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National supported by Safety Council National Highway Traffic Safety Administration © US Department of Transportation CHAMPION Page 4/The Battalion/Thursday, January 30, 1986 After the explosion Scientists questioning use of manned flig^ et h< Associated Press SPACE CENTER, Houston — The disaster of space shuttle Chal lenger, in contrast to the stunning success of Voyager’s fly-by of the planet Uranus, will sharpen the ar gument that the U.S. should aban don manned missions and instead send robots to explore the universe, scientists said Wednesday. Unmanned space travel costs far less than manned missions and can probe much deeper in space with no risk to humans. Yet it remains the poor stepchild to the high-flying manned space program, experts said. It’s a debate that has raged in the scientific community since the first days of exploring the heavens. “Nobody wants to say ‘I told you so’ the day after seven people have died,” said Gordon Pettengill, a planetary astronomy professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Tech nology. “I wouldn’t be surprised if this did cause some re-examination. It would be strange to me if it didn’t.” While experts are hesitant to re vive the debate so soon after Tues day’s tragedy, in which seven crew members were killed, concerns are surfacing over the impact the Chal lenger accident will have on un manned projects. John W. Freeman, a Rice Univer sity space physicist, said, “I don’t want to sound callous, but one of the things we always worry about in a tragedy like yesterday is the money that it’s going to take to correct (the roblem) is likely to come out of the ide of unmanned (projects).” e; pr Dr. Edward Ney, a University of Minnesota professor of physics and astronomy and a shuttle critic, said, “The thing that strikes me is that this happened four days after the suc cessful Voyager rendezvous with man said. “The public doesmj appreciate what has been I from unmanned missions stands right now, manned* flight is budgeted muchgrea-M unmanned." XX ’ ’ l Air Many scientists argue ■L nC ed greater balance should bestrLj. plea tween the use of humansandM^ing in space. Rexua “77ie public doesn’t al ways appreciate what has been learned from un manned missions. ” — John W. Freeman, a Rice University space physicist. Uranus, a planet we’ve never even had a photograph of.” >ata recently Machines cannot perfeTj wish functions an astronaut can,il^ese proponents note. And thti»| u rg space station program mayj;tB en ioi toldl>enefits, they argue. [sj 0 William Graham, actingac | (, ' s trator of the space ageno, | c Chii “NASA has always given weight to both the mannedi unmanned part of the spat gram. We’ll continue ourp:] of people and machines worj tn< Data recently radioed back by Voyager 2 have given scientists new photographs of the five major moons of Uranus. The moon Mi randa emerged as an icy world un like any other ever seen in the solar system. In a recent issue of Scientific American magazine, Dr. James Van Allen, a longtime shuttle critic, ar gued that manned flights were di verting important resources from unmanned, probes. “It’s been an uphill battle," Free- getner. At the Jet Propulsion Lai m Pasadena, Calif., whid America’s unmanned gram under contract to N Voyager 2 expert said tht shuttle program is neededio unmanned probes. ■cClu list ch edly ibetwt Ellis Miner, JPL’s depun jL' n e Ba: scientist for Voyager 2 would feel very badly no* would try to abandon (he We have no way of laum thing to the planets except space shuttle Groups concerned about flight suspensive Associated Press SPACE CENTER, Houston — Commercial and scientific organiza tions that counted on the space shut tle to deliver their satellites face new uncertainties after the catastrophic loss of Challenger and the indefinite suspension of all shuttle flights. Marvin Goldberger, president of California Institute of Technology which operates the famed Jet Pro pulsion Laboratory, said “The U.S. space program has been planned for many years on the assumption that the shuttle would be the launch vehi cle of choice.” JPL is managing two major sci ence probes, the Ulysses and the Galileo, which are scheduled for launch on separate missions this May. NASA acting administrator Wil liam Graham said the shuttle will not fly again until investigators know what caused Challenger to blow up and measures have to been taken “to make sure it doesn’t happen again.” The most immediate loss of the Challenger disaster is to studies of Halley’s Comet. Challenger was carrying a satellite designed to take unprecedented photos and instrument readings on the comet. A mission scheduled for March also was to conduct a Halley study, but that now, too, is lost. There won’t be another chance for 76 years. A delay in the launch of Ulysses and Galileo will push their missions back into 1987 at the earliest. A JPL spokeswoman said, “If we miss the May launch dates for the sa tellites, then we would have to wait for 13 months for another launch opportunity.” Both Ulysses and Galileo are to be launched toward the planet Jupiter. Ulysses is to use Jupiter’s gravitatio nal boost to soar over the top of the satellite called Westar-7 in! and the cost of delay wouldbe dear.” Western Union’s last succeiil tellite was placed intoorbitii A satellite delivered to spacec failed to achieve the prope: (EXIC( and was returned to thegmde la “If we miss the May launch dates for the satel lites, then we would have to wait for 13 months for another launch opportu nity. ” — An unidentified spokeswoman for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. the shuttle. “We will continue to xii customers (with existing said but we may not be able to la new business,” Bechtel saii added that it is too soon forthi atlier i pany to consider seeking li t| of l services elsewhere, such as vlogv is; French Ariane rocket. Ee tra A launch delay might a:pg wt help NASA’s space telescopep:feccd c to sun and become the first known ob ject to orbit the solar poles. Galileo is to be sent to a permanent orbit of Ju piter for a concentrated study of that massive planet and its moons. The delay of shuttle launches may erode the profit picture of some commercial satellite users and affect NASA’s international competition with other launch services. Warren Bechtel, a spokesman for Western Union, said his firm planned to launch a communications Mark Littmann, a spokesm the project, said scientists ares Byav bling to prepare a new couj program for the Hubble Spaa scope. A delay would assuretii IMfi work is completed. Scientists, though, would Is appointed if the launch is ds*!®; much past its planned Oct. 274 __ “The whole scientific comi^^ is very anxious to get itmtos| Littmann said. 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