July 21, 1986

July 21, 1986

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Editorial

Building Japan’s Technology Base

By DONALD E. FINK

SCALED-DOWN STATION

Launch Capacity, EVA Concerns Force Space Station Redesign

By Craig Covault

Space Technology

Soviets Complete First Manned Mir Mission

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Editorial

Building Japan’s Technology Base

Japan’s determination to continue expanding its technology base is nowhere more apparent than in Tsukuba Science City, a relatively new planned community the Japanese government has built about 40 mi. northeast of Tokyo. Tsukuba Science City was established to foster technical developments applicable to “every aspect of life and culture,” and is the culmination of a long-term plan to concentrate the nation’s technical expertise in a single university and research institute complex.

By DONALD E. FINK

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SCALED-DOWN STATION

Launch Capacity, EVA Concerns Force Space Station Redesign

By Craig Covault

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Space Technology

Soviets Complete First Manned Mir Mission

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SCALED-DOWN STATION

NASA Estimates Budget Shortfall From Fiscal 1987 Funding Level

Washington—National Aeronautics and Space Administration will be unable to meet its budget requirements with the level of funding requested in Fiscal 1987, according to the agency’s latest budget estimates. Funds needed to recover from the Challenger accident have soared while Reagan Administration budget officials have failed to identify sources to cover the new expenses, the estimates show.
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Aeronautical Engineering

Fighter Funds Tied to Joint-Use Rule

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South Africans to Fly Modified Mirage 3Es

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Aeronautical Engineering

USAF Aircraft Destroyed in Crash Believed to Be Stealth Fighter

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Management

Defense Dept. Suspends Litton From Receiving New Contracts

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Space Technology

Europeans Add Escape System, Second Engine to Hermes Design

Meribel, France—Europe has added a second orbital insertion/deorbit engine to its Hermes manned spaceplane design and will install a solid rocket booster extraction system on the upper portion of the Ariane 5 to allow Hermes to be separated from Ariane in case of flight safety problems during launch.

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

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Space Technology

French/West German Team Develops Extended-Mission Ariane Upper Stage To Launch Space Station Modules

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