European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july 26, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 bypass on the bounding main sitting atop his station Wagon which is securely mounted from Marseille France steers his Way toward port St. Lead to any Speed records but it s a great Way to avoid the on a motorized raft an unidentified dutchman travelling Louis in Southern France. The Salt water bypass May not hot and heavy vacation time Road traffic. Most americans Back space program poll finds new York a americans overwhelmingly favor maintaining or increasing the Federal budget for space exploration even while three in 10 doubt the National space Agency s competence a Media general associated press poll has  National Survey of 1,223 adults found that nearly half those questioned lost Confidence in the National aeronautics and space administration after the space shuttle challenger exploded in january 1986, and 60percent of those or 28 percent of All questioned say they still Lack Faith in the , 40 percent of the respondents said the United states was doing too Little in space exploration and majorities supported the initiatives of building a space station and sending manned flights to  space shuttle program also won support with 40 percent saying it should be expanded and As Man saying it should be. Maintained. The first shuttle flight since the challenger disaster is scheduled for septem ber although a leak in a Gas line is threatening to delay it. The challenger exploded Jan. 28, 1986, killing its Crew of seven. Nasa was rated positively  percent said the Agency has done a Good or excellent Job while 37 percent rated it Only fair or  18 percent said the space budget should be decreased while almost half said Nasa s budget should remain the same and 30 percent said it should be increased. Of those who favored an increase 74percent said they would be willing to pay higher taxes. The Senate this month approved $200 million Fornasa s space station program Only enough to phase it out or put it on hold. The House approved $700 Mil lion and a joint committee is to resolve the Issue. Fear of falling behind in space May be one reason for the Public s support for Nasa s funding. Just 23 percent of respondents said the United states is ahead of the soviet Union in space exploration while the remainder were split on whether the soviets Are ahead or the two countries Are about  any Case a plurality of respondents favored superpower cooperation in space 49 percent favored last month s proposal by the soviets for a  joint Effort to Send astronauts to  percent said the United states should work alone to reach Mars. Together 64 percent favored some program to land astronauts on Mars while 30percent were opposed. The rest had no opinion. Experimental shuttle engine firing will test new technology items Huntsville Ala. A full scale test firing of experimental space shuttle engines will begin Here i september for the first time since the initial development program about 20 years ago Nasa Engi Neering officials said. Resumption of the experimental activity will in crease morale at the Marshall space right Center an Engineer said. We be had a lot of passive tests structural tests but there was t any fire and smoke Nasa Engineer Ron to open said. You put in a lot of Long hard hours and the results of it All is that you get to see it Here in your own Back  the tests will involve new technology items for shuttle engine improvement according to Charles Crane chief of the advanced engine development Branch of the shuttle main engine office. Engineers plan to use a 20-Story rocket testing stand that was last used almost two decades ago to test fire Saturn Moon rocket stages. The Marshall Center which is responsible for devel Oping and managing the $40 million main shuttle engines will use the stand to fire engines for up to 150 seconds at a time. Engineers Are seeking ways to make the expensive engines More economical. The major components of the shuttle s main engines now Are replaced after three or four flights. These test firings will be a series of prototypes of advanced engines to see if components can last longer than we think said John Mccarty chief of Marshall engineering propulsion lab. If so Mccarty said the Price of the engines might be reduced to about $20 million in about 10 years. The test firing program will Cost about $15 Millionth $20 million annually. Mccarty said there has been Little or no test firing to try new ideas since initial engine development in the Early 1970s. The Way it has been we be had ideas done the design work then had to go to a launch at Cape canaveral Fla to watch it work Crane said. This Way it s next  Colorado county sees the Light Fraser Colo. A Progress has found its Way to this Mountain Community in the form of the first traffic Light in grand county. It s going to be a Shock to some people but it s very needed and probably will save someone s life said town clerk Vicky Winter. The Light is scheduled to go up at . 40 and grand county 72, the Entrance to a shopping Center that has created periodic traffic jams. The Busy ski resorts of Winter Park and Silver Creek about 75 Miles Northwest of Denver Are nearby. We be had lots of injury accidents at that intersection in the past three or four years but fortunately Noone has been killed said Richard a. Leonard a grand county commissioner. I would Hope we could get it up before Winter but delivery time. Is considerable said Jim Bragdon traffic Engineer with the Colorado department of highways. There s a Tot More work than you would Ever realize in a traffic  the signal will leave Only 18 of Colorado s 63 coun ties without traffic lights. Looking Back under a tourism project started by the West Berli government sightseers ride open top vehicles that Are remakes of the famous 1913-Vintage Daimler Benz buses. Here one of the nostalgic buses moves slowly Down the Kurfurst Ndanu. In background is the emperor William memorial Church