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...press coverage of manned space shuttle flights carrying purely military payloads. Mission 51-C is the first such flight; dozens more are scheduled in coming months and years. The aim of the new rules, declared General Abel, is to "deny our adversaries"-i.e., the Soviets-information about the shuttle launch and its payload. The effort to keep the lid on promptly provoked a rush of news leaks and reignited the simmering debate between the press and the Pentagon about the limits of secrecy...
Kathryn Sullivan, 33, the first American woman to walk in space, on the relative risks of rocket flight and driving in Texas: "Driving on the Houston freeway is more dangerous. I'll take my chances on the launch...
...plumes to heat up and rise higher into the stratosphere? How many megatons would have to be detonated in order to trigger nuclear winter? To get some answers, several federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense and Energy, the NOAA, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency are about to launch a comprehensive study. In one of the survey's likely investigations, a plane will fly above large-scale forest fires, and on-board equipment will gauge particle size and the destination of the soot. High above the earth, satellites will photograph the smoke plumes...
Spending on the manned orbiting space station, the next major NASA project, would be sliced by $1.2 billion over three years, possibly pushing back its scheduled launch date in the early 1990s. Subsidized school lunches would be restricted to children from needy families, for a saving of $2.2 billion. Similar proposals in the past have foundered on the question of applying means tests to the 23 million students in the program. The Administration would also require that veterans seeking free medical benefits after 1987 either be disabled or have proven financial need. Projected saving: $400 million...
WASHINGTON--An influent at conservative organization is urging the Reagan administration to launch "a top priority" battle against the comparable worth theory of achieving pay equity for women...