Supply of rockets that dwindling Supply  been planned because the Pentagon is now building heavier More sophisticated satellites  can Only be boosted by the shuttle. Launched from Cape canaveral ha., the Shullie is Ca Pable of boosting a satellite weighing us Inucci As  pounds into High orbit the one exception to the be Marion s Reliance on the shuttle involves the  of a new. Much larger version of the Tilan although Nasa initially objected. Congress a Ihori cd the Pentagon last year to buy 10 of the new rockets designed to carry satellites weighing up o  pounds As a Backstop in Llie Eveni of a National emergency those rockets will not be available before i w. How Ever Ami he air Lorce  planned to use them at a rate of Only i to a year. Long term the Only conclusion you Ean reach is we either have to build a replacement Shullie. Bump com Mercial cargoes or plan on buying More unmanned Rock ets said one source. Plaque or Crew unveiled in National space museum by tragedy hcs Ald. Glenn and several other members of Congress and officials hailed inc challenger Crew in the 45-Minulc ceremony during which a 30 by 40-Inch plaque in memory of inc Crew was unveiled. On the while plaque is a picture of the seven Crew members and the words Crew of shuttle Mission ill challenger january 28, 19h6, the Crew of inc challenger was Iii As a a still of an in flight explosion shortly after the launch of inc space  in Iilo contains a Brief biography of Shullie commander Francis r. Scrabec Pilot Michael j. Smith and inc other members of the Crew. Rep. Bill Nelson d-fla., who returned from a space shuttle voyage earlier this month proposed  seven of the 10 newly discovered Moons of uranus be named in Honor of the astronauts. The 10 unnamed Moons were discovered by the voyager 2 space probe. Officials Al Cocos Beach fla., Thamir  is believed to be debris from inc shuttle. Washington a the names of the challenger Crew hailed As pioneers who made the ultimate sacrifice in their quest to explore the heavens look their place wednes Day in America s shrine to aviation heroes the National air and space museum. We Ore a people who Are curious. A use swing people said sen. John h. Glenn jr., Dunio one of several speakers ill a memorial service for the seven who died when inc space shuttle exploded tuesday. That curiosity that questing will never die because if in does it scents to me we As a people die along with in said Glenn inc first american to Orbil the Earth. So we try and we Triumph and we try again and we Triumph again and we try again and again and we Triumph every Lime. Then comes a Day when we Are brought up Short and we must realize that we Are fallible our judgments Are nol omnipotent. So our triumphs arc matched occasionally stateside in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 31, 1946 the . Security Council announced in London that foreign minister Trygve lie of Norway  advised them Lull he will accept appointment Ai Secretary general of the United nations. 30 years ago today Jan. 31, 1956 Tenley Albright the poised world Champion figure skater from Newton Center mass., who conquered a childhood attack of polio took a decisive Lead Al the Winter olympics in Cortina Italy. 20 years ago today. Jan. 31, 1966 four thousand . Marines landed South of the Central lowlands  Ngai in what was described As the biggest amphibious assault since Inchon in the korean War 10 years ago today. Jan. 31, 1976 most americans believe the country is in a recession and in will Las into 1977, the Blest Harris poll said. The National Public opinion Survey also said most americans believe inflation will be under no Betir control a year from now