European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes monday september 5,1988soviets Lead in space Jane s says by Dave . Bureau London the 1986 shuttle disaster and subsequent . Reluctance to stand behind its space pro Gram have Given the soviets an unchallengeable Lead in space according to the editor of the latest edition of Jane s spaceflight directory. In a three Page introduction to the authoritative 643-Page Book Reginald Turnill lists . Shortcomings and soviet advances in the space race reviews the past and analyses his View of the future. In the body of the Book to be released monday turnip also reprints a chilling account of the final three minutes of conversation aboard the challenger space shuttle. The conversation was reluctantly re leased by Nasa. See related Story Turnill Points out in his introduction that in the three Bleak years through which the shuttle has been grounded much has been going  the soviets have moved ahead and exploited their Lead in space. And he Points out the Western world has almost forgotten the cosmonauts passing above them with cameras and Ever curious eyes 16 times every 24  in an accompanying Chart the editor Points out that in 1987, the soviets launched 95 space missions compared to seven by the United Stales. Since 1957, the Chan illustrates the soviet Union has made i.98s space launches compared to 752 for the United states. The soviets Are ahead and they will be the first to reach Mars Turnill predicts. A rip to the planet that is Earth s nearest neighbor ii their ultimate goal he believes. The soviet Mir space station project also is moving ahead of any . Equivalent. The Start of soviet manned shuttle nights to imminent and he predicts that the soviet Mir-2 space factory a potential launch pad to Mars May be ready by the Early 1990s. The Mir project he writes should be enough to final words aboard shuttle following h the  segment or conver Ruthm but Cwm Chen Char a Himmler Dak Seo Bee my allot Mic i Smith before the but that kilted the Cir. The transcript. Nuked by Nasa to Ai Ethwl a the Tuett e4ktan of jut s Scobee  so feb Felt hit Mother  woo Booqua Tea neck one Point  a 1.5, Ifim m score Reading four eighty six on  confirm the soviets unchallengeable Lead in  and he writes Western eyes and ears remain firmly shut against knowledge of the remarkable soviet achievements with Mir during 1987-88." if the United states is going to Advance its own space station program which Many believe must be its launching pad for missions to the Moon and Man the american Public Musl be convinced As the soviet Are that such a platform will do much to improve life on Earth. Although hedged around with claims some doubtless justified that the .a. Was far ahead in computers automation robotics and genetic Engi Neering 1987 brought unprecedented admissions from Nasa that the soviets were far ahead in Long duration flight both manned and  Turnill also Points out that the soviet Union is Al lowing More Access by the press to its facilities. Now he writes there is Little discernible difference be tween opportunities Tor the Media to visit and assess space activities in the East and West such gains aside the future is not All roses in the soviet Camp thanks largely to parts troika. The soviet push for economic Reform according to Turnill. The one thing that might threaten continued soviet supremacy in space apart from accidents is the possibility thai space budgets will be Cut. Just As in the .a., because of pressure to switch More resources to improving everyday  and despite the gloomy picture not All is lost in the . Space program Turnill write. The United stain is leading the Way in space planes the Star vehicles of the future bolstered by private sector dollars and collaboration with the japanese. Turnill believes thai the challenger disaster ultimately can increase support for the space program. The United Stales he predicts will copy the soviets and use More cheaply launched Short lived military  in the space programs Section of the directory turn ill reports that the Crew of the challenger almost certainly survived for a Short period after the explosion of the solid rocket motor. The transcript of inboard Crew conversations plus the fact that at least two of the air breathing packs were activated before the challenger fell into the at lactic convinced the astronauts investigating the Acci Dent that even though it was a worst Case Accident Al least some Crew members could have survived if there had been an escape  additionally Nasa reports state that the Crew be came aware of the developing catastrophe and was attempting to do something about it Turnill writes. News updates movie offer spurned Canton mass. Api the parents of a High school student convicted of murdering his class male have decided not to Lake part in a movie about the slaying suming a $35,000 offer that will go to the victim s Mother a news paper reported. The movie will be dedicated to the memory of Shaun Ouillette who was a i a year old freshman at Canton High school when he was beaten to death with a baseball Bat in 1986, said Dennis Bogorad of Dave Bell associates a Holly Wood based production company Rod Matthews also 15, was convicted in March of second de Gree murder in the slaying of his classmate. They Matthew s parents Haven interest in the movie a family Friend. Mel Ginsberg told the patrol Ledger of Quincy they re not going to make it. They did t Sig anything. Or. And mrs. Matthews arc not out to capitalize on  Delta Copilot has no recollection of crucial moments before crash infant son of of officer Dies in Kaiserslautern Sembach a West Germany the three Day old son of an air Force officer died sunday morning at he Kai Send astern City Hospital a base spokeswoman said. Ryan Lester Carroll is survived by his parents 1st 1,1 Lester t. And Suzanne Carroll one brother and two Sisters. Tie father of Columbia ., is As signed to the 66th electronic combating at Sembach the base spokeswoman said. Burial of the infant Wilt be in Ridgway  The cause of the 11 . Death will be determined by autopsy she said. Grapevine. Texas of Federal investigator said saturday that the Copi lot in the crash that killed 13 people Here has no recollection of the final crucial moments in the aircraft s cockpit a spokesman said investigators still had some work to do at the Muddy wreckage site but some members of the National transportation safety boar team were being sent Back to washing ton . We re satisfied that we have documented the information we need to col Lect said Nosb member Lee Dickinson Al a news briefing saturday night. Our Field phase is winding  Dickinson said team members inter viewed Copilot Wilson Kirkland but he had no recollection of the wednesday morning crash of Delta flight 1141, from the time the plane left the Gale a Dallas fort Worth International Airport until thursday night in the Hospital. Kirkland was released from a suburban Hospital saturday. The Nosb has not interviewed capt. Larry Davis who was flying the Craft. Davis 48, was in fair condition a Parkland memorial Hospital but Dick Inson said Davis doctor had not give investigators permission to talk to him. My information is he is not medically fit to talk to he said but added that probes Hope to interview Davis in three or four Days. Abc news on saturday and the Washington Post s sunday editions re ported that the cockpit Crew talked As they taxied to the end of the runway about the 1985 Delta flight 191 crash that killed 137 at the Airport. The newspaper s source who listened to the Jet s cockpit voice recording said the Crew Aiso talked about politics and a recent controversy about a portion of cockpit recording in the crash of a Continental airlines Jet last november in Denver. Dickinson said saturday night that he had not heard the cockpit voice record ing nor read the newspaper s report but added if in our analysis we decide that s pertinent information Well an Alyze  Dickinson said the noise of the engines going to full Power Are the last sounds heard on the cockpit recorder be fore Impact. Investigators saturday also deter mined thai the plane had a Normal take off Roll using about so percent of the 11,300-foot runway. Earlier the its said the plane s snort flight May have been affected by a Long Takeoff Roll. No signs of damage have been found on any of the Boeing 727 s three engines which were shipped saturday to Pratt & Whitney in Hartford conn., Dickinson said. One of the engines wound up Sepa rated from the fuselage in the crash. Cranes and trucks hoisted engines and the cockpit from the wreckage saturday afternoon As some 30 people in hip Boot Sand bib overalls slogged through ankle deep mud searching Lor clues. Ninety five people survived when the plane in route to Salt Lake City crashed and burst into flame on Takeoff. The Accident represented the first real life Lei of a plane fitted with seats and carpets made of new fire blocking mate rials required by the Federal aviation administration experts said. White it is not known How Large a role the fire resistant materials played in buy ing time for the 95 survivors they May have helped said John Mazor spokes Man for the air line pilots association in Washington. Just looking at the air plane the scorch Marks and the Way it broke up on Impact typically you might have expected a greater number of fatalities Oul of an Accident like that he said. We won t know How we were so Lucky until we gel More factual information and some  Nosb teams concentrated on in consistencies regarding the plane s Wing flaps and engines. Evidence has not yet confirmed wit Nesses accounts that the engines trailed flame during Takeoff said Bernard lock Nosb Deputy director of investigations. No signs of damage have been found on any of the engines investigators  cockpit instruments told Crew members that the Wing flaps were in proper position for Takeoff inspections of the wreckage found that the flaps and slam appeared to be in the opposite Posi Tion investigators said. Nosb officials said Locking devices on the slats probably would have prevented them from being knocked out of position during the crash. Rifle Range manager in Bobingen Dies Bobingen. West Germany a 47-year-old . Civilian in Bobu Ngen died of an apparent heart attack More than a week ago an army spokesman said. Victor l. Schoenheit who managed the outdoor Rifle Range at bal Bingen for nearly a decade was found during the night of aug. 26 in the Wood near the army Post the spokesman said. Schoen Heit had been Hunting and he was haul ing a Deer out of the Woods when he collapsed. A native of Rayville us Schoenheit re tired from the army in 1979 with 20 years service including duty in Vietnam. He is survived by i wife Maria