European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. September 24, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 trip by Bush to be filmed for Campaign Washington a vice president George Bush will embark thursday on a hectic nine say trip id Poland and Western Europe accompanied by a camera Crew that will record his activities for his still unannounced 1988 Republican  nomination Campaign aides said tuesday. Bush will be allowed to make a speech on polish National ice vision As Well As meet with Leader of the government the Catholic Church and the banned Solidarity movement. He Wilt be the highest ranking american offi Cial to visit Poland since former president car Ter a Cal therein 1977. Bush also will travel to Italy West Germany France Britian and Belgium to consult with leaders of Allied countries and nato on the prospective agreement with the soviet Union 10 eliminate intermediate Range missiles officials said. This trip is an official trip and in has an official  said Steve Hart Bush s spokesman. However he  Campaign has asked to accompany  vice president s vote saves Star wars budget from cuts Washington Al l vice president George Bush Call the deciding Volt tuesday As the Senate by 51-50, rejected a deep reduction in president Reagan s proposed Star wars budget. With the Senate split Al 50-50. Bush cast the lie breaking Vole on a nun Ion to Able and thus kill a proposal to spend $3,7 billion for Star wars in inc fiscal year starting oct. I. The Vole came As the democratic controlled Cham Ber slowed through a huge Bill authorizing the Penta gon budget for the fiscal Vert opening oct. 1. The current Star wars budget is $3.55 billion but Reagan sought to incr us it to �5.7 billion for the 12 months sorting oct. I. The Senate armed services committee voted Tor $4.5 billion and tuesday s Vole was on a proposal by sen. Bennett Johnston d-la., to reduce that �4.5 billion figure even lower. The democratic controlled House in its version of a defense Bill passed last May. Approved $3.1 billion for the strategic defense initiative As Star wars is formally known. The final Star wars budget will be hammered Oul in a House Senate conference committee called to re solve differences Between the two Bills. In will be some where Between the House s 13.1 billion level and he figure in the Senate Bill. During the vote. Bush was presiding Over the sen ate. In a similar debate last year on the Pentagon Bud get Bill the Senate voted Down 50-49, a similar amendment by Johnston that also proposed deep re Duclion in inc Star wars budget. In was the seventh time during Reagan s presidency Llinat Bush has voted to break a lie. The last occasion was in August 1986 during a fight Over the Pentagon budget Bill. It was also the Senate Gerund major Vole in a week on Star  a week ago in Voied 58-38 to limit Star wars tests to Only those trials that would be permitted under inc ensling or strict View of inc 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty. The Senate spent More than four hours debating Star wars tuesday with both supporters and opponents repeating arguments Hal have been used since Reagan announced inc program in March 1983. Administration backers argued Hal in has been Star wars and chiefly the fear of a , break through which has forced the soviet Union to bargain seriously in superpower arms control talks. Critics answered thai Star wars has been a waste of Money that is unlikely to produce the All encompassing defense envisioned by Reagan when the president first proposed the program. The Pentagon s own people say Star wars in t ready  Johnston told his colleagues. In effect we re working on a program that we Don t know How much it will Cost when in will be ready or even what it s supposed to  sen. William Proxmire 0-wis. Said it s time to slow Down this program. Every time we turnaround it has a new  Soi the strategic defense initiative air Force to launch Telescope into space for ski research Anchorage Alaska up the air Force plans to launch a Mckel carry ing an atmospheric Telescope 160 mile above Alaska As part of research Imp 11 Star wars missile defense officials said  Hope to learn enough about atmospheric disturbances to develop a system capable of distinguishing tar gels from naturally occurring clutter above Earth said Dick Nadily project scientist Al Hanscom fab  named spirit for spatial spectral infrared rocket born int Carfero Sciric Telescope the $20 million project is being designed at Utah stale University in Logan said it. The Csc Martin program manager Al Hanscom. The Telescope is scheduled for launch in october 1990 from the Litak known poker Flat research Range Between Fairbanks and the Arctic Circle the officials said. Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger launched a Star wars system toward reality Friday by giving the go ahead for work on space based interceptors As the first phase of a far reaching system Locust tens of billions of dollars. By the time spirit is launched there will have been an undisclosed number fool her launches related to the strategic defense initiative As Star wars is known officially. Bui information about those launches is classified said a Penta gon spokesman. Maj. Alan Reilag. The spirit program is very important very critical Freitag said. The spirit program is unique to Alaska an the study of the Aurora  the rocks carrying the spirit pay Load will be launched when the auroras or Northern lights Are Active and inc atmosphere is highly disturbed. Nadily  rocket will release us payload shortly after launch sending the Tele scope up 160 Milts 10 peer across an Down at the disturb cd atmosphere View ing Earth limb auroras occurring be tween 62 Miles and 93 Miles above the planet Martin  goal Nadily said is to develop knowledge of the atmosphere and How it  infrared atmospheric emissions those beyond the visible Wavelength will be measured. In this and similar projects scientists examine inc Middle to upper Atmo sphere focusing on the Aurora Bornalis to understand what it is where it is anyhow Bright in is said Neal Brown rocket Range supervisor. Data will be turned Over to the ski organization to design a defense system capable of distinguishing targets such As incoming missiles from atmospheric disturbances. Martin said. She said such a system would prevent false alarms in which an orbiting sensor might mistake Bright lights fora soviet missile launch. Nadily acknowledged thai a soviet missile launched toward the United Stales might travel Over the North pole but he said Alaska was chosen for the spirit research because of the High level of Geomagnetic activity in the North making Alaska a worst Case Sce Nario for Star wars target detection systems. Cryogenics the physics of creating extremely Low temperatures will be used to chill the spirit instruments to reduce heal emissions from equipment and let scientists have a Clear picture of the atmosphere Nadily said. A simplified Way of considering this Complex physics. Martin said would be to see the project As one designed to get a snapshot of inc  the payload weighing 2,400pounds, measuring 1510 20 feet Long and 44 inches in diameter will return to the rocket Range and be recovered. Nadily noted thai his atmospheric re search which has other applications began Long before the Star wars pro Gram was created. The air Force Cleo physics Laboratory 31 Hanson launched spirit i from inc poker Flat Range Early last year and it successfully viewed Earth limb auroras