European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday March 16,1991 the stars and stripes b Pago 5 smaller space station dealt Nasa takes Issue with study s Washington a the battered space station project redesigned and slimmed Down received another blow Friday As a prestigious panel declared the newest version a cannot be supported on a top Nasa official called the report a an unfortunate characterization of the capabilities of the space station and said the scaled Back version actually is an improvement. The report by the space studies Board of the National research Council comes As the House space subcommittee considers nasal a $15.8 billion funding request for 1992, $2 billion of it for the space station. A a in a be interested in knowing who made those statements and letting them make them to us at the subcommittee a said rep. Ralph Hall a Texas the chairman. The panel includes some of americans top scientists executives and academicians and a noted former astronaut or. Sally ride. The space station which has Cost nearly $3 billion in design work since it was proposed in 1984, recently was redrawn to shave $6 billion from its Cost in the next five years. Details of the new version Are being circulated among agencies for their opinion but wont be formally presented to Congress until Early in april. A a it a going to Force us to take a Good hard look at what our priorities Are a said rep. Bill Green. The new York Republican is on the House appropriations subcommittee which oversees space spending. He said Congress will be faced with choosing among three big projects a an ambitious space based study of the environment called Mission to planet Earth a new heavy lift rocket and the space station. If the station is in third place he said it might not be funded. And what about the Money spent so far a a it a better to Stop when you be spent $3 billion and you be seen you Are not really Able to put it in shape than to go through and spend $38 billion and see you Are not Able to put it in shape a Green said. The space studies Board said the station As now planned a does not meet the Basic research requirements of the two principal scientific disciplines for which it is intended a life sciences research. And microgravity research and the space station would be reduced both in size and vital electrical Power. It would be staffed by four astronauts instead of eight As previously planned Lennard Fisk nasal a associate administrator for space science said the Board had made a number of factual errors. A a i done to think its an accurate characterization of the restructured space Sta Tion capabilities a he said of the report. A the restructured space station has actually improved the capabilities of doing science an improvement Over the previous space station. A the goal of this has always been to extend human presence into Low Earth orbit and beyond and along the Way we were going to conduct some world class science. I believe we can do it better on the scaled Down version than we could on the previous a new congressman on the space subcommittee rep. Jim Bacchus d-fla., said it was noteworthy that the space studies Board had not called for the space stations he said inc station a remains the Only Way to do the life sciences research that needs be done to prepare for Long duration space he said he docs not think Congress will have to choose Between the heavy lift rocket and the station that there will be Money for both. A a we Are going to study this reconfiguration exhaustively in the next few months a Bacchus said. The Board said a More research Progress could be achieved in a Shorter period of time and at a fraction of the Cost by using the space shuttle and Small laboratories known As free flyers which Are placed in orbit and retrieved sought to Aid unemployment systems by Karen Ball the associated press Washington a the Bush administration is seeking a 50 percent increase in Aid to overburdened state unemployment insurance systems following criticism that its original request was a woefully a a it a a beginning of a recognition of the suffering of the unemployed in this county a Rudy Oswald chief economist for the Al Cio said thursday of the administrations change of heart. Budget director Richard Darman in a letter to congressional leaders said the administration mow supports $150 million in immediate Aid to state unemployment programs rather than the $100 million first proposed. The Money would be added to this years budget. Darman also said he wants the $150 million designated As a a emergency funding to keep it from being included in spending Caps that would require cuts from other programs. The administration had previously walked at the emergency designation but Darman said it was appropriate now because economic forecasts had changed and growth and unemployment predictions were worse than expected. State officials and Many democrats in Congress had called for a $200 million Aid package for state unemployment programs in Light recession. Since last summer More than 1.6 million americans have been added to unemployment Rolls As the jobless rate has climbed from 5.2 percent to 6.5 percent. State officials said they needed the $200 million to process the huge new volume of unemployment claims accompanying the rising jobless rate. The House has already approved $200 million for state unemployment programs the Senate appropriations committee on thursday backed language proposing $150 million. Under the system states pay benefits with Money that comes from employer taxes. The Federal government pays the states administrative costs. In recent months jobless people have reported Long Waits to file claims and receive checks largely because Short handed state offices can to Cope with the increase in workload. The Al Cion a Oswald said the $150 million would help improve the system. But he added that Congress Ana the administration still need to address Long term problems such As relaxing eligibility standards so More people receive benefits and reactivating an extended Benefit program for the Long term unemployed. Only about one third of the nations 8 million unemployed receive benefits. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago March 16,1981 a heavily armed cuban and nicaraguan exiles belonging Topar miliary organizations were training in special guerrilla a Boot Camps Quot in Southern Florida to prepare for invasions of their homelands Parade Magazine said it said they Are encouraged by the anti communist policies of president Reagan. 20 years ago March 16,1971 a four american airmen who were held for five Days by turkish guerrillas but released unharmed March 8, returned to the United states and told reporters they feared for their lives. When kidnapped on March 4 outside Ankara. 30 years ago March 16,1961 a the French government of Charles Degaulle announced that it is ready to open official peace talks with the algerian rebels. 40 years ago killer King of the Road trucker Gary Mccall of Kansas City and his new travelling Utah. Mccall who drives Long distances said killer is h better companion killer take a break from laundry duties in Ogden cab companion than his previous pet a pit Bull terrier. March 16,1951 a the Senate foreign relations and armed service committees said it was a was Only a matter of time Quot until soviet Russia had enough atomic bombs to deliver a a knockout punch to the the warning was included in a strongly worded report urging Rush action on sending More . Troops to Europe. A
