European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thirty Yetra alter the soviet Union leaped into i space with its sputnik satellite . End .s.r. An cooperating to conquer new frontiers in space. Bolh Nasa and tha air Force Are studying plans 10 build similar super rockets in the 1990s. Bui Emargia is being High tested now in addition he soviet Mir space station is the world s Only such orbiting outpost while Nasa s planned space station will to Lar More sophisticated in will not be assembled and operating until lha second halt of the 1990s. The soviet station is Rini nod and operating now. Soviet High technology is approaching state of the Arl. As illustrated by unmanned probes that have successfully studied Halloy s Comet and the hellish atmosphere Anco surface of Venus. Indeed some american scientists report concern among soviet political officials about technology Iran Ter from East to West although that at Umcil is not considered valid by most observers the concerns Are a lot greater and More Well Lound cd Iborti this end said a top government analyst in Wash Glon. They have their strengths but real technological innovation in l one of  but the new space treaty clearly reflects the desire of american scientists to Lap the vast soviet storehouse of knowledge on the elects of Long duration space flights an area a russians have dominated since the United states won the race to the Moon in 1969, the flight of cosmonaut Yuri Romanen Lio aboard ins Mir space s la lion was conveniently timed to surpass a 237-Day space endurance record Cpl 30, four Days before sputnik s 30th anniversary. In contrast the longest flight by american astronauts was 84 Days aboard the skylab space station in 1973 and 1974. Bolh nations Are considering manned missions to Mars and the effects of weightlessness on the Crew members Are a crucial consideration since such flights would take up to two years or longer. On the other hand the United states possesses clearly Superior technology and expertise in such areas As computers analysis health care robotics and Automa lion but the american space program is beset by budget problems and other difficulties prompted by the challenger disaster Hal will Lake years to overcame. Space lab missions aboard shuttles for example have been severely curtailed. The sort Els meanwhile Are opera Ling a manned space station full time and developing exotic unmanned missions to explore Mars Anco its Moons and so for the first Lime since the space race began perhaps Bolh sides not just the soviets have something to gain through cooperation. In a Way we re certainly fax tar ahead of Thorn in computers., and robotics genetic engineering those sorts of biotechnological areas said Franklin Sulzman manager of biomedical research Al Nasa Headquarters Buiney Don t need the highs i of High Loch in order to do a very impressive space program and there s a lesson  we do have very complimentary programs said Nancy Lubin an analyst with lha congressional office of technology assessment. We can do much belter working together than to can individually. Cooperation is not the Driver of foreign policy in s an Olgr Olhol it. It s Nice to pick up at that substantive  the first real step toward implementing the new space Accord is focusing on life sciences one of five disciplines covered by the treaty. The soviets at he August meeting invited american investigators to Lake part in two unmanned missions in 1989 and 1991  will launch a variety of animals and plants into orbit aboard Small Diosal Ellics Lor intensive investigations. Both sides also agreed to work on standardization of data and Experiment techniques to ensure scientists from each country will be Able to confirm and use shared information. Some people have said the soviet data base in we had Access to that we would be Able to undertake  missions like flying in Mars in a much full size lockups of space nation components being Motif or Nasa at a Mcdonnell Douglas Plant in lot Angeles. The Basic space station it being designed to to permanent expandable outpost soviet Mir space station estimated dimensions Wright  to a foul of will on m r. Width so Al pm 34 min Tot to oof Pitt Mont 7 con Lulu dwt fed 10, i9b8, he decking pot�4 Lor ctn of spacecraft we ramming ports to in mod by Nyui town or reap pay crampons 7s. A new tits Cnute new rom to h in a. Sam w3a, cow to Foster Lime Frame than it we had logo and develop thai data base ourselves said Sulzman. That s and of simple minded actually to said we need to know what they be measured and understand whal they think their results Are and develop a Way of determining How much continence to should Havo in their opinions. We be started that process and in s very  the third major agreement from the August conference was a decision to publish a joint report that will outline the current state of knowledge about space Medicine and biology. I was quite convinced Hal they re serious Aboul this and they wanted to do everything they could to Pul us in a context where we could develop Good solid agreements Sulzman said. He said the soviet invitation to american investigators to participate in the bios Arellila missions was particularly heartening. We want la take a stronger role in these biological satellite missions in the future he said. It s a very interesting complement to our program. They Are developing the capably for Long duration flights using animals and plants in an untended Mode. The 91 flight they Hope to have a 30-Day duration. That s much much longer than we can by on the shuttle. So that s an interesting supplement to our  Arnauld Nikogossian director of Lite sciences Al Nasa Headquarters and co chairman of the working group said the purpose of cooperation is to enlarge the knowledge gained from space flight and ground based  out data is based on the Short duration missions he said. That s All we have. Their data is the continuation of whore we left Oil in skylab five of the treaty s 16 science objectives Are in the Field of life science six Ara in Ifie Field of planetary exploration three in astronomy and astrophysics and one each in Earth observation and solar terrestrial physics. The second join working group would be in solar system exploration or planetary research in the first half of december said Pele Smith chief of International program policy at Nasa. The soviets Are working on a 10-year program to explore Mars with a series of unmanned Robo Era culminating in the late 1990s with an ambitious flight to collect samples of the red plane i s soil and return them to Earth for analysis. In july 1983, the soviets plan to launch phobos a sophisticated probe that will drop automated instrument packages on the surface of the Martian Moon phobia. The Mother ship. In orbit around Mars will fire lasers Al the Moon to vaporize soil samples for analysis. One of the Landers Aboul the size of a basketball will hop around the surface using a Spring mechanism to Sample soil Over a wide area. The on a currently funded Mission to mais by the United states is the unmanned Mars be science climatology observer scheduled for launch in 1992, Bui Bolh nations have agreed to share data irom Ihn projects and James head a geologist at Brown University was invited to participate in the russian program As a co investigator. One of the items in the list of 16 consists Al cooperation in coordination Between the Mars observer and the Sovie phobos and Vesla missions to Venus said Smith. The treaty stops Short of calling for american hardware on soviet planetary spacecraft or vice versa and focuses instead on data Exchange and analysis. Ober 6.1987 the stars and strips Pago 15