February 17, 1986

February 17, 1986

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Shuttle 51-L Loss

Presidential Accident Commission to Broaden Scope of Investigation

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Darpa's Pilot's Associate Program Provides Development Challenges

Fiscal 1987 Aerospace Budgets

Defense Budget Faces Freeze By Election-year Congress

By Paul Mann9 min

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Shuttle 51-L Loss

Presidential Accident Commission to Broaden Scope of Investigation

Washington—Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident will broaden its investigation to include the management practices, center relationships and chain of command in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to uncover the cause of the space shuttle Mission 51-L accident and the reason for specific flight safety judgments made in the months leading up to loss of Challenger and its seven-member crew Jan. 28.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Darpa's Pilot's Associate Program Provides Development Challenges

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Fiscal 1987 Aerospace Budgets

Defense Budget Faces Freeze By Election-year Congress

Washington—President Reagan's bid to revive his faltering defense buildup with a purported 8% funding increase next year will not survive predictable opposition from Congress, where the President's Republican allies as well as Democrats are wary of the voter backlash that $200-billion deficits and a $2-trillion debt may trigger in the November elections.

By Paul Mann9 min

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Fiscal 1987 Aerospace Budgets

Army's $81.5-billion Bid Represents One-quarter of Defense Requests

By Brendan M. Greeley8 min

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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Texas Instruments Nears Completion of Lisp Language Microprocessor

Dallas—Texas Instruments is in the final stages of development of a LISP language computer chip and the boards that make up a compact LISP symbolic processing machine for delivery to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency during the third quarter of this year.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Trw Uses Al Tools to Control Computer System Problems

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Fiscal 1987 Aerospace Budgets

Fiscal 1987 Major Weapon System Spending Detailed By Military Services

Washington—Defense Dept. Fiscal 1987 budget request for aircraft and missile programs in production and in research and development are listed below. Comparable 1986 figures in parentheses show Defense budget plans as of Jan. 1, but do not reflect possible cuts resulting from the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings law.
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Boeing Accelerates Research, Dissemination of Technology

San Francisco—Boeing Co. is accelerating its research and development in artificial intelligence, and has implemented a program for rapid expansion of the technology throughout its operating companies. To speed the process of diffusing the new technology throughout the company's research and product divisions, Boeing is providing university-level artificial intelligence training to employees through an in-house education program.
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Shuttle 51-L Loss

Nasa Assesses External Tank's Role in Challenger Accident

Washington—National Aeronautics and Space Administration's investigating team is assessing data that indicate critical O-ring seals in a joint on space shuttle Challenger's right solid rocket booster could have been frozen by supercold liquid hydrogen or oxygen from the shuttle's external propellant tank prior to launch from Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.
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Shuttle 51-L Loss

European Ariane's Launch Manifest Contains Nine Open Payload Slots

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz7 min

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