December 14, 1981

December 14, 1981

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Editorial

Bean-Counting the Solar System

By William H. Gregory

Management

Adviser Urges Shuttle Emphasis

By Alton K. Marsh

Defense Dept. Asks to Review Aeronautics Cut

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Editorial

Bean-Counting the Solar System

Planetary exploration is foundering under the Reagan Administration. It has not sunk yet under the heavy rollers kicked up by the Office of Management and Budget, but it is definitely down by the bow. Late autumn is the peak season for budget-thrashing as the numbers for the new fiscal year budget are stuffed together, and the budget office spear carriers are back at their usual game of not only proposing cuts but also trying to designate what programs the agencies ought to kill.

By William H. Gregory

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Management

Adviser Urges Shuttle Emphasis

Chief of White House science office says that planetary work should be redirected to less expensive projects

By Alton K. Marsh

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Defense Dept. Asks to Review Aeronautics Cut

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Management

Soviet Strategie Bomber Photographed at Ramenskoye

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Space Technology

Shuttle's APU Fuel Bubble Raises Explosio Concern

By Craig Covault

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Space Technology

Shuttle Modifications Progress Toward a March Launch Target

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Space Technology

Spacecraft Provides Data On Flow of Solar Energy

San Francisco—High-altitude Dynamics Explorer satellite has provided scientists with global views of terrestrial auroras and other data needed to study the flow of solar energy and matter from space through the Earth’s magnetic field into the upper atmosphere.

By Benjamin M. Elson

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Space Technology

ESA Spacelab Work Advances At ERNO Plant

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Space Technology

Otrag Ends Libyan Launch Work

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Orion Suspension

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