European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 5 5 companies seek space contracts Huntsville Ala. Up National aeronautics and space administration chief James Fletcher Wili announce inc winners of major contracts Tor inc 114.6 billion space station next month Agency officials said Friday. Five companies arc competing for four contracts to build sections of it space station in an orbit about 250 Miles above the Earth the Start of As Sembly is scheduled for 1994 Boeing co. Of Seattle and Martin Marietta corp. Of Bethesda my. Are competing for inc contract 10 build the living and working stations for the space station which is expected to have a 30-year life fair Flold  general elec tric co. And its inns diary Ria corp. Of new York us bidding on a package to be managed by Goddard space flight Center in orc Nell my. God Dard Wilt manage the attached payload and flight  system. The a Anoja Park Calif based Rock it sync division of Rockwell International corp. Is the remaining bidder for la Power systems package managed by inc Lewis research Center in Cleve land the Johnson space Center in hous ton will manage the Basic Structure of inc space station and the command denier and will handle the technical management of the manned systems and Crew training. Mcdonnell Douglas corp of St. Louis and Rockwell Are bidding on inc Johnson work package. "1 think More than anything else it will be a stepping Slone for manned capt oration of space Luther Powell manager of the space station project for the Marshall space bight Center said. We need to find out How Long we can stay in space As a basis for manned exploration of inc planets he said. Powell said inc space Agency s latest estimate of the station s Cost is about $14.5 billion. The Independent nation Al research Council said thai when the Cost of supporting space shuttle nights personnel and other operational costs Are figured in inc total Bill to develop and deploy he eight person space Sta Tion will be at least 125 billion in Washington Nasa spokesman Mark Hess said the Agency s source evaluation Board which has been re viewing contract , will present its findings to Fletcher at the end of this month. Hess said  decision on contract winners could to announced As Early As nov. 2, in a related development late Friday it was announced that the air Force will pay Nasa $115 million each time it use the space shuttle. In return. Nasa will pay $93 million for each launch of the air Force s new Titan 4 rocket. $25.6 million for the Delta 2 and s24.6 million for the Titan 2, under the agreement Bath he department of defense and Nasa con tribute to inc operation of inc National launch capability the joint announce ment said. The quid pro quo arrange ment is based on the principle that Nasa and Dod each maintain launch capabilities that can be used by the other in assuring Access to space at minimal additional  the $115 million per shuttle roil is a bargain for he air Force. Cost Esti mates of flying the shuttle have ranged to $250 million per Mission in the past. The agreement Calls for reimbursement for each Agency in 1986 dollars mean ing that inflation will be factored in. Each Agency will also charge theother for any special coals associated with a particular flight. In the years leading up to the Chal Lenger explosion in 1986, Nasa had been phasing Oul its expendable rockets and had Only a few remaining because of a policy of shining All satellite and other cargo launches to the space shuttle. With shuttle launches halted by the Accident until Al least june 19 58 the air Force ordered a Large number of one use rockets such As the Titan 4. To handle a backlog of satellites. In addition the shuttle schedule for the first few years Calls Tor air Force payloads to take up 42 percent of shuttle cargo capacity. Nasa too has decided to go to a mined Fleet of shuttle and  Price agreement covers those Rock ets and launch services bought from the defense department. Reagan Jenninger Hail  Friendship Washington apr president Reagan and Philipp Jan Ninger. President of the German parliament exchanged promises of continued close Friendship Between their two countries Friday at a ceremony commemorating 1he arrival of German immigrants in America. Here in America German americans have helped give our nation its Freedom optimism Enterprise and its love of peace Reagan said during a Rose Garden ceremony for the signing of a Procla mation declaring German american Day 1987" on tuesday. It was 304 years ago this coming week that a Small band of Mcnno nits disembarked from their ship inc Concord in Pennsylvania Reagan said. They made their Way from Philadelphia to what is now Germantown. Where they established the first German Community in what is now the United states Jenninger president of the bundestag said my country and myself consider this As a special Honor and a visible Token of the close ties that bind us Reagan hailed the common dedication to democracy Freedom and peace that binds the United Siats and the Federal Republic of Germany. President Reagan and bundestag president Philip Jenninger Grin during Rose Garden ceremony. It is the Bedrock upon which our Alliance has been built he said. And that s Why our people have made the sacrifices to build and maintain our military strength in the face of the missiles and armies of the Warsaw  Reagan said he did not know just when i la sit Down with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to sign an agreement eliminating a whole class of inter mediate Range missiles but said i took Forward to that  never before has either Side retired top of the line,., new mint Quality missiles he said. We in Germany have Noi forgotten inc helping hand of the United slates after world War ii Jen Ninger said. Bui what is most Cli arly etched in our minds is this 11 is due to our Friendship with the United Siats and the Western Alliance that we  blessings of peace and Freedom. The Alliance cannot be preserved without close  the overwhelming majority of my countrymen is in favor of the presence of american soldiers in our country and regards them As friends he said we know that we can rely upon each  test of weekend warriors response selected Reserve Muster planned Washington up up to 5,000 reservists will be mustered by the end of the year in a nationwide lest of the military s ability to find its weekend warriors and Check their response the Pentagon said Friday. An estimated 4,000 to 5,000 individuals the maximum the president is allowed by Law 10 Call up without declaring a National emergency will be mobilized to represent a statistical Sample of 200,000 people in these elected Reserve. The test will be the first mock mobilization of its kind and a command Post exercise will be held in conjunction with it to lest the Chain of com Mand Dennis Shaw he Pentagon s acting Reserve affairs chief said. All 200,000 reservists will receive a warning that they could be among those called up in the no notice exer Cise Shaw said. The selected Reserve includes army air Force Navy Marine corps and coast guard reservists the army National guard and inc air National guard together they total 1.157,000 people of the nation s 1.6 million reservists. Some 2.1 million men and women Are on Active duly. As part of president Reagan s drive to rearm America added emphasis has been Given to the reserves making them a significant part of the Mili tary s local  they have received More modern tanks planes and ships and training has been intensified. The Dales and number of reservists in the Call up will be kept secret to make the lest More realistic defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said in a statement. He will fire the starting gun by giving the mobilization order through the joint chiefs of staff. The Muster will be the first mock activation of Reserve forces since Jan uary 1986, when the individual ready Reserve was called up. It is not related to current military or political events such As Navy operations in the persian Gulf Weinberger said. What it s going to Tell us is How Pur system works in terms of notifying individuals and their Lime of response Shaw said. What we re testing is the ability id get in touch with people and to find out their  the reservists with be called up any time Between now and dec. 31 and will have Between 24 and 72 hours to report for duty depending on their jobs in inc service Shaw said. They could be activated from half a Day to two Days and there is no Guaran tee the Call up will be held Over a weekend he said those mustered will be paid and will be productively used Shaw said. Disciplinary action May be taken against reservists who Are called and do not show up he said. An order is an order in my  to the event of rising tensions or War. Selected reservists would be the first to be mobilized to flesh out the Active duty military. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today oct. 4, 1947 More than 3,500 jewish immigrants faced detention in British Camps on Cyprus after two ships carrying them were intercepted by the Royal Navy and Lowed into Palestine. 30 years ago foday. Oct. 4, 1957 the teamsters Union convention gave James r. Hofta an overwhelming vote of Confidence by rejecting Al Cio corruption charges against him and other Union leaders. 20 years ago today. Oct. 4. 1967 sen. Stuart Symington d-mo., an armed services commit tee member and a former air Force Secretary proposed a Hall in All american military action in Vietnam on a fined Dale la be followed by unlimited War if the Lull failed to bring peace talks. To years ago foday. Oct. 4, 1977 japanese red army hijackers released the last of 19 hostages and left a Japan airlines pcs jetliner in Algiers. Algeria to end a six Day 6.000 rite hijacking