European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes sunday february 23, 1986panel finds no evidence of Nasa pressure Brigham City Utah a members of the presidential commission investigating the shuttle Chal Lenger disaster say there is no indication that Nasa pressured Morton Thi Okol officials to agree to a launch despite their concerns Over cold weather. We looked into that quite deeply commission Mem Ber David Acheson a Washington attorney said after a nine hour session Friday at the Utah facility where the firm manufactures rocket boosters for the shuttles. You have to look very very hard and want to find it. And i Don t mean that you find it when you  when asked if he and fellow commission members aerospace consultant Robert Rummel and Eugene Covert a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of technology found no indication of coercion on the part of Nasa Acheson answered that s a fair  the commission s visit to the Morton Thi Okol Plant which was to continue saturday came As a company offi Cial revealed that an ice team inspecting challenger before last month s disastrous launch made a temperature Reading of minus 8 degrees fahrenheit on a strut that held the space shuttle s suspect right rocket Booster in place. The official who talked on condition of anonymity said the company would never have Given Nasa a go ahead to launch had it known about the temperature Reading but the data was not passed along to the firm. Commission members met with several of Thi Okol s engineers to go Over their conversations with Nasa about their hesitations to give a go ahead for the Jan. 28 launch because of the cold weather. We pried into it quite a lot to make sure we understood what happened Acheson said. So far it looks like a professional engineering  among the engineers interviewed was Allan Mcdonald director of the firm s shuttle solid fuel rocket program who refused to agree to the launch. Mcdonald s superiors overruled him after discussions with Nasa and gave their go ahead for a launch. Acheson said the commission members were told of conversations that confirmed thorough discussion and some argument Over the  Acheson said Macdonald s Boss Joe Kilm Nisler Thio Kol s vice president for the space Booster program was not available Friday but would be among 10 to 12 Thi Okol engineers involved in the decision making process who have been called to appear before the commission on tues Day and wednesday in Washington. Engineers Here have said the Low temperature recorded by the ice team could have caused the Booster rocket s o Reg seals to freeze and lose flexibility permitting the hot rocket exhaust to Burn its Way through the Gap in the to segments. By investigations have raised the suggestion Allenger explosion May have occurred after the Phelimina that the Chall strut was broken perhaps because of heat from the flame that seemed to emerge from the broken Seal causing the Booster to tilt and crash into the tank. The strut in question attaches the Booster to the shuttle fuel tank and terminates near the joint Between Booster components. The Seal at that joint is the Center of suspicion in the shuttle disaster. Officials have said the extraordinarily Low temperatures could have been caused by a Strong wind blowing past the super cold fuel tank toward the Booster or by an undetected leak in the fuel tank. Pre launch air temperatures the focus of concern of Nasa launch decision makers never dipped below the mid-20s. The right Booster was downwind from the shuttle s external fuel tank which reaches temperatures Well below freezing because of the super cold liquid oxygen and Hydrogen it contains. The temperature on the left rocket Booster remained at a constant 28 degrees according to the Morton Thi Okol official. The ice team readings apparently were not brought to the attention of launch officials by engineers who made the temperature readings. Aviation week and science technology Magazine have reported that the readings were taken out of curiosity by an inspector whose responsibility was to inspect for ice damage to the launch pad and shuttle. Marcos from Page 1 Nila. Cardinal Jaime sin called on the filipino people to Back Enrile and Ramos. I am in deep concern about the situation of minister Enrile and general Ramos sin said. I am calling our people to sup port our two Good  by Midnight saturday eight hours after the Mutiny began thousands of filipinos heeding sin s Appeal Over Church run radio Veritas gathered outside . Chants of Cory Cory Aquino s Nick name and Marcos concede roared from the crowd. Aquino was holding a rally in the Central City of Cebu when the revolt in Manila occurred. She was believed to be in hiding amid unconfirmed reports that Marcos had issued a warrant for her arrest. Enrile said Marcos aides met two weeks ago to draw up plans for the arrest of Aqui no and some Cabinet members. He also mid a hit list of opposition leaders existed. The developments unfolded within hours of the departure to Washington of special us. Envoy Philip Habib who met with Marcos for a second time earlier in the Day. Habib was dispatched to Manila by presi Dent Reagan to assess the Post election Cri Sis a week ago. The Reagan administration endorsed saturday the charges of election fraud by the two military officials and said the United states supports a Quick Resolution of the new turmoil. In a statement approved by Reagan the White House took note of the resignations of Enrile and Ramos. These statements that Marcos should resign strongly reinforce our concerns that the recent presidential elections were marred by fraud perpetuated overwhelmingly by the ruling party so extreme As to undermine the credibility and the legitimacy of the election and impair the capacity of the government of the Philippines to Cope with a growing insurgency and a troubled Economy the White House said. Many authoritative voices in the Philippines have been raised in support of non violence the White House said. We support these voices and expect them to be respected the statement said. We also support Resolution of the issues involved by All the people of the Philippines As quickly As possible. Deputy press Secretary Edward Djerejian told reporters that Reagan who was spending the weekend at Camp David approved the statement in a is mute Confer ence Call with his advisers Early saturday afternoon. In a nationally televised address Marcos accused Ramos and Enrile of plotting to assassinate him and first lady Imelda mar cos in a coup that was aborted at the last minute. We Are not making a coup right now Enrile said we Are merely defending our selves. This is not just our fight but the fight of the entire filipino  at least two helicopters landed at the defense ministry shortly before the revolt was announced. Soldiers carried away sacks of automatic weapons and soldiers with ammunition strapped around them took up positions on the roof. After the announcement of the Mutiny several other philippine leaders resigned including Navy capt. Jose Roilo Golcz the postmaster general and supreme court associate Justice Nestor Alampay Veritas radio reported. Enrile and Ramos accused Marcos of directing massive cheating and armed intimidation to officially defeat Aquino in the election. Enrile said Marcos personally ordered him to Rig the vote in his changes from Page 1 Deputy chairman who would outrank the chiefs of each service defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberg or generally opposes any Reform arguing that the system is working Well and does not need to be changed. The Senate panel s package will not be publicly revealed until after a separate special commission appointed by president Reagan unveils its own plan the sources said. That panel was scheduled to report its proposal to Reagan on Friday. The armed services committee s Effort has been led chiefly by its chairman. Sen. Barry Goldwater r-ariz., and sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., the ranking Democrat. The committee s original draft proposal unveiled last year would have abolished the five member pcs and replaced it with an Independent military advisory Council of senior officers. It would have also streamlined the office of Secretary of defense. But in 23 Days of hearings Many of the 45 witnesses who testified on the proposal strongly opposed eliminating the joint chiefs. The package that is being drafted by the panel is similar to a Bill the House passed last november the sources said. That measure doubles the term of the chairman of the pcs from two to four years designates him As the principal Mili tary adviser to the president and gives him a full time Deputy and control of the pcs staff. The package also encourages the promo Tion of officers with experience in com manding joint units such As both Navy and air Force the sources said. Ariane from Page 1 usual East West orbit. Because of Kourou s geographic location that meant engineers had Only a limited 10-minute launch win Dow to work with. The payload contained the swedish scientific satellite Viking designed to study the Earth s magnetic Fields and the Aurora boreal is or Northern lights. But the most important pan of the pack age was the 2.3 billion franc $325 million French designed spot i direct Earth Obser vation satellite. Spot 1 will be capable of sending Back 900,000 High Resolution photographs of the Earth surface a year. Only about 10 per cent of the photos will be usable because of Cloud cover but the commercial applications Are expected to be significant. Missing girl found Heidelberg an american teen Ager who had been reported missing from her Home in Heidelberg was found sat urday at a German residence in Darmstadt by s27th military police and German police an army spokesman said Here sat urday. The girl was identified As Kim Sto Vall daughter of it. Col. Willard Stovall. The photos Are to be sold for use in map Ping surveys to help determine agriculture and climate patterns in the search for Oil and minerals and to help in Urban planning. Spot 1 will compete directly for those markets with the already successful us. Landsat series of observation satellites. Spot 1 is designed to make a revolution of the Earth about every 90 minutes repeating the same track every 26 Days. Officials of French National Center for space studies in Toulouse where spot 1 was developed reported saturday that All systems were functioning entirely As expected and the first experimental photos should be received by the Middle of next week. Home province. Ramos appealed to All military units in broadcasts Over Church run radio to join us in this crusade for better government. I m motivated very simply by the urgent desire for a better future for the Small peo ple who have been pushed around by Power Ful officers and political figures Ramos said. We realize the Gravity of the situation Enrile said. If we have to lose our lives we will do it. But it s our duty that the Sov Ereign will of the people expressed through the ballot Box is  the Marcos controlled National Assem Bly officially declared his re election last week after a vote marred by reports of widespread fraud and terrorism that left some 140 people dead in election related violence. Independent vote counts showed Aquino was the Winner. Temperatures february ii l h31 m n 54 is 22 54 44 41 54n a n m Al 70 14 41n � 11 14 55 7434 u 17 30 31 16n 10 10 4417 49 4 27� ii 14 Ita a a 5tu n 41 a  Anchorage Atalanta Allan la  a in Birmingham Bosto Burlington Charlton . Char Tilon . 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