European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 11, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 project forecast ii predicts the future of looking at what is technologically feasible by Norman Black a military writer Washington imagine a robot Complete with hands and deployed in space that responds automatically to commands from the ground allowing its controller to feel and see exactly what it does. Consider a new Type of anti Proton propellant so powerful that a spacecraft could Cut weeks off planetary flight or a super cockpit that would literally turn a Pilot s visor into a Road map including Dis plays of enemy forces and essential flight data. Scoff you might but those and other projects now Are officially being imagined by the air Force following a Long Range study dubbed project forecast ii. Begun last summer project forecast brought together experts from the air Force and Industry for what turned out to be eight months of brain storming. Their charge was to break away from conventional thinking and look at what is technologically  i think about every 20 years the air Force needs to do that sort of exercise says Gen. Lawrence a. Skantze who Over saw the study As head of the air Force systems come. The first project forecast was conducted in 1963. It identified several new technologies that were considered revolutionary at the time but which indeed became reality. Among them were reusable space vehicles extra Large cargo planes composite Materi als and High bypass Jet engines. Last month in his state of the Union address president Reagan Drew attention to one of the predictions from the latest project a hypersonic jetliner dubbed the Orient express that could Fly in Low Earth orbit from Washington to Tokyo in two hours. The air Force Calls that the National aerospace plane. From the military s standpoint Skantze says such a plane would offer the Speed of response of an intercontinental ballistic missile and the flexibility and recall ability of a  the hypersonic Jet however is just one of about 70 primary research thrusts identified by the forecast group Skantze says. Between 12 and 20 of those initiatives have been singled out for concentrated study and research he added. Starting in fiscal 1988 the air Force development projects worry Norad officials Colorado Springs Colo. A housing developers Are encroaching almost to the Gates of the North american Aero space defense come Headquarters and air Force officials Are worried about Security. Home buyers apparently Are unconcerned that their properties would be at ground Zero in Case of a nuclear attack on Norad s Cen Ter inside Cheyenne Mountain South of Colo Rado Springs. The Center monitors a world wide network of Early warning radar and satellites in Case of missile attack. The desirability of the Foothills out weighs living next to that said real estate appraiser Michael Pierson. It s Beautiful. If anything like that nuclear attack happened it really would t matter where you lived. I personally would rather be right under it. Just to get it Over  meanwhile the air Force is also faced with developers moving in on two other installations the air Force Academy to the North and the consolidated space operations Center to the East. At Norad col. Bill Butler said Colo Rado Springs officials have agreed not to open up the command s Access Road to Gen eral traffic. We re not trying to prevent anybody Sands of time from developing their property Butler said but development could potentially in crease Security  Jan Slavens air Academy real estate division chief said Academy officials Are having a fit about developers plans to build two office towers across interstate 25 from the Academy. We Don t want a Wall of Glass there in what might be the path of gliders flying off course in the hands of student pilots Sla Vens said. Bill Hurt marketing manager for Briar Gate business Park said he sees no problem and that the five Story office towers would be a Majestic flagship for Well groomed centers for High tech tenants. City manager Larry Blick said the City has agreed to take a look at development along 1-25 in the Academy area. At the consolidated space operations Cen Ter Butler is trying to secure a mile wide undeveloped Buffer around the site. However plenty of development plans Are already on the books for land around the Center. To outright buy All we would like to have is not the smart Way to go Butler said regarding soaring land prices since the Center was announced. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March-11, 1946 about 100,000 spectators assembled in Bombay s Brabourne stadium in India to see the Aga Khan Sultan Mohamed Shaw weighed against 250 pounds of diamonds in Celebration of his Diamond Jubilee As Leader of the Khoja Muslim Community. 30 years ago today. March 11, 1956 violent riots swept Cyprus Crete and Greece in Defiance of Britain s colonial crackdown in Nicosia. Street brawls in Athens and Salonika injured 60persons. 20 years ago today. March 11, 1966 Crown Princess Beatrix future Queen of Holland married her German sweetheart Claus von Amsberg amid soldering dutch resentment that exploded in riots in Amsterdam. 10 years ago today. March 11, 1976 Richard Nixon claimed in a sworn deposition that he did not personally select persons who were the objects of wiretaps Early in his presidency but said it was the responsibility of Secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger. Hopes to begin setting aside about 10 per cent of its $2 billion science and technology budget each year for forecast projects the four Star general said. Skantze outlined some of the predictions during a briefing last month. Among the technologies now considered possible Are remotely controlled robots that can work in space or other dangerous Environ ments. The robot s hands could be moved through instructions Tele transported from the ground Skantze said and the operator of the hand can actually get the Finger feel of what the robot is doing. There Are indications that this is something that we can feasibly  a super cockpit using computerized artificial intelligence systems that would make it possible for pilots to control Jet fighters much faster and Maneu Merable than those of today. The system could in clude a three dimensional visual display that would be projected on the Pilot s Hel met visor simultaneously showing the out Side terrain enemy threats like missiles and essential air plane operating data. Anti Proton  in theory enormous amounts of Energy can be produced by bringing together a positively charged Proton from a Hydrogen atom and a negatively charged anti Proton. Such anti protons have been produced in euro Pean particle accelerators but scientists Don t know How to collect and store them or control the reaction. The  instead of relying on Small numbers of highly capable and expensive satellites for navigation communications and surveillance this concept Calls for putting up Large numbers of inexpensive satellites pyramidal in shape and 12 feet on a Side. Individually each satellite could t do much. But an electronically connected swarm would be highly capable in the aggregate and less vulnerable to enemy at tack. Using exotic materials to produce smaller High temperature Jet engines. Skantze says it appears possible to build a vertical take off Jet that could come close to Matching the High performance of conventional jets. Engines Are now foreseen that would offer a thrust to weight ratio of 20 to-1 instead of 8-to-l by the end of the 1990s." that would eliminate the High fuel consumption that now limits performance he said. Magazine says fast food Foo High in cholesterol cholesterol Levels the effects on coronary death rate in percent of deaths age adjusted in a study of 12,000 White Middle aged men 140 to 159 0.8% 160 to 179 2.1 200 to 219r 12.5 220 to 239 i l3.1 280 to 299 6.4 300 to 319 7.2 320 or More 7/h14.4 note the average cholesterol rate is 210 cholesterol Levels Are measured As milligrams of cholesterol per 100 Millilitres of blood Chicago Tribune graphic source Northwestern University medical school new York a the Chicken fish and French Fries served at some fast food restaurants Are Fried in beef tallow a fat High in artery clogging cholesterol according to a Magazine report. Tests commissioned by science digest found High Levels of beef tallow the fat trimmed from meat cuts and rendered into shortening. It is the Type of sub stance Many cholesterol conscious americans Are trying to avoid when they eat fish or Chicken the Magazine said. Science digest said it commissioned or. Frank sacks of the Harvard medi Cal school to Analyse Chicken fish and French Fries served at Mcdonald a Bur Ger King Howard Johnson s and Ken Tucky Fried Chicken restaurants. Sacks concluded that the fatty acid profiles of Mcdonald s Chicken Mcnuge gets and filet of fish and Burger King s Chicken Sandwich and whaler resembled beef More than Chicken or fish. The favourable fatty acid Content in Chicken and fish is destroyed by the cooking process which involves the addition of beef tallow. Eating Chicken or fish in a fast food restaurant is almost As bad As eating beef he said. Burger King s Chicken Sandwich contained As much fat As l / pints of sea test ice Cream he reported. Beef tallow is highly saturated a chemical classification for fats that Lead the body to produce cholesterol and de crease its ability to break Down and excrete unused cholesterol. Neither Howard Johnson s nor Ken Tucky Fried Chicken used beef tallow. Howard Johnson s Fries were made with Palm Oil which is More highly saturated than tallow and Kentucky Fried Chicken used a heavily saturated vegetable Oil. The Boston Globe reported wednesday that two Days earlier Burger King had switched to a healthier vegetable Oil. Science digest quoted Mcdonald s spokeswoman Terri Capatosto As defend ing the company s frying technique. We use the highest Quality of beef and vegetable shortening and the reason we use that shortening is because it produces the highest Quality finished product and the Best tasting one she said