European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the St Lyls and stripes thursday August 21. 19b6 of officer to head Kennedy space Center Cape canaveral Fla. Up la. Gen. For rest s. Mccartney commander of the air Force space c omd was named director of Nasa s Kennedy space Corner wednesday in a move that promises to give the military a More visible Rote in the shuttle program. Mccartney. 55, replaced Richard Smith director of the Florida Shults port for the past seven years. Smith announced his retirement july 10 to become president and chief executive officer of general space corp. Smith s retirement followed the resignation of Wil Liam Lucas As director of the Marshall space flight Center in Huntsville ala., where the shuttle s solid fuel rocket boosters Are managed but Smith denied lie was pressured to leave the National aeronautics and space administration As a result of the Jan. 23 Chal Lenger disaster. Among the possible candidates As replacements for Smith were Mccartney and astronaut Robert Crippin Veteran of four shuttle Mission Mccartney s appoint Nicini had a can rumoured for weeks at Ilie space renter. Ind the Pentagon made it official wednesday when defense Secretary Caspa Weinberger announced that president Reagan nominated the general to Lake Over on alignment from the air Force effective oct. I. General Mccartney s Clow association with our nation s space program and his outstanding manage ment record make him an excellent Choice to become director of the Kennedy space Center said space Agency administrator James Fletcher. Mccartney s assignment will give the defense department a More visible role in the civilian shuttle program. Richard truly associate administrator of Nasa and chief of the shuttle program is an Active rear Admiral. Thomas Ulsan acting director of the Kennedy space Center tuesday said Mccartney is a outstand ing Leader who has wide experience in rocketry and management. Mccartney was born March 23. 1931, in fort Payne. Ala. After graduation from Gulfport military Academy in 1949, he attended the Alabama polytechnic Institute in Auburn and earned a degree in electrical engineering in 1951. Three years later Mccartney completed a master s degree in nuclear engineering from the air Force Zinsli Lute of technology and also is a graduate of inc armed forces staff College in Norfolk a. Mccartney entered he air Force in pc Lober 1952 and was assigned to the air Force logistics come a Robins . He later was transferred to inc air Force Eastern test Range at Patrick fab Fla. Near the Kennedy space Center and went on to become commander of the air Force space come. Aerospace firms gear up for satellite business space Center Houston a have rockets will launch is the message from companies gearing up to grab their share of an estimated s6 Bil lion space launch business created by the government s decision to err nov com Mercial satellites from Nasa s shuttle. Companies that manufacture or Are planning to launch space rockets said their phones started ringing earlier this month when Dumois circulated about the change in government policy. President Reagan confirmed the re mors Friday by announcing that Only 14of 44 satellites scheduled for the shuttle would be carried into orbit once the Craft resumes flights in i9s8. And on tuesday Martin Marietta announced that in is offering its Titan ii to launch commercial satellites. We be had enough inquiries and Market analysis to believe that there is a Market there. Until the president made the announcement the other Day we weren t sure it was a viable business said spokesman Jack Boyd we exam ined in and have now decided it is so we will go bade to the people who made the inquiries and other  Denver based Martin Marietta said Ilis the Only company in the nation currently operating a  line for space launch vehicles and the first launch could be As soon As Early 1989. Tilani have had 129 successful flights in 134 launches the last iwo failed. Reagan s announcement was a Green Light Tor the Elv expendable launch vehicle Industry. We anticipate a very Strong investor response said Mark Daniels of space services inc. Daniels said space services has signed two customers to launch a total of eight satellites on its Conestoga ii capable of pulling Only 300 pounds into a High Orbil the first launch is expected late next year. Rick Endres corporate vice president of transp acc carriers inc. Which owns the marketing rights to the Delta rocket said his company believes there is a need for 120 satellite launches both military and commercial Over inc neat six years. Endres estimates that satellite launch service from now until 1992 represents about a s6 billion business and other companies confirm the estimate. Transp acc already has signed two Cus Tomer said Endres and received about 20" expressions of serious interest. Jack Isabel of general dynamics which makes the Atlas Centaur said seven companies have made inquiries. He said his firm exec cos a need for 15 to16 Bunches a year in the Long term. Commercial services would use government launch facilities. Most of the companies Are wailing for decisions by the air Force before making major commitments. Endres said there Are Only three completed Delia rockets and one of those will be used by Nasa to Bunch an indonesian satellite. The air Force has first claim on the other two Complete deltas and on eight hat were Roth Ballad before they were finished. Transp acc cannot make final launch plans until the air Force releases its claim he said. He sex a cols though to launch a private Delta Fay the fall of 1987. Seeing in the dark Hughes aircraft employee James Flynn checks a Rao Clup of the company s Irmal i a Sung my action set � new night vision system being devel oped to give nary f-1b Pilot the ability to make High Speed Low level at tacks on ground target shrouded la darkness smoke or Hue. Massachusetts teen wins Nasa contest Cape canaveral Fla