European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday. March 21, 1987 the stars and stripes. Paga 3 Giotto on the Tail of another Comet by . Kom Jockl stuff a Tiff Darmstadt i Erminy Giatto. The european spare Agency Craft thai plunged through Halter s Comet lost year is giving an encore. In my 1992. Scien lists plan to steer the Craft through Grigg . An ancient Cal Ostia sphere that swings by Earth every five years. While less famous than Halley a Grigg Skjellerup 1ms its scientific advantages according to David . Wil Kins head of spacecraft operations at the Agency s Darmstadt control Center. Grigg Skjellerup i much older an much less Active Wilkins said meaning Giotto will not he hammered by violent dust storms or the Type experienced on the Mission to Halley s. That should allow inc Craft to Fly by the Comet s Core at about one fifth inc Speed of inc Hal Ley s encounter ensuring better photo Sand More Lime for data collection. Since the Halley s Mission in March 1986, Giotto has been flying with its instrument turned Oft in an orbit that will bring it Wii Hio 17,000 Miles of Earth in july 1989. At Ihm Point mis Sion controllers will switch the Craft on and use Earth s Gravity 10 Slingshot it Back into space and in he direction or inc approaching Grieg . Only Aboul half of the Craft s 10 experiments withstood the Halley s encounter Wilkins said but a Iasi of the surviving equipment is not planned until late 1989, when Giotto already is speeding toward the Comet. You have to remember the space Craft is in a hibernation Mode every thing is switched off Wilkins said in an interview Friday. When we switch it on anything can happen people should realize  Giotto s camera which sent Back vibrant color photos of Halley s nucleus May have buffered damage to its rotating Mirror but Esa scientists Are confident it will be Able to handle another photo assignment through Grigg Skjelo Jerup. At a certain Point on he Halley s Mission when we were going through the Cotuit Cloud inc camera was pointing right Ai the Ronal of it could have Bee Sand blasted. If it was Only the portion of the Mirror imposed should have been damaged the rest should be of Pisa Impact and panicle Analysers plus instruments to measure the Cornel s magnetic Field also apparently survived the Hal life s Mission and could be used on inc new Mission the trip 10 Haliv s nucleus May have raised As Many questions Aboul european space Agency engineers inspect Model of the g lotto satellite. App How Cornels As it answered. Scientists Iverc Able to confirm the longstanding dirty snowball theory that comets Are mostly Tec Enisley with deposits of dirty Carbon but they Are at a loss to explain inc Comet s Apparcel Low weight and  confirmed that the nucleus is 80 to 90 percent water Wilkins said but also hat it has a very very Low tonsil a. It s such a Large Structure roughly 5,5 by 9 Miles but it weighs Only some very Small percentage of what icy thought in would. Even if twas solid ice it should weigh an car Mous amount. In does t. It s apparent a Peculiar  can t be explained by any known  information on the Way comets orbit the Sun Learned during the Halley Smission win be used to guide silent Isis Over the next few years in determining Grigg Skjellerup s exact approach. Comets Are notorious difficult when in tomes to determining their orbit because As hey approach the Sun jets burst through the surface blowing out hot gases or steam or dust. That perturbs the orbit like the ii usters on a rocket Wilkins  other things we have to figure out arc the Fly by Range and the angles and that sort of thing. In 1989 we a Start logo full bore and make in a real  research beyond 1992, Wil Kins said is already being , together with Nasa and soviet space researchers Hope to launch what hns been dubbed the cometary return Sample Mission sometime after in Start of the next Century. This is something we re already talking seriously Abom a real san venture to Iylo a conic i and drop a Lander which would get samples and then come Back tip and rendezvous with the main Craft. Obviously we retaking Aboul 10 to is years in the fun lure he  would be Nice to do in around 2001." shut off lob overages sen or cos told Wybren Dacoster stall writer Schwet Zingen Germany senior cos should be More aware of Oumi Rengh military jobs to help sol Diers in those skills reclassify to shortage areas and enhance their promotion chances the army s top no said. We need to shut it off at inc initial re Coli Stem said sergeant major of the army Glen e. Marred in a meeting thurs Day with senior cos. We Don t want to continue 10 add to that problem just be cause a Soldier is doing a Good Job in Thaimos military occupational specially. If the Soldier is Quail lied we want to put him in an mos that will give him upward  Morrill said fan track or realignment of overages through reclassification and re enlistment is a Success and needs to continue lit eve soldiers out of overage skills. The fast track program started More than a year ago. Is designed to meet read iness and get soldiers into jobs that will provide Ihram career enhancement. Morral said he talked with a specialist four with seven years in the army who has spent the past Cut a irs on the ser Geant promotion list. Here s a Soldier who is highly skilled and doing a Good Juh. Hut that Soldier should have been discouraged or denied re enlist mint into that mos because it has been  for the seven Yea she s been in the army. Now the Soldier is talking about gel Ling into another mos. But look what we did to that person in that period of Lime he said. Thai s not inc Way we should be doing  Morrill said they could help Correct the problem by talking More with the Soldier Sand knowing what skills arc Over strength. The army still has some skills that Are Iso percent  Morrill said. The number of no imbalances in 1983 was about 26,600, but had dropped to 16,000 by March 9b6. Morrill said there will be problems if the army does t have the Job categories and grades in line Tor its year end strength of 781.odd soldiers. You senior cos Musl Monitor re Tention cos to make sure they Don t have that King for a Day attitude. They need to be sensitive to the soldiers and at inc sometime get an undemanding that we can t continue to contribute to the . If you gel a Good Soldier then in makes Good sense to gel him into an mos that s  Morrill also told the Usa eur professional advisory Board of senior cos that the army has a problem re Taining the mid career soldiers at the four to 10-year Mark and career soldiers with 10 or More years. More of these soldiers arc extending their enlistment contract rather than re enlisting tic said. Our extensions Are up and re Enli Simms Are  he attributes the problem 10 uncertainly in the ranks and soldiers distrust of Pentagon leadership. These people want to know what s going to happen with the erosion of Bene fits und everything else Congress continues to talk about All of which has an Impact on them. We have a lot of people that Are just kind of waiting to Sec what s going to Hap pen. While they re waiting they be extended heir ets expiration term of service fora year or two instead Ore anti swing Morrill told the senior cos that re in i Simcal does t belong to the retention no but is a Chain of command program in which they should be involved. We Only want to re Cutis Quality sol Diers in the army you All know that As Well As i do. To Cefi singent in t a right and should be monitored by the Chain of command. If cos Aren t involved the you have a problem particularly if you re re enlisting a Soldier that s not the Quality you  articles 15, promotions discussed Schwet Wincen. Germany is the army s sergeant major wants promotion boards o have Access 10 re cords of articles 15 Given to senior cos. If you want to slay in the army and you did something you should t be Al Lowed to keep that hidden sergeant major of the army Glen Morrell said. God and everybody should have inc Opportunity to look Al it because you can l keep n hidden from the Soldier oui  Morrill said there has been an in crease in the number of articles is placed in the no restricted portion of the official military personnel file. The file usually is not reviewed by promotion hoards. Morrell wants to have articles 15 on sulk to in grades �-4 and below filed at the local level. He wants Itose on serb mls and above made available to pro motion boards particularly the com Mand sergeant major selection Board. "1 i hint in will save  in the no  he said. The sergeant major also said promotions will remain constant through june and then should pick up after thai. Time in service requirement for sergeants staff sergeants and sergeants major is being decreased. Quality of  is up and inc army is gelling Well trained soldiers from training bases. It s up i the Force to sustain that training for first term sol Diers Al inc unit level he said. Soldiers or err Virci i or i cruising duly should be Able to do the Juh. If inc or orig no is nominated for Ilie Jonh then com Manders need to get Ihal information o the lop he said. The individual training and evaluation program is going to Sta. But improvements arc being made to make Icsis More accurate