European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday novembers. 1986 the space shuttle discovery is moved irom the vehicle Assembly building to a processing lad Lity it Kennedy sue Center. Al to prepare for february 1988 Bunch. New shuttle May be delayed up to 1 year by the Cox news service Atlanta rear adm. Richard truly head of Nasa s beleaguered space shuttle program said in an interview that work on a replacement for the challenger May be delayed almost a year the latest complication for a space Agency still recovering from the worst Accident in spaceflight history. Truly said the delay poses a particular problem Forus and could jeopardize the Agency s ability to meet its new flight schedule. Congress last month approved the largest National aeronautics and space administration budget in history in part to cover the Cost of the new s2.2 billion shuttle. Although the budget contains a  More than $200 million on the new spacecraft con Gress constrained the Agency from spending it until almost the end of the fiscal year truly said. As now planned construction of the fourth Shuttl cannot begin until August 1987 at the earliest. Truly said with delivery of he completed vehicle not expected until late 1991 almost sin years after Chal Lenger and its Crew were lost. Truly said the Agency initially had hoped the space temperatures Craft could be ready to join Nasa s shuttle Fleet by 1990. Our plan was to gel started almost immediately truly said. We need that payload Bay. The sooner we can get that orbiter delivered the sooner the Fleet willbe Back to the size we think we need. A six-Lo-12 month delay represents loss  More than a simple replacement for the shuttle that exploded on Jan. 28, the new spacecraft will incorporate All the technical lessons the space Agency has Learned from five years of shuttle flights including new inboard computer and avionics improved fuel cells better brakes and stronger Landing gear. Nasa says it needs the new shuttle in service by the Early 1990s to help build an $8 billion space nation and at the same time handle a series of key defens department missions. The space station alone will re quire up to 32 separate shuttle flights. Construction of the new orbiter will allow Stock Well International the program s prime contractor to reopen its dormant shuttle production line. However truly said the Agency is still worried about losing trained technicians due to the latest  have a number of subcontractors for the orbiter that i Don t want to see go Oul of business. 1 Don twant to ice the qualified trained people leave to lion companies truly said. We Are Reading the language of the Bill carefully and trying to decide what the Best strategy a he  would Tike to get some kind of a Start before  space shuttle flights currently Are suspended wit the first launch Sines the challenger Accident scheduled for feb. 18, 19s8. Several astronauts and Agency analysts have warned Nasa will not be ready to re sume shuttle operations by then calling the launch Date  but truly said be too is sceptical of the february1988 launch Date saying he is More concerned about safety than schedule. Before flights can safely resume he said the shuttle s solid fuel rocket boosters must be redesigned Tod thoroughly tested. At the same Lime. 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Seegrist 26, was found guilty but mentally ill last june on three first degree murder counts and seven of attempted murder for the oct. 30, 1983, shootings at a mall in suburban Philadelphia. Witnesses Laid Seegrist arrived at the mall dressed in military fatigue Sand armed with a Rifle. She killed a 2 year old boy Ouide the mall and then entered it wildly spraying shots thai took the lives of two men one 67and the other 64. Soviets fix blame Moscow a officials have determined the negligence of the captains was responsible for the aug. 31collision of a freighter and a cruise ship in the Black sea in which about 400 people died news report said Friday. National television and the official ass news Agency said the ruling politburo on thursday reviewed a re port by a government commission on the collision of the crowded cruise liner Admiral Rakhimov and Ibe freighter Pyotr Vaslev. A communist party official told news conference on sept. 6 that 836 of the 1.234 soviets aboard the cruise ship were pulled from the Tea Boun after the 50,000-Lon Pyotr uyt crammed the cruise ship ripping huge Hole in its Side. The cause ship Sank in seven to eight minutes