November 6, 1995

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HEADLINE NEWS

'CRAZY' MD-95 PRICES WORRY MAJOR SUPPLIER

The concern is that a low entry price will force production cost-cutting—but the MD-95 also could make it harder for China and South Korea to launch their Asian Express

By MICHAEL MECHAM

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GE90 GROWTH POSES DILEMMA

NEW YORK General Electric engineers will conduct a series of tests and evaluations through 1996 to provide the basis for a decision on the next growth step for the GE90 powerplant. The dilemma facing GE executives is whether they should boost the thrust of the GE90 to around 98,000 lb. or go further to 105,000 lb.

By STANLEY W. KANDEBO

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JAL SALE GIVES 777-300 ADDED MOMENTUM

SEATTLE A digitally enhanced photo shows a stretched Boeing 777-300 as if in flight. Japan Airlines last week committed to adding five 777-300 stretched models to its existing order for 10 777-200s and 10 options. The adjunct is worth approximately $800 million, according to Boeing.

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ATLANTIS TO PLACE NEW MODULE ON MIR

WASHINGTON In many ways, Atlantis' upcoming flight to Mir is the closest thing yet to what life will be like when the long-awaited international space station era begins. Together the crews on board the U.S. space shuttle and the Russian station will represent all but one of the partners involved in the coming station project.

By JAMES R. ASKER

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NASA BOLSTERS SHUTTLE TRACKING

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER NASA engineers and the astronauts of shuttle Mission 73 last week checked out key components for returning Columbia to Earth after its stint of more than two weeks as an orbiting microgravity research laboratory. While the seven astronauts on board Columbia worked around the clock in two shifts supporting that research, engineers at NASA's Mission Control Center in Houston and at its Goddard Space Flight Center tested a new method for getting data on the orbiter's trajectory to ground controllers.

By JAMES T. McKENNA

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