European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday june 10, 1986 shuttle tragedy blamed on see my from Page 1 millisecond dissection of the Accident with sweeping recommendations far improved management practices. But the focus was on the Booster prob Lem. If the decision makers had known All of inc facts it is highly unlikely that they would have decided to  the com Mission said reporting to Reagan just Over four months after the Jan. 28 disaster the com Mission said challenger struggled futilely against forces triggered immediately after ignition when Gas leaked past the Seal. The leak disappeared for about a minute before n plume of flame burst out shortly after challenger flew through wind shears and emerged from a period of maximum aerodynamic pressure. Thus began a fast sequence of events that led to a massive almost explosive burning of the shuttle fuel. The panel said the shuttle s Crew apparently had no indication of a problem before the rapid breakup of the Craft 73 seconds into flight. The report included several dra Matic color photos of the shuttle falling in pieces toward the Atlantic the victim were Dick Scobee spacecraft commander Michael j. Smith Pilot Judy Resnik Mission specialise Ronald met Mission specialist Ellison Onizuka " specialist Gregory Jarvis a Hugh Engineer and Christa Macau Lilac be first teacher to Fly aboard the shuttle. So acc s widow june Saida waa read ing the report and told a Twer she Hopes the shuttle will Fly again me also said she plans no Legal action injun action with the challenger Accident. A Fol that was important to me was Hirn and nothing will bring him  she Saj Reagan Haupl by the commission members said this has been a difficult passage for Ufa a but we will to on just As the Crew the space shuttle challenger would Haw wanted us  at a jews conference immediately after the vote House ceremony Rogers said Able to determine precisely what occurred adding " t certainly Hope Here will be no nagging questions about  he said the prospects for Safe flight Are very Good if the panel s recommendations Are adopted by Nasa. Bui he added there s always going to be an element of risk and it would be a mistake to think you can eliminate it. Vice chairman Neil Armstrong said he was Uncertain whether Nasa could meet its own target of restoring the shuttle flight by next summer. It certainly is going to be any sooner than that he Saji Rogers panel won Immy Ditc Hise from one key member of Cong red Fiey did a Good and thorough Tahj Kouble if you re going to see any adj Honal reve lations come out said re pal Nelson d fla., House space Suboc Hiitter chairman and passenger a Curie last successful shuttle Mission in j the failure a Niue to a faulty design  to a number of fac tors the pm a concluded. Among those factors a nieces of cold temperatures on Cro rings designed to Seal the to Jato keep hot gases from escaping. Cha Jerger was launched when the temper was 35 degrees 15 degrees colder on any of the 24 earlier shuttle flights. Calling the disaster an Accident rooted in  the commission said he so nue Itce of events begun with the faulty design a situation worsened As both Nasa and contractor management first failed to recognize it As a problem then failed to fix it and finally treated it As an acceptable flight  the commission said the shuttle should not have been launched and would t have been if lop launch managers had been aware of opposition from rocket engineers who feared the effects of cold temperatures. The panel also said the shuttle s Crew apparently had no indication of a problem before the rapid breakup of he Craft 73 seconds into flight. There were no alarms sounded in the cockpit where the seven astronauts Rode or in Mission control. There was nothing hat either the Crew at the ground control lers could have done to Avert the catastrophe concluded the pan. Although inc we Effon called for Many changes in Nasu re times the final report singled out the Mcnail space night Center at Huntsville a he facility which oversaw the Coste Hoket program. The report said  from management Isola re needs to be eliminated whether to Gas of personnel organization indic Kati Norall  panel also pointedly criticized Law a re acc Mulloy the Nasa official who was in charge of the solid rocket motor program at the Lime of the launch for providing testimony that was contradicted by other facts developed in the Case. It added that Nasa should give full consideration to conducting lest firings an a re designed rocket in a vertical configuration a plan that some Nasa officials have said previously could delay the return of the shuttle to space Well beyond the july 19b7 target Date. The commission report tade these other recommendations specifying that Nasa should see untie formation of an Independent committee to oversee the redesign Effort on he Booster rocket overhaul its shuttle management sys tem to give the program manager now As in january. Arnold Aldrich of the John son space Center greater authority and set up n shuttle Jia Fety panel including representatives from ther astronaut corps. Establish a new safety organization Thill would be Independent of other Nasa program responsibilities conduct a comprehensive review of All items whose performance Are deemed Crit ical to shuttle flights. It said the orbiter s tires brakes and steering systems do not have sufficient safety  make All Effort to provide a Crew escape system during the orbiter s gliding descent from orbit As Well As provide for greater emergency Landing possibilities in the event that two or three of the shuttle s main engines fail during ascent. Establish a flight schedule More consistent with its resources and Slop the practice of removing parts from one shuttle to Supply  Waldheim from Page 1 Onist circles resorted to a flagrant interference in the pre election struggle and launched a Campaign of personal hostile attacks against Waldheim in an attempt to influence the  in Washington White House spokes Man Larry up cakes said monday that Waldheim As austrian chief of state would be exempt from . Law that bars anyone who participated in world War ii nazi persecutions from entering the United slates. He said president Reagan planned to Send the usual diplomatic letter to the new president later in he Day. In London labor lawmaker Greville Jauier a Ramineni member of the jewish pneumonia stricken go Dies in army Hospital Ansbach Germany a 25-year-old 1st army div Soldier suffering from pneumonia died two Days after he was admitted to he army Hospital in Nuernberg a Divi Sion spokesman said monday. Spec 4 Tommy l. Willingham of he Btry 2nd in 78th Field arty was pronounced dead at about 5 46 . Saturday by Hospital officials aids to. Gary Possell the spokesman. Possell said an autopsy is scheduled to determine the exact cause of death. Willingham was from Camilla Ca. Survivors include or wife Regina Quieti win Ingham of Columbia . Community said Waldheim should be treated As an outcast and banned from Brit Ain. Austrian newspapers hailed the elec Tion great Victory for Kurt Waldheim headlined the tabloid neut Kronen 2cl Tung the country s largest paper. An answer to the slanderers the front Page ban Ner said. Meanwhile Austria s socialist Chan cellar Fred Sinowitz 57, resigned monday after Waldheim Defeated his party s Candi Date sin Walz was succeeded by Franz Van Tizzy the 49-year-old socialist finance min ister. The socialists remained in control of the government forming a Coati Lioa with the Small Freedom party. In Bonn German president Richard von Weizsacker on monday sent a Tele Gram congratulating Waldheim on his elec Tion Victory. Heinz Galinski the Leader of West Ber Lin jewish Community said in an inter View with the Cologne express newspaper that Waldheim s election Campaign had renewed anti semitic feelings in new York world jewish Congress spokesman clan Steinberg said we have presidents who Are murderers. We have presidents who Are torturers. We now have a president who is a  in France French minister for human rights Claude Mal Hurt said monday he would recommend to the government that France not receive Waldheim. In Paris Simone veil. � leading French politician and a jewish survivor of the Auschwitz death Camp said monday she regretted that the world jewish Council launched the Waldheim affair if there were no precise proofs against the newly elected austrian president. Veil president of the european Liberal group in the european parliament in Stras Bourg said that nazi Hunter sir nun Wiesenthal had immediately warned that Al though Waldheim apparently lied and that his past was not irreproachable in the final analysis he behaved like Many Ger Man and austrian soldiers during he  i almost prefer the reaction of the soviet Union veil said in a radio interview. It is less hypocritical because it is very Well known now under what conditions or. Waldheim was elected Secretary general of the United nations. All the great Powers in fact knew what his wartime role bad been in Vienna Wiesenthal called monday for the United Stales Britain and other nations to form a special committee to examine Waldheim s War records up re ported beards from pegs 1 says he said. The ban applied by Yost a 35-year coast guard Veteran applies to both the 39.000 Active duty personnel and the coast guard s 12,000 reservists who perform navigation search and Rescue and boating safety services in peacetime. A previous prohibition on beards was lifted in the late 1960s or Early 1970s, Accord ing to chief warrant officer Paul c. Scott in the coast guard s Washington Public affairs office. Highlights of report Washington a Here Are highlights of the presidential commis Sion on the space shuttle  Jed reaction toils findings cause the Accident had 3 single direct cause _ failure of a Leal in the space shuttle Booster rocket. Contributing factors Nasa operated a silent safely program that concealed problems from top launch managers. Other areas of concern the or her s tires brakes and steer ing systems. Escape there were no alarms sounded in the cockpit. There was nothing thai either the Crew or inc ground con trollers could have done o Avert Ehe  Basic recommendation redesign the joint before restarting the shuttle program and review All items whose performance is critical to shuttle flights including Crew escape systems. Analysis when the shuttle returns to orbit the spaceship will be a different Bird. There will be changes in he nearly so systems Nasa has identified As potentially dangerous. Military payloads and astronauts will dominate the flights. There will be no space amateurs such a teach ers or lawmakers or journalists on Board for Many flights to come. The space Agency will have a new tighter management Structure and Mare voices will be involved in deciding whether to Bunch. Temperatures l has b2 44 m 71 n 41 it n 79 � 4? 71a is 44 11h n is nit ii m 71 49 ii /771 n 54 a n a 11 Sid 41 71 17 71 it 70 it to 17 74 a a a i Blill-01birmingham blow Solon Bull Ala Burll notch chief Tullon so. Chief Elfon. . 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