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Meanwhile, ABC News reported Tuesday that two problems discovered during delays preceding the launch of the shuttle Columbia in January could have resulted in a disaster as catastrophic as the Challenger explosion...
...astronaut, who has flown more shuttle missions than anyone, wrote the memo Jan. 6, six days before the launch of Columbia on the last successful shuttle mission and 22 days before Challenger exploded...
Democrats have long tried to attack Reagan the man, and yet his image as president remains untarnished. They have yet to launch a sustained attack against Reagan the president. When Democrats dismiss Reagan as a "buffoon," they simply demonstrate their ignorance of the powerful changes in public opinion that helped Reagan win office and have supported a string of successes during his administration...
...possibility, concluded that the ice did not pose a danger and Rockwell's position in effect was dismissed. But once again there had been an apparent misunderstanding about the degree of opposition to proceeding. Testified Aldrich: "A concern was voiced (by Rockwell) but they didn't say 'Don't launch.' " Rogers found this another "serious deficiency in the process...
...Scowcroft commission thought that if both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. built small mobile missiles, neither side would feel tempted to launch (or feel threatened by) a first strike. But the Administration last fall suddenly proposed in Geneva that all mobile missiles be banned. Moscow is developing two types of mobile missiles that the Pentagon fears will add dangerously to Soviet striking power...