European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 28.1989 the stars and stripes Page 9 students explore last Frontier expert reveals mysteries of space in lecture at bib Engen school Sas. Jose Phi Oen Steve Dutczak demonstrates a principle of aerodynamics for Dwayne , a Fiolli Gradit Al Nellin in elementary school who was visiting Bill Linen with his class males to attend the special event. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau b bling in. West Germany Steve dutc7ak held a Sheet of paper by two Corners letting the other end hang Limp then blew across the top of the Sheet. The Loose end of the paper Rose defy ing Gravity. If you blow up on a curve it goes Down. Ivou blow Down on a curve it goes up 1 Dutczak. A National aeronautics and space administration Edu cation specialist told Stuttgart area Stu dents who filled the Bowling in elementary school gymnasium. That s Why an air plane  such simple tricks helped Dulczak and three Nasa colleagues teach a lot about the fundamentals of space travel to students in about 120 department of defense dependents schools in Europe this month. The lesson took on added significance at Bowling in where Stu dents had reached the finals of a com petition to name the newest addition to the . Space shuttle Fleet. Manned space flight history spans 28 years meaning that Many crucial events occurred before the students were born. But it did t matter since Dulczak did not mention John Glenn. Neil Armstrong or other luminaries in America s race into space. Instead he used rocket models a space suit packets of dehydrated food a space shuttle tile and other less sophisticated props to show How Nasa puts humans Inlo space. Duty a said one of the most asked questions on the tour was How Astro nauts cat. When the Mercury astronauts ate dinner they ale baby  he said adding that it was t until skylab in the 1970s that orbiter Crews got a refrigerator and oven to store and prepare meals. And trying to feed those Early Astro nauts attired in a space suit was t easy he said recalling tests in which strained food was packed into the suits with tubes leading to the astronauts Mouths. We stuck them in a Centrifuge and As soon As they got past one g Normal Gravity. Pitt everything came up in Side their  for the slide nos. The presentation was a treat. It was very exciting seeing All the space  said Arlon Maxwell 12. A Bowling in sixth grader. I never had a Good adventure like going into  but classmate Randi freed. 12.found the space traveler s menu Bland and uninspiring. I m a big  she said and i would t like  the space event was a change of Pace for not Only the students but for the speaker As Well. "1 push a desk said Dutczak. A for Mer California state University professor who holds degrees in biology chemistry geophysics and physics lie also taught Junior High school an experience that became evident when he used a child s Frame of reference to describe space travel to his audience. The space shuttle cargo Bay for example is big enough to hold a school bus and six  skylab was As big As a three bedroom House. The Saturn v rocket stages looked like soda pop cans and were As equally disposable. When you finish your pop. What do you do with the can you throw it away Dulc a said. It s at the Bot Tom of the Ocean if anybody wants  15 on Vincennes disciplined for drug abuse san Diego a the Navy announced Friday that 15 Crew members of the guided missile Cruiser Vincennes the ship that shot Down an iranian jetliner in the persian Gulf last summer arc being disciplined for drug abuse. There is no connection now to the july 3 incident in the persian Gulf to what has happened on Board the  said cmdr. David Dillon a Navy spokes Man. The Vincennes meanwhile will be shifted to Long Beach naval shipyard within five weeks for modifications to Correct deficiencies in the Aegis electronic combat control system the san Diego Tribune reported Friday. Aegis which is designed to enable a ship like the Vincennes to make computer recommended Battle decisions for entire fleets was found rated in the per Sian Gulf confrontation. According to Pentagon analysts split second Deci Sions were affected by the inability of radar scope interpreters to immediately match the plane s Blip with digital direction Altitude and Speed information displayed on another screen. Those problems Are one reason the Vincennes will undergo modernisation an unidentified source told the Tribune. None of inc sailors involved in the drug sweep were in positions that May have influenced the decision by capt. Will c. Rogers Iii to fire two anti aircraft mis Siles at the jetliner. Dillon said. All 290 aboard the plane died. Of the 15 sailors six Are being processed for Dis charge from the Navy while six others have been Gien warnings Dillon said. Three Are Petty officers who Are being investigated for possible court martial in connection with drug sales he said. Dillon noted that the 15 sailors represent 3.9 per cent of the 384 sailors on Board. That is less than the 5.4 percent average for the entire Navy he said. The announcement came As preparations were under Way at the naval station san Diego for change of command aboard the Vincennes. Rogers will be rotated to a new assignment Al the Navy s tactical training group in san Diego. The new Vincennes commander is capt. Robert b. Lynch who had been so aligned in Sashington and is Assum ing his fifth sea command. Rogers and his wife Sharon have been under guard by the naval investigative service since a pipe bomb exploded under the family Van mrs. Rogers was driving to her teaching Job March 10 in la Jolla. She escaped injury the Fri is investigating the attack As possible terrorist retaliation for the Airliner s Deal Duclion. Slapstick stunts raise big Bucks for Aid societies  staff writer five Days of Raffles bake sales and Wacky stunts like shaving Cream pics in the face helped Navy and air Force broadcast Lars in Iceland raise More than $100,000 for i hair respective Relief societies organizers said. By 6 . Friday the end of this year s Mcdial Hon 89 Al Nas Kravik More than $60,000 in raffle tick Els were sold and volunteers took in another $40,000 in pledges said Navy it. De Barker who Heads the Navy broadcasting service Del Achmel Al the base 35 Miles Wisl of Reykjavik. Barker said Money from inc often chaotic cd Cal will go to the Navy Relief and air Force Aid societies we have a Dunk a cop program. For a s1 you can it a pie in the face of the Pofi Comai your last  voluntary agencies that help sailors and airmen with Money problems. The popular if sometimes goofy shaving Cream munis were a big hit again this year. Barker said. Gram. Fora i to iceman who gave you it look Only five minutes and s100 in pledges thurs Day night to gel staff sol. Gino Plyler an air Force disc jockey to do his slide for life through a Moun Tain of shaving Cream on a plastic runway set up on the radio station s parking lol. Other fund raising gimmicks included All Day All night softball tournaments and bake sales. Radio listeners and television viewers could Call in pledges throughout the week to hear their favorite songs or watch their favorite shows but risked the Chance of having their selection bumped from the lineup by a higher bidder. Barker said the $60,000 in raffle tickets were for chances on a television and other electronic gear. A Navy warrant officer held the Lucky ticket that w on him a new $26,000 car. This year s local was Well beyond last year s $40.000 Mark we re talking $20 for every Man woman and child on the base he said which is a Prelly amazing  the cd Cal is the offshoot of inc nato base s Origi Nal radio hons which began Al the station in the 1950s