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...objectives accomplished, NASA insists that the shuttle "is now a fully mature space-plane." That may be an exaggeration, but the 13th shuttle flight, the sixth by Challenger, can boast at least one notable achievement. Although Crippen, Sullivan, Leetsma, Jon McBride, Sally Ride, Paul Scully-Power and Marc Garneau of Canada were crammed into an area the size of a small studio apartment, they made it through eight days without any noticeable clashes or even displays of temper. Marveled Crippen of the largest space crew ever, "You really can fit seven people in here...
...other federal investigators, their check was a prized hunting trophy. Made out to the United States of America and drawn on Chase Manhattan Bank, the check for $113,018,306.71, along with other payments, concluded a 13-month tax-fraud prosecution of two companies controlled by fugitive Commodities Broker Marc Rich. The total settlement of nearly $200 million, said Giuliani, "represents the largest amount of money ever recovered by the United States in a criminal tax-evasion case...
...mission. Challenger soared off its pad at Kennedy Space Center carrying a record seven passengers. Among its crew are two women: Kathryn Sullivan, who is scheduled this week to become the first American woman to walk in space, and Sally Ride, the first U.S. female astronaut. Also aboard is Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut, an engineer who will study the damage done to Canadian lakes by acid rain. Within hours after the launch, Ride commanded the shuttle's robot arm to release a $40 million heat-sensing satellite that will aid long-range weather forecasting. The crew unfolded...
Margaret Neas studied piano at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore. She taught, played concerts and composed until an agent suggested supper clubs. "It's the most fun thing in the world," she says. "It's like a party every night." Her son Marc, in the room tonight, recalls, "Her agent said, 'You need a gimmick.' And she said, 'Well, I'll play in gloves.' I remember watching TV with her while she mended her gloves. Now she says it's hard to play without them...
IMAGINARY MAGNITUDE by Stanislaw Lem Translated by Marc E. Heine Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 248 pages...