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Tuesday • September 9,
Mir’s onboard computer breaks down
Tuesda
Russian and American space officials explain spacestations latest misha,
MOSCOW (AP) —The Mir’s onboard comput
er, which seems to have a mind of its own, broke
down again Monday and forced the crew to shut
down most of the space station’s equipment.
Russian and American space officials down
played the seriousness of the computer crash, the
third aboard Mir since mid-July. The station was
able to maintain its orientation toward the sun,
and its power supplies were in much better shape
than during the previous breakdowns.
Ground controllers said they hoped to repair
and restart the computer Tuesday. In the mean
time, they said, the crew was in no danger.
“Why do these malfunctions happen?”
asked Vladimir Solovyov, the chief of Russia’s
Mission Control. “Do you know why your car
breaks down? ... It’s hard to say what the rea
sons might be.”
Space agency spokesman Valery Lyndin may
have put it best: “The computer has become
capricious again.”
Capricious is as good a word as any to de
scribe the Mir’s endless, and endlessly vexing,
journey around the Earth for the past eight
months or so. The space station, which has
been aloft for 11 years, has spun from one
mishap to the next — from a fire to oxygen sys
tem breakdowns, from a collision with a cargo
ship to the repeated computer breakdowns.
Mir’s computer became unplugged on July
17 when a crew member accidentally discon
nected a cable, then broke down again on Aug.
18 during docking of a cargo ship.
In the latest fumble, the computer shut itself
off about 11 a.m. Monday (3 a.m. EDT), and the
crew responded by turning off most systems to
economize on power, Lyndin said.
The crew said Monday afternoon they had
enough power for normal operations, but had
“Why do these malfunctions happen?
...It’s hard to say what the reasons
might be.”
VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV
CHIEF OF RUSSIAN MISSION CONTROL
The Texas
turned off all systems it didn’t immediately
need, including the Elektron oxygen-generat
ing system. The existing oxygen supply is good
for several days, and there are also backup oxy
gen canisters if needed.
The space station’s gyroscopes, which keep
the station pointed toward the sun, went down
when the computer went off-line. However,
cosmonaut Pavel Vinogradov said the Mir was
maintaining its proper position, the Interfax
news agency reported.
In the previous breakdowns, it took hours to
bring the computer system back up and sever
al days to fully restore all functions.
There were indications that Mir mij
bounce back quicker this time,
spokesman Rob Navias, speaking fromtl
Johnson Space Center in Houston, saidMt
solar batteries were filled with juice Mondaj;
contrast to the previous two breakdowns.
He said he expected the Mir crew to rein
the computer within a day, and replaceapi
Then the crew will spin the gyroscopesbadi
to resume automatic steering of the station!
Solovyov, the Mission Control chief, saidj
computer would be brought back up onTiiesdl] ights match
“We have found (the problem),” he said. Tould domir
will download the necessary information al]tocasteamth
it to restore it to working order tomorrow, itill came up:
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which includes two newly arrived Russiant: Lidy Bobcats
monauts and American astronaut Midi dthscoresof
Foale. On Saturday, Eoaleand Mircomman: eCorbellisa
Anatoly Solovyov spent six hours on a spat ut there was
walk trying to find holes left in the skint “lam plea
punctured module, but came up empty. i|'ehadareal
The recent accidents have raised questitlf Tlae Aggies
about safety aboard the Mir, which ,,*ieir win over:
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able training for an international spacestacfair intensity
whose first components are to be launckij TheAggies
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CompuServe sells out to America Onlin
NEW YORK (AP) — America On
line has struck a deal to acquire
CompuServe’s 2.6 million users,
creating a cyber-behemoth that
would be the Internet onramp for
60 percent of Americans logging on
from home.
If approved by government reg
ulators, the deal will allow America
Online to swallow its closest com
petitor and add to its base of nearly
9 million subscribers, already the
biggest in the industry.
Under the complex, three-way
deal announced Monday, World
Com, the nation’s fourth-largest
long-distance telephone company,
will buy money-losing CompuServe
for $1.2 billion and then sell its on
line business to AOL.
For its part, WorldCom will be
come a giant in its corner of the In
ternet, getting the AOL division that
provides Internet access mainly for
large businesses.
AOL will operate CompuServe as
a separate business, and online
subscribers may notice little differ
ence, at least initially.
AOL, which features more enter
tainment services, such as games
and chat lines, than CompuServe,
said it doesn’t plan to change Com
puServe’s online format, which is
geared more toward business pro
fessionals.
Pricing will also stay separate,
with AOL still charging $19.95 for
unlimited access and Com
puServe’s fees ranging as high as
$27.95 a month.
More immediately, some AOL
users may have an easier time get
ting online. AOL will get access to an
additional 100,000 modems from
WorldCom, helping it avoid the bot
tlenecks that frustrated subscribers
with busy signals earlier this year.
Wall Street embraced the news.
AOL stock was up $6.75 per share at
$76.68 in afternoon trading on the
New York Stock Exchange. On the
Nasdaq, WorldCom was up $2.31
1/4 to $33.91 1/4, while Com
puServe was down 37 1/2 cents to
$13.12 1/2.
The agreement enables H&R
Block, which owns 80 percent of
CompuServe, to get out of a market
that has caused frustrations for
more than a year.
CompuServe, based in Colum
bus, Ohio, pioneered the online
business in the 1980s but was over
taken by America Online in the
1990s and hammered by cheaper
providers of online service.
It has been beset by financial
losses, member defections and the
cancellation of its fantily-orientl
W( )W! service just seven months!
ter it was started.
WorldCom is giving stockwol
about $1.2 billion to Il&RI
based on Friday’s closing stoj
price. It then plans to trade(
puServe’s content and its2.6n
consumer subscribers as well?
$175 million to AOL.
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providers. I 1 ward
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Albright faces toughest challenge with Arab-Israeli relatioEx
WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing her toughest
challenge as secretary of state, Madeleine Albright
heads to the Middle East on Tuesday to try to re
verse the dangerous skid in Arab-Israeli relations.
The weeklong trip could be the Clinton admin
istration’s last chance in a long while to ease the
“crisis of confidence” that has stalemated negoti
ations between Israel and the Palestinians amid a
devastating swirl of terrorist attacks.
The odds are long. But a senior State Depart
ment official on Monday noted the alternatives to
not trying: “More violence, more victims, lost hope
and the extremists win.”
Albright intends to take a tough line with Yass
er Arafat, the Palestinian leader, but also with Is
raeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Her message to Arafat: Step up arrests of sus
pected terrorists, dismantle their groups, fulfill
promises to enhance Israel’s security.
Arafat has tried to maintain unity with radical el
ements, even the Hamas guerrillas who say they
were behind several bloody attacks
on Israel.
Still, Albright will press him to
take tough actions, risky as they may
be to Arafat himself. In the U.S. view
the terrorism is aimed at the Pales
tinian Authority as well as at Israel.
Her message to Netanyahu:
Concerns for Israel’s safety are no
excuse to sidetrack indefinitely the
commitments dovish Labor gov
ernments made to the Palestinian Authority in the
1993 and 1995 Oslo accords for phased with
drawals on the West Bank.
Asked if this meant Albright was pushing the
Arafat
old formula of land for peace — that IsrawM 6 team,
territory for peace accords — the State IM®*lity, she d
ment official replied tersely: “Yes.” 1 ■| e 1< rna * e so i c
Netanyahu has virtually ruled out givrsfii 1 wasn t
anything else until the violence ends. j§y teamma
Just before Albright met with President with
on Monday before her departure, White lff ,1 8 time,” s
spokesman Mike McCurry insisted hertrif .^ le a dn
“not about pressuring the parties.” fiBived a lot
It is Albright’s first trip to the region sir(|®PP on , en ts 1
suming control of the State Department r being th
eight months ago, and she will touch all thelT
iar bases: Israel, the West Bank, Syria, Egypt/p»
Arabia, Jordan and possibly Lebanon.
After four years as the U.S. ambassadortt
United Nations, Albright is familiar with thereg
issues. But as her spokesman, James R Hi
cently said, she’s "a realist, not a magician.”
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