European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Magazine the evolution of the Titan Sines a writ launching in 1859, the Titan sol rules of Rock at has grown r and More Veruille. Titan 340first flight t9bf  pork my Uki Elf a Fli Flohl 187 Kull Lonj Ltd gun t #0 a toy told Viking Ditc a Tomar his in Voy roof than 3fe Anna spit a m Flatt in girl t0fl5length 18o Tal it Toad Vorih  ttun2/cnmrrtt night 1964 Lon loft 1o9tl ply Oao gemini Spac Branand inc Tilro Natl tkm34d7 spec shuttle length 104 i Milf a a film 1 so 1 payload time a is Natl 1b4 enl Cir Oei Ai shuttle a l. Giro naut. Ugh Moi. Klentine big plans forthe newest Titan by William j. Broad new York times a n old air Force Roc feet Hal has evolved dramatically since its first lights25 years ago will soon be powerful enough and Large enough 1o rival in space shuttle in its capacity to Cany Large payloads into space. The firs of these shuttle sized rockets is to Roll of the Assembly line in 1988, and us impending arrival has already prompted debate in the White House. Congress Ana the aerospace Industry Over its ability to compete with the Shullie and Ihus to play a Pivotal role in the Era after the challenger disaster. The challenger exploded on Jan. 28. Killing seven astronauts and destroying a $ 100 million satellite. The big new rocket is viewed As a Way of reducing the nation s Reliance on the shuttles which Are seen by some experts As too unreliable and dangerous. Two years ago. The air Force lobbied successfully or s2 billion Worth of the big new rockets because in cared a Shullie catastrophe might ground the nation s shuttle Fleet and halt Tho launching of important military payloads. Nasa ought the rival rocket but lost because of arguments concerning National  now. Amid the shuttle crisis he rocket is being considered for an even bigger role. The air Owca which he 10 of the rockets on order is in the process of requesting 13 More to increase ils ability to launch shuttle sized military payloads. In addition planners in the aerospace Industry and at the National aeronautics and space administration Are weighing the possibility of putting civilian and scientific payloads on the rocket especially it the shuttle program proves slow in regaining its momentum. We could l handle a Mission like space lab said Gareth d. Flora vice preside/11 Lor business development at Martin Marietta aerospace in Denver the prime contractor for the Rockel. But we be looked at launching  kinds of planetary probes and we can handle All v ads of missions to geosynchronous and Tow Erith  space Agency officials bitterly opposed to the Rockel two years ago seem almost resigned Loday to its expanding Rote in the nation s space program. Nasa s position in he past was Fiat every Hirtz should go in the  said Samuel w. Keller. To space Agency s Deputy associate administrator for space science and applications. Now we re More open minded. Over Ime i think Well be less inclined to do a manned launch unless there s a Good reason to have n  he snid the Agency is considering to possibility of launching several scientific Missios on shuttle sized rackets and added  deployment of even extremely Complex payloads such As Nasa s $ 1 billion Hubble space Telescope originally scheduled to be launched on a Shullie this year was no Oul of the question. The future role of the big Rochel is currently being debated by the White House and ils National Security Council which Are planning the Mission and Lunding needs of the nation s space program. Key issues Are whether la build is completely new Lype o futuristic space transportation construct a reusable shuttle to replace challenger expand the nation s sleet of expendable rockets and give military payloads lop priority on different types of launching vehicles. The decisions on such issues could prompt expenditures of $5 billion to $7 billion. Key in such discussions is the big new rocket known As the Titan 34d7 or in a reference to ils ability to handle shut so sized payloads. A comply Mellary expendable launch vehicle cell. More than 200 feel tall the big Tolan is the newest member of a family of rockets that got its Starl More than a Quarter of a Century ago. The Titan 34d7 has targe solid fuelled rocket boosters made up of seven main segments whereas ils predecessor the Sectler and less powerful Titan 3lo, has Boosler rockets of live segments. Arthur e. Koski. Director o Public affairs for Mamin Marietta aerospace said the explosion last month of a Tilan 34d at the Vandenberg air Force base in California did not Cloud the future of the 34d7. Adding thai the preponderance of successful launching in the Tilan family made the 34d7 quite attractive to planners. The Tilan record is close to the Best in the  to said. These Evalti Canary systems Ore probably the right Way logo. They be grown to meet the needs of different payloads and All kinds of upper  ii nothing else the big than will be used to carry Large military satellites into orbits As High As 23,000 Miles above the Earth a feat that lies beyond the current generation of air Force rockets. The Titan s payload fairing is the exact size of the payload Bay of the space shuttle according to John e. Pike director of space policy Tor the federation of american scientists in Washington. Air Force payloads Lor the big Titan include Large satellites Tor Early warning of nuclear attack for communications Lor snooping on electronic signals and possibly for navigation. An additional air Force Mission could be the launching of Large photo graph in spy satellites that were originally to be compatible Only w the the space shuttle. Known As Kh-12, this new generation Ospy satellites was la a lined Inlo Polar orbits from a new Shullie launching pad at the Vandenberg fab. Now with the shuttle Fleet grounded and the nation reliant on a single photographic spy satellite in orbit an older Khz 11. Attention has turned to launching the Kh-12 to on titans instead of shuttles. The Bird would probably have to be  Pete said noting Hal payload support structures of an expendable rocket Are different from those of a shuttle. In addition a launching area for a Titan 34o7 would have to be built at Vanderberg on the West coast. Two years ago. The National plan was to have a Titan 3407 launching pad Only at a Kennedy space Center in Florida but now the air Force says it is considering a West coast Sile As Well. Sunday june 8, 1966 the stars and stripes Page 13