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dir’s crew reactivates key module
MOSCOW (AP) -^The crew on the Mir space
tion worked to expand their living space to-
taking advantage of an increased power sup-
® to reactivate a key module so a U.S. space
1 ittle can dock there next month.
I lussians Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vino-
lovand NASA astronaut Michael Foale have
ell j ady switched on the ventilation system in the
7 itall module and were busy reviving other
iSt! ipment, said Valery Lyndin, spokesperson
Mission Control.
et twill take several days to have all the mod-
e ' ;systems working, he said.
lie 17-ton Kristall, along with other parts of the
ion, was cut off from its main power system af-
II ispace collision June 25 left Mir at half power,
lefore reactivating the module, the crew
itthree days running fans and heaters to dry
iquipment, which was damp from conden-
nduring its two months without power. The
itall is one of six separate modules on the Mir.
ussian space officials said it was important
lave Kristall back in working order to contin-
dentific research, which was interrupted by
ig string of breakdowns aboard the 11-year-
ir.
he Kristall, attached to the Mir in 1990, is
dipped with a broad array of scientific gear,
itly intended for producing super-clean ma-
1s in zero-gravity conditions.
It’s also important to have Kristall working
in since it’s the sole module equipped with a
[king port for visiting U.S. space shuttles,”
in said.
he shuttle Atlantis is expected to dock with
around the end of September, bringing U.S.
naut David Wolf to replace Foale and deliv-
igsome repair gear.
n Friday, Solovyov and Vinogradov traveled
the Spektr module, which was depressur-
in the collision, and managed to reconnect
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Anatoly Solovyov and Pavel Vinogradov, left, are shown training to repair a module on a model of
the Mir earlier this summer. They practiced underwater for Mir repairs in the 40-foot-deep tank of wa
ter to simulate weightlessness.
three of its solar panels to Mir’s power system.
That should bring Mir up to about 90 percent of
its original power.
Since Monday, Spektr’s solar batteries have
been providing power equivalent to a third of
their capacity. The crew now needs to link them
to the station’s orientation system, which auto
matically keeps all solar panels at the best possi
ble angle to the sun.
Before doing that, a long series of tests is
needed, and space officials have opted not to
rush the process so Solovyov and Foale have
enough time to prepare for a space walk outside
the station.
wedish official calls sterilizations barbaric
TOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) —
forced sterilization of 60,000
ides deemed genetically infe-
was "barbaric — we should
things by their right name,”
l ial Minister Margot Wall-
em said Thursday.
utWallstroem gave only vague
iis about the government’s ef-
:sto calm the controversy and
ess the cruelty.
e government will appoint a
ission to investigate the steril-
ons conducted from 1935 to
6, but who will be on it or when it
begin work has not been decid-
$#]ie$aid at a news conference.
The commission will consider
e j|question of compensation for
victims, but Wallstroem de
ed to say what she thought
j, e i|lildbe an appropriate amount.
pked whether the government
. s (i mwas prepared to apologize, she
Isigit
said, “That is also a part of that whole
complex of issues. ... I don’t know
how this is, how it has been done,
how you do that in a good way.”
“It was the spirit prevalent
in Europe at the time, with
a rigid exercise of authority
and a political belief in
progress that would abolish
poverty and destitution.”
MARGOT WALLSTROEM
SOCIAL MINISTER
Sweden has been shaken by in
ternational attention in the past
week following a series of newspa
per articles about the steriliza
tions, which were carried out on
people judged to have undesirable
racial characteristics, or to be con
genitally handicapped or other
wise "inferior.”
Although Sweden’s number of
victims was strikingly high — the
country had about 7 million people
in the 1940s when the practice was
at its height — Sweden was just one
of many European countries allow
ing involuntary sterilization.
It was a point Wallstroem re
turned to repeatedly under a bar
rage of questions.
"It was the spirit prevalent in Eu
rope at the time, with a rigid exer
cise of authority and a political be
lief in progress that would abolish
poverty and destitution,” she said.
Wallstroem said it was essential
for the commission to “carry out a
broad historical analysis” that could
be used as cautionary guidelines for
new medical policies in the age of
genetic engineering.
She said the commission would
be directed to put victim compen
sation at the top of its priorities. But
the commission’s work could last 18
months, she said, and after that the
government would have to debate
changing laws to make compensa
tion possible.
The government now considers
sterilization compensation on a
case-by-case basis under the legal
principle known as “ex gratia
(from mercy).” In the 1980s and
’90s, there have been 36 applica
tions for compensation, 16 of
which have been granted.
Each of those payments was
equal to about $6,400, Wallstroem
said. She did not say if she be
lieved that was sufficient or if the
commission would consider a
higher amount.
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