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Space shuttle program will
move from Texas to Florida
United Press International
WASHINGTON — NASA Ad
ministrator James Beggs pre
dicted Thursday some space
shuttle planning and control
functions — the program’s
“center of gravity” — will move
from Texas to the Kennedy
Space Center in Florida.
Beggs also said he expects ac
tive cooperation from Japan
and some of America’s Euro
pean allies in development of a
permanently manned space sta
tion planned to begin opera
tions in 1992.
Beggs said the shift would
have to occur gradually, over
Five to 10 years, because of the
space agency’s heavy invest
ment in shuttle-related equip
ment at the Johnson Space Cen
ter in Houston.
“I think over time we will see
more of the operational role
moving to KSC,” Beggs said at a
news service interview. “Bit by
bit, we’re going to force the cen
ter of gravity in shuttle opera
tions from Johnson to Kenne
dy.”
The Johnson Space Center,
which led the development of
the shuttle during the past de
cade, recently was named to
head work on the $8 billion
space station — NASA’s next
big project.
The Florida base was the pri
mary nerve center for NASA
during the Mercury manned
spaceflight years. In 1961
NASA decided to establish the
Manned Spacecraft Center,
later named for President John
son, near Houston.
The Kennedy Space Center,
however, remained the launch
base for manned spacecraft and
now is also the primary landing
site for the shuttle fleet. The
second shuttle launch base, at
Vandenberg Air Force Base in
California, is expected to be re
ady for operation late next year.
NASA expects to be able to
reduce the control center work
load for shuttle
flights of the reusable rocket
plane become more routine. Up
to 24 flights a year are planned
for the late 1980s.
Looking into the 1990s,
Beggs said the second genera
tion shuttle probably would be a
completely reusable ship. The
shuttle’s large external fuel tank
now is jettisoned after each
launch.
Beggs also said that once the
space station is established, it
and the shuttle will give the
United States a powerful tool to
handle more ambitious ven
tures by the end of the century.
He mentioned manned visits
to asteroids, establishment of a
manned base on the moon, and
possibly even manned flights to
Mars.
Beggs said he expects West
Germany, Italy, Japan and
probably France to take some
role in America’s manned space
station.
“It’s just a question as to how
they will participate,” he said.
Beggs said a delegation of
Europeans is expected to visit
the United States next month to
discuss avenues of cooperation
on the project.
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Beggs said earlier this week
he expects the Europeans to
contribute $2 billion to the pro
gram and the Japanese $1 bil
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Hinojosa also will rule on sev
eral other defense motions, in
cluding one to suppress use of
the 19 tons of marijuana as evi
dence.
A jury was selected Thursday
to try the 13 Colombians and
one Guyanan who were taken
into custody Feb. 5 after a 20-
hour chase by the U.S. Coast
Guard cutter Durable out of
Brownsville.
Charges were brought
against the men for conspiracy
to possess with intent to distrib
ute the marijuana.
Several of the men also were
charged in connection with the
ramming of the cutter by the
Colombian vessel.
U.S. Customs officers also
have filed documents to appro-
riate the seized vessel.
The 14 defendants could
face up to 15 years in prison
and fines of up to $60,000 each
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for Supreme Court seab
United Press International words between Ray and Sharpe,
AUSTIN —- While candi- race is considered impor-
dates for chief justice of the Su- because it could alter what
preme Court have run the gen- * s viewed by legal observers as a
teel campaigns usually 5-4 split on the court in favor of
By
associated with Texas court
races, candidates for another
spot on the high court have
waged perhaps the most bitter
judicial contest in state history.
plaintiffs who file damage or
personal injury cases.
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Although Sharpe, 43, has
said he doesn’t favor either de
fense or plaintiff lawyers, he
BROWNSVILLE — A federal
judge says he will rule today
whether the U.S. Coast Guard
had jurisdiction to seize a Co
lombian cutter carrying 19 tons
of marijuana in international
waters last February.
The defense has asked U.S.
District Judge Ricardo Hinojosa
to dismiss charges against 14
South Americans on grounds
the Coast Guard did not have
the authority to detain the ship
outside U.S. waters.
The Democratic primary bat- has gained the support of the
tie for the Place 2 seat between Texas Association of Defense
incumbent C.L. Ray, 53, and Counsel, the Texas Association
Fort Worth attorney Shelby of Businessmen and the Texas
Sharpe has grabbed headlines Medical Association,
and stirred interest in the nor- Ray has received support
mally low-key race. from “several hundred” trial
lawyers, he says.
The other three seats open
this year on the nine-member
court have had uneventful
races.
In one. Justice Franklin
Spears is running uncontested.
In another, former attorney
general and gubernatorial can
didate John Hill and Justice
Sears McGee are battling quietly
for the chiefjustice post.
Texas Ward of El Paso also is
a candidate in the battle for
Place 2, but he is considered a
long shot.
In addition to the
harsh words between
Ray and Sharpe, the
race is considered im
portant because it
could alter ... a 5-4
split on the court in fa
vor of plaintiffs who
file damage or per
sonal injury cases.
There are no GOP candi
dates in the hotly contested
race, meaning the Democratic
primary winner is assured of
election.
Sharpe kicked off his cam
paign by accusing Ray of violat
ing judicial ethics by having
telephone conversations with a
lawyer who had a case pending
before the court. He also said
Ray accepted airplane rides in
the same lawyer’s airplane.
In the chief justice race,
Democrats Hill and McGee
have battled quietly for the post
being vacated by the retirement
of current Chief Justice Jack
Pope.
Hill, who narrowly lost his
bid for the governorship to for
mer Gov. Bill Clements in 1978,
indicated he would run for the
court even before Pope an
nounced his retirement.
Ray, a former legislator and
Texarkana appeals court judge,
has not denied those assertions
but says judicial ethics do not
preclude him from having so
cial contacts with lawyers. He
also denies ever having dis
cussed a pending case.
raised nearly
campaign funds
In addition to the harsh
Hill has
$350,000 in
compared to McGee’s $25,000
and with higher name identifi
cation is considered a strong fa
vorite in the race. The winner Justice George Ellis of Hoi
of the primary will face Repub
lican candidate John L. Bates, a
Waco attorney.
Hill has denied anypll
use the court as a stepping
for another run al ihe
nor’s office and also dii
McGee’s claim that he is
side with plaintiffs in
injury cases.
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