European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday february 23,1986 panel finds no evidence of Nasa pressure br4gham City Utah a members of  Sim pm Sion investigating the shuttle Chal Lenger disaster a of tie is no indication that Nasa pressured Morion  to a launch despite their concerns Over cold Cal Hurt we looked into that quite deeply bar David Acheson a Washington attorney sail nine hour session Friday at the Utah facility where firm manufactures rocket boosters for the shuttles. You have to look very very hard and want to find it. And 1 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 techno found no indication of coercion on the part of Acheson answered that s a fair  the commission s visit to the Morton  which was to continue saturday came a a Many offi Cial revealed that an ice team in airing challenger before last month s disastrous lauj0fmade a temperature Reading of minus 8 degrees &0ffnheit on a strut that Hel the space shuttle s  rocket Booster in place. The official Whorf fated on condition of anonymity said the company Aiila never have Given Nasa a go ahead to launch Harp Ninon about the temperature Reading Butas not passed along to the firm. Commission members met with several of Thi Okol s in a incurs 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 professional engineering  among the engineers interviewed Wasj Tor of the firm s shuttle solid Ftp ticket program Wren Bijj Cito agree to  mcdonanatwpcriji1mrrulcd him after discussions with  go ahead for a launch.  Conli Rifon members were told of5ns that confirm cd flu a discussion and Sarg Umcil Over the  Acheson said Macdonald s Boss Joe idol s vice president for the space Booster program we available Friday but would be among 10 to 12 Shioko 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 temperatures recorded by the ice team could have caused the Booster rocket s o ring seals to freeze and lose flexibility permitting the hot rocket exhaust to Burn its Way through the Gap in the two segments. Preliminary investigations have raised the suggestion that the challenger explosion May have occurred after the strut was broken pcrhapsbccl0wticat from the flame that seemed to  broken Seal causing the Booster to tied Jrsn into the tank.  attaches the Booster to the shuttle. Flank 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 sup cold fuel tank toward the Booster or by an undetected leak in the fuel tank. Pc 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 by an it contains. Nature 6n the left rocket Booster remained Ata constant a graces according to the Morton Thi Okol official. The ice team  were not brought to the attention of launch offi Nii to engineers who made the temperature readings. Aviation my a and science technology Magazine have reported How the Reading 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  said saturday s actions by Enrile and Ramos do indicate now that they were part of an aborted coup d eat and assassination attempt which was supposed to take place  the plot and conspiracy was aborted after our men captured some of the officers within the presidential Security unit who revealed the conspiracy Marcos said. A Man identified As a personal guard of first lady Imelda Marcos read on television confession of his participation in the alleged , watching Marcos broadcast said the president s version was a lot of Bull. Eve Ery time something happens they smear pc  said generals Loyal to Marcos had intended to arrest All leaders of the opposition and members of a military Reform movement. He added i imagine orders like this would come from the highest  a spokesman for Aquino who was in the Central philippine City of Cebu said she would not make any statement until further developments. Aquino has claimed she won the election and has called for a Boycott of Marcos government. Enrile said the rebellious troops would make a stand at the Camp. But he said he had talked to armed forces chief Gen. Fabian c. Ver a staunch Marcos supporter on the Telephone and received a commitment Camp Aguinaldo would not be  the news conference Enrile acknowledged the 200,000-Strong military was split Over whether to Back the rebels or Marcos. Ramos said they had support in Al branches of the military. As Marcos spoke on television Ramos left the Camp saying he wanted to talk tothe president. But Enrile later said Ramos had gone to adjacent Camp crame where the National constabulary that Ramos com mands has its Headquarters. In Washington state department spokesman Joe reap and White House spokesman Ben Jarratt both said they were watching the situation closely. They both refused further comment. Manila roman Catholic Cardinal Jaime sin said in a radio broadcast he was willing to act As a mediator declaring let us no tallow a drop of blood to be  Ramos told the news conference there is not going to be any shooting. It will no Start from us. It will be started by the groups that arc Loyal to. The  Enrile a Harvard educated lawyer who has been in Marcos government since it came to Power 20 years ago told reporters that Marcos should step Down while therein still  the president did not win the  should respect the people Enrile said. Asked if he and Ramos would support Aquino Enrile said we Are morally committed. I believe in my whole heart an mind that she was duly elected president of the  Marcos said last sunday that Ramos would become interim armed forces chief to succeed the resigning ver but then he Laidver would stay on until March i to bid Farewell to units in the Field. Ramos 57, said saturday that in announcing ver s resignation Marcos was just fooling us fooling the entire  i am resigning from the armed forces ofor. Marcos and All his minions. I am Mak ing myself available to serve the armed forces of the people he said. Heavily armed soldiers guarded the de sense ministry Headquarters As Ramos and Enrile spoke and a helicopter ferried in 10sacks of weapons. Changes from 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 it need to be changed. The Senate panel s  publicly revealed  special commission jul punned by president Reagan unveils its own Pla-., the sources  panel was scheduled to report its proposal to Reagan on  armed services committee s Effort in led chiefly by its chairman sen.l-ariz., and sen. San nun d-ga., the commit unveiled  abolish and replaced it with Anent military advisory Council of senior officers. It would have also streamline the office of Secretary of defense. But in 23 Days of hearings Many of the45 witnesses who testified on the proposal strongly fs., opposed eliminating the join chiefs the package that is being drafted by the panel is similar to a Bill the House j last Novin. Term of the Lairman of the pcs from two to four years designates him As the principal Mili adviser to the president and gives him Jyi Rne Deputy and control of the pc set the the Packa i encourages the promo Tion of officers  in com manding joint units such Kinavy and air Force the sources said. Ariane from a usual East West orbit. Because geographic location that meant engine 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 at Orealis or Northern lights. But the most important Amr Tatjie pack age was the 2,3 Billi nit Lii $325 million French design import 1 direct Earth Obser vation spot i will be capable of sending Back 900,000 High Resolution photographs of the Earth s surface a year. Only about 10 re cent of the photos will be usable because of Cloud cover but the commercial applications Are expected to be significant. Missing had been reported miser Home in Heidelberg was found sat urday at a German residence in Darmstadt by 527th 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 and minerals and impede directly for those 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. Fri coals of French National Center for Dies in Toulouse where spot 1 was  that Al systems were hmm Uig entirely As expected and the  photos should be received by the week. We have Friendly forces in the army Navy air Force and marines Ramos said. I ask personnel of the armed forces and other de cent people to join us in this  Enrile said the commanders of All major armed services May be with the president but i am confident that decent elements inthe military will know How to Deal with the situation. The Day of reckoning is a  . Rep. Stephen Solan  who Heads a House subcommittee on asian affairs said the move by Ramos and Enrile could be the beginning of the end of the Marcos  Ramos was acting commander of the philippine armed forces while ver was being tried last year on conspiracy charges in the 1983 assassination of Benigno Aquino. Ver and 25other people charged in Aquino s death were acquitted in november. Temperatures february ii Jar quo is 22 t is 64 141 s4 39 s3 23 40 61 70 b34 4 13 39 21 14 Bui is 74 it u i 17 10 l.31 it on 22 30 Tei .10 44 Dallai 17 49 Danvi 4 27 of ii Fargo 14 it Harta ii hoi. 50 5t houtionj13 21 Kantar 43 a univ r Orleans York City f Portland  haitian is. Lull is. Palt Burg Salt Lam Colv Sandlow san  sir acute  Wichita Europea Vealier for Catl for morning fog toc Aavo and tout Saitom quip act along chg j from tin uproar Towar Zittra. R Outlook for t and Northern Southam _ now. Ullola can a Tiv Douds tit of with pal div. Gum wow in  i. Alt noon now Thowarth coat. 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