European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes . Tuesday december 8,1992clinton tries to make friends in Congress Little Rock Ark. A president elect Clinton on the verge of making his first Cabinet appointments is trying to reach out to influential members of Congress committee leaders and newcomers. The first group will have an important say on whether his programs succeed the second could constitute an important voting coalition. On the Way to Washington on monday Clinton planned to Stop in Chicago for a town Hall like meeting with students at a Community College. A the looks Forward to talking to the students about their educational Opportunity and Job prospects and How the right training can Lead to the right Job a said George Stephano Vroulos Clinton a communications director. During his two Day Washington tour a his second trip to the capital since the nov. 3 election a Clinton plans to meet separately with All House democrats House and Senate committee chairmen and the newcomers. Freshmen House members usually Are the least influential lawmakers. But at 110 Strong this year a the largest group since 1948 a the new members constitute a significant potential voting bloc. A they were elected on the same message he ran on and he Hopes they will be natural allies for change and Progress and Reform from the beginning a said Bruce Lindsey a Clinton aide. During his three hour Stopover in Ali Nois Clinton was to meet with students at Wilbur Wright Community College in a Blue Collar neighbourhood in Northwest Chicago. A in one sense we fit in with what or. Clinton is talking about which is putting people Back to work. That a what we do a said Nancy Desombre a vice president at the 14,000-student racially diverse College. About 85 students were to hear Clinton talk and ask him questions. A the College is thrilled a Desombre said. A you cannot believe the excitement level around  it was the beginning of what promised to be a Busy week for the president elect. He is expected to make his first Cabinet appointment. Transition and democratic sources said head decided on . Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas As Treasury Secretary and new York investment banker Roger Altman As Deputy Secretary. Sources also said the leading candidates for budget director Are House budget committee chairman Leon e. Panetta d-Calif., and Alice Rivlin former director of the congressional budget office. Clinton also is believed to be near a decision on a health and human services Secretary As Well As the chiefs of the Energy and Interior departments and the environmental Protection Agency advisers said. In Washington on monday Clinton and his wife Hillary were to be guests at a private dinner held by Katharine Graham chairwoman of the Washington Post co. President elect Clinton greets a Young parishioner after attending services sunday at Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock  communication with shuttle works a one time space Center Houston apr the defense department used lasers to relay navigation data from the ground to space shuttle discovery but was unable to repeat the experiments Success Early monday. After four Days of trying the shuttle Crew picked up the Green laser signals sent sunday from an air Force station in Palm Bay Fla. On monday morning however astronauts had no Luck getting the signals fired from the air Force Malabar test facility. Shuttle commander David Walker said the shuttles Angle to the ground was too Sharp a More than 30 degrees a to Sec the laser through its overhead windows. A second test Opportunity was scrubbed due to heavy fog at a laser facility near Albuquerque . Until sunday bad weather at laser stations around the United states had thwarted the army Experiment. Sixteen laser tests had been scheduled through monday morning. Five were abandoned because of Clouds fog rain or Snow two others were tried but spoiled by Clouds. Operators of the Palm Bay station replaced an old laser transmitter that had been working at 20 percent of Normal Power before firing sundays test beams said Dave Hess a spokesman for the air Force space and missile systems Center. The next two laser tests from Sites in California and Hawaii failed however a one because of bad weather and the other for unknown reasons. The army wanted to see whether lasers could relay navigation data from the ground to space. Such information currently is transmitted via radio which is More susceptible to detection. A the concept has been proved by sundays Success Hess said. The Crew awakened monday to the Navy a anchors aweigh in Honor of Walker and Pilot Robert Cabana both of whom attended the . Naval Academy. Cabana said he already had caught some a a gorgeous Early morning videotape footage. A i woke up a Little Early and there a a big High pressure system Over parts of Europe and Russia and Down into the Himalayas and it was absolutely Beautiful a he told Mission  six year flight to Jupiter Galileo swinging by Earth on Way to Jupiter Pasadena Calif. Up nasal a Galileo probe will zip past the Earth and Moon this week using the planets Gravity to fling it toward an exploration of Jupiter. Galileo was to pass within about 68,000 Miles of Earth a Moon at 10 58 . Est on monday and pass within 190 Miles of Earth at 10 09 . Est today. The pass will boost the probes Speed by 8,280 Mph whipping it toward the asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter at about 87,190 Mph. Scientists plan to use the pass by the atomic powered $ 1.4-billion spacecraft to calibrate the probes instruments by using the various sensors and cameras to study and photograph the Earth and Moon. Beginning eight Days after passing Earth the probe will take a series of color images of the Earth and Moon. The images will be compiled into a Short film that will be released dec. 22. A when we look Back and image the Earth Well be Able to form this unprecedented View a said project manager William of Neil of the National aeronautics and space administrations Jet propulsion Laboratory. A for 14 hours Well be Able to construct effectively a movie of the Moon traversing the foreground of the Earth. We re very much looking Forward to  the 5,990-Pound probe named after the italian astronomer credited with discovering Jupiter a four brightest Moons is the most sophisticated interplanetary spacecraft Ever built equipped with a Battery of 10 instruments. Galileo was launched from the space shuttle Atlantis on oct. 18, 1989, kicking off a six year three planet celestial billiard shot requiring the probe to sail once past Venus and twice past Earth for velocity boosting flybys. Jupiter lord of a miniature solar system of 16 whirling Moons is the largest planet in orbit around the Sun. It is a hostile world of searing lightning centuries old storms and belts of deadly radiation. The spacecraft zoomed past Venus and Earth in 1990, gaining enough Speed to reach the asteroid Belt Between Mars and Jupiter. After passing within 1,000 Miles of the asteroid Gaspar on oct. 29, Galileo fell Back into the inner solar system for a second flyby of Earth. After passing Earth Galileo will Fly within 600 Miles of the asteroid Ida on aug. 28, 1993. Finally on dec. 7, 1995, Galileo will Flash past Jupiter a volcanic Moon to at an Altitude of 600 Miles and will decelerate into the Jovian system. If All goes Well the spacecraft will drop an instrumented probe into Jupiter a Stormy atmosphere before the Mother ship slips into orbit around the giant planet in december 1995 for a planned 20-month tour