July 15, 1996

July 15, 1996

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HEADLINE NEWS

Ganymede Close-Ups Surprise Scientists

By MICHAEL A.

HEADLINE NEWS

New Shuttle Concerns Aired

By CRAIG COVAULT

HEADLINE NEWS

Unusual Titan 4 Launched

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HEADLINE NEWS

Ganymede Close-Ups Surprise Scientists

Jupiter orbital tour starts with fresh discoveries, but slow downlink stressed by complex images

By MICHAEL A.

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HEADLINE NEWS

New Shuttle Concerns Aired

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER T he White House, NASA and in dustry are assessing the impact of an independent Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel report raising serious space shuttle safety issues, including the poten tial for increased risk of a shuttle accident.

By CRAIG COVAULT

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HEADLINE NEWS

Unusual Titan 4 Launched

Cape Canaveral Liftoff view of a USAF Titan 4 launched from Cape Canaveral July 2 shows the unusual configuration with no upper stage. The Lockheed Martin vehicle was only the second such configuration launched here, but it is used frequently from Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
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HEADLINE NEWS

Mitsubishi Advances LE-5 Design As H-2 Goes Commercial

EIICHIRO SEKIGAWA MICHAEL MECHAM TOKYO HONG KONG Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has successfully completed initial burn tests on an improved second-stage cryogenic engine for the H-2A development program while Japan’s National Space Development Agency negotiates its first commercial launch contract.

By EIICHIRO SEKIGAWA,MICHAEL MECHAM

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HEADLINE NEWS

Space Imaging Taps Former NRO Chief

WASHINGTON An intelligence community veteran who directed U.S. spy satellite efforts until earlier this year has been tapped to run a venture that plans to sell high resolution satellite imagery on the commercial market. Jeffrey K. Harris will become president of Space Imaging Inc., a joint venture of Lockheed Martin and Raytheon’s E-Systems that will operate a commercial satellite capable of resolving ground objects as small as one meter across.

By JOSEPH C. ANCELMO

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HEADLINE NEWS

PGM Investments Assailed, Defended

WASHINGTON The Pentagon is making both financial and tactical mistakes by planning to buy too high a proportion of precision-guided weapons, according to a congressional investigation. A 3 72-year study by the General Accounting Office (GAO) has reached the startling conclusion that precision-guided munitions (PGMs) ate up the bulk of munitions costs in Desert Storm without providing an equal payoff in targets destroyed. The report contends that the U.S. will invest more than $58 billion to acquire 33 different types of PGMs totaling over 300,000 units.

By DAVID A. FULGHUM

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HEADLINE NEWS

Prolonged Strike Looms in St. Louis

NEW YORK The machinists’ strike against McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Co.’s St. Louis operations has the potential to become one of the U.S. aerospace industry’s longest such labor disputes in recent years, lasting not weeks but months.

By ANTHONY L. VELOCCI, JR.

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AIR SAFETY

JT8D Hub Failure Sparks Intense Inquiry

NTSB probes crack in Delta MD-88 engine hub as industry mulls unprecedented case

By JAMES OTT

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AIR SAFETY

Industry Poised to Address JT8D Uncontained Failure

New York Industry has long been concerned with the integrity of titanium forgings and rotating titanium components, and it undoubtedly will redouble its efforts should it be found that the uncontained failure of the JT8D engine on Delta Flight 1288 was caused by the failure of a forged titanium fan hub.

By Stanley W. Kandebo

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Aerospace Computing a Datapro White Paper

Constantly evolving computer technology continues to change the way aerospace companies do business. In recent years, computer-aided design and manufacturing (CAD/CAM), CALS (formerly known as continuous acquisition and life-cycle support) and computer-aided software engineering (CASE) tools have evolved in scope and functionality, enabling aerospace companies to develop, manufacture and support their products more efficiently.
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