European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 2. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 Wiesbaden City of Charm and variety Koimn fur its enticing spilt antique so arcs and Casino. Wiesbaden Ako hag Many pubs with s Tulcus of historic Fig ures and quid pools and Ponds. The Pardon Willhi los Wrasse just behind the state theater is a natural place for snapping photos for hi1 summer vacation album left. K takes Luo tit Kinder lie  of the Park above left. Water unlike Oliosi Jit lop right Are abundant in the Parli Sis photos b Steve Pullon x ". \ Aid in Africa a plane owned by the . Agency for International development flies Nihro Riih n Locust swarm in Ethiopia. Aid is helping organize a Small Fleet of aircraft to control the insect plague affecting several areas of Africa. Vandenberg spaceport won t be used until 92 Washington up the Cali fornia shuttle Complex a ill be shut until1992 and the Pentagon will rely More heavily on a a Fleet of unmanned Booster rockets to revitalize is space program. Air Force Secretary Edward Aldridge said thursday. At the same time. Aid Ridge said he disc ski d with French officials the possibility of launching unclassified navigation satellites aboard France s ariane rocket to help make up the bad stg in . Space Shols caused by the loss of the challenger shuttle and two Booster Rock ets the Titan-34ij7 and the Delia. Aldridge did not elaborate. A shift toward relying chiefly on a Elcel of 35 Booster rockets of two differ ent types to launch satellites and a Thor pay loads into orbit Between now and1492 is the Central feature of a s2.6 Bil lion five year Effort to recover from the challenger explosion that severely crippled the . Space program. In addition Titan-2 rockets will be convened from Neduar armed intercontinental ballistic missiles to boosters for satellite payloads. The 1978 decision to rely solely on the shuttle As the . Launch vehicle for satellites was a major mistake. And we re paying the Price  Aldridge said. The next shuttle High is Noi expected until february i9b8 and the first of the new boosters a Titan-4. Is scheduled for launch Laic  year Aldridge said. Both will go from the Kennedy space Center at Cape canaveral fla., and a Tilan 341 7 will be launched from Vandenberg Ash in California Early next year he. Said. Aldridge said the s3 billion Vanden Berg shuttle launch Complex will be completed As scheduled during the next year but that it will not be used at least until 1992. It will he put in a caretaker stale with about half of its Normal comple ment of 2, Kkt employees until Early 1992. It will not be mothballed Aldridge snapped in response to a question. Mol Balling to me is to close the door and that s not what we re going to  president Reagan has not yet decided whether to build a fourth shuttle to re place the challenger orbiter which was destroyed shortly after launch Jan. 28with the loss of seven lives