European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the. Stars and stripes wednesday May 22, 1991 computer woes delay launch Cape canaveral Fla. A Nasa on tuesday delayed the launch of Columbia for late next week because of a rash of last minute glitches two different computer problems and a renewed con earn Over fuel temperature sensors. Columbia was supposed to have blasted off at 8  Edt wednesday on a nine Day biomedical research Mission with seven astronauts 30 rats and 2,478 t Iny jellyfish. Now tiie earliest Columbia will lift off is late next week probably May 31 or june 1, said Bruce Buckingham a spokesman for the National aeronautics and space administration.  replace All nine fuel temperature sensors one of five main computers that failed and another malfunctioning computer part he said. The first hint of trouble came monday night when the launch team received additional data from the manufacturer of a temperature sensor in columbian a main propulsion sys Tepi that was replaced last year. Nasa  Mike Leinbach said. The welding on that sensor was cracked and had contributed to Hydrogen fuel teams that grounded the shuttle for months. Columbia flew in december and the replacement sensor and eight other fuel temperature sensors worked Fine. Nasa said. But a further analysis since then seems to raise a questions about the sensors Leinbach said. More trouble followed. Shortly after Midnight workers discovered a problem with one of 23 units that link the main computers with shuttle components. The malfunctioning unit called a multiplexer Demuri Lexer converts and formats commands from the main computers. It failed and came Back into operation but did not work properly. Later tuesday morning one of five main computers in the flight deck also failed mysteriously. Columbian a astronauts planned to re turn to Johnson space Center in Houston on wednesday. The animals remained in laboratories. After years of work and millions of dollars. Nasa came up with cages designed to keep rat waste and food trom Filia Ting around the shuttle during Columbia s research flight. During a 1985 Mission rat litter floated from the animals cages to the astronauts disgust. A it was less than a Teaspoon full of particulate matter. But if you re the Crew and you have to w Orry about breathing you can see Why they made a big Deal about it a said Kenneth Souza chief of the space life sciences payloads office at nasal Sames research Center in Mountain View Calif. We be taken the Crew comments seriously Over the years and spent $10.5 million in Overall improvements a Souza said  rally bombing kills Gandhi new Delhi. India up former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi w As killed in a bomb explosion tuesday night in Southern tamil Nadu state the press Trust of India news Agency reported. The report said More than a dozen other persons were feared killed in the explosion which occurred at 10 20 . As Gandhi got out of his car to address a rally in the town of . Indians cast ballots monday in a general election and More voting was scheduled later this week. Gandhi s Congress party was trying to stage a comeback from its 1989 election  assails japanese Over . Car sales by Paul Blustein the Washington Post t Okyo a vice president Quayle started his visit to Japan on monday by opening a new front in . Efforts to crack the japanese Market complaining to Japan a leadership about the notoriously poor sales of american cars Here. In meetings with prime minister Toshiki Kaifu and Liichi Nakao minister of International Trade and Industry Quayle said that the inability of . Automakers to sell their vehicles through japanese Auto dealers should become the subject of governmental Trade negotiations according to . And japanese officials. Quayle a Niove raises a new political Issue in the increasingly sensitive Arena of global automobile Trade.  . Industry suffering from severe losses and layoffs the administration has come under pressure from Chrysler corp. Vice president Dan Quayle is briefed by a japanese naval officer aboard a minesweeper in Yokosuka on tuesday. Postal armoured pact soldiers return Home from Gulf four platoons of the 115th postal co and about 230 soldiers from the 2nd army div fwd returned Home to Germany from saudi Arabia on tuesday. Four of the 74 soldiers from the postal unit will remain in saudi Arabia until August a group spokeswoman said. The unit part of the . Army postal group Europe in Kaiserslautern Germany deployed in Early december. As the Only european based army postal company serving in the Middle last the 115th comprised soldiers from postal companies throughout la rope. The company supported Vii corps units at various locations in saudi Arabia. A Homecoming Celebration for the soldiers will take place at Tompkins Barracks in sew Etzinger Germany on june 5 at 3 . T he 2nd army div soldiers who returned tuesday ended a four month deployment in support of operations desert shield and desert storm. More than Iso soldiers in the Karlstedt based unit Are still in saudi Arabia to Load military equipment aboard ships. About 20 soldiers will ride Home with the equipment and Are due in Bremerhaven Germany in late july or August according to a unit spokesman. About 4,000 division troops served in the persian Gulf War. The a Rigaude Sie armoured unit was attached la the 1st in div during the War. And fought in Iraq and Kuwait. Following the cease fire division soldiers processed refugees in Iraq and saudi Arabia and helped build and provide Security Tor two refugee Camps one in Southern Iraq and another in saudi  Page 1 balance of 322, Trainina Davs Durina the last Quarter of 1989. W Quot the germans asked us Are or to provide the Legal basis for this claim since there was no contractual agreement for it a the audit said. Quot Usa eur could not and the matter w As  in what one army official said was a retaliatory move the germans then billed Usa eur for about $10 million based on a provision requiring . Military forces to reimburse Germany for excess training Day imbalances and the use of an Airfield. A the claim is enforceable Quot army auditors said. A a it san incredibly one sided  said a House armed serv ices committee staffer. Quot they can Bill us if they feel like it but we can to Bill them a the audit said the proposed new agreement contains Manv of the same Cost provisions favouring the germans As the old one and is a not in the Best interests of the United  auditors recommended  agreement and refusing to allow German units to use is. Training ranges until a More equitable  is a oiled out. But army officials in Europe Osciak Are resisting. Because the Usa eur Corurn launder also serves in a nato position he must Quot consider the training needs of both nato and i s. Troops and denying the germans Access to these facilities would not be in the Best interest of  the cots Sand said in its response to the audit. Pentagon officials Are concerned that if they try to increase German Cost sharing payments under the current agreement the germans May come up with other cases w Here the United states of a is Rooney. A if that s the Case then agreements with the German Bould review All our a House staffer said. 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