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Page 6 • Friday, December 4, 1998
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Alarm postpones shuttle lauf
Problem with pressure unit delays delivery of space station co,
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP)
— A loud, flashing alarm went off
in the cockpit of space shuttle En
deavour with just 4 and a half min
utes to go in the countdown Thurs
day, forcing the postponement of
NASA’s first space station con
struction flight.
NASA said it would try again
early Friday, though the weather
outlook was unfavorable.
The master alarm blared and red
lights flashed just before the shuttle
was to lift off around 4 a.m. Thurs
day. By the time controllers traced
the problem to a momentary drop in
hydraulic pressure and decided to
press ahead, it was too late.
“Sure, it’s frustrating,” Bill
Readdy, shuttle program director
and a veteran shuttle commander,
said. “But we do things right. We
do things by the book, and we’re
not going to cut any corners even
if it means just shaving a second
or two.”
The six astronauts crawled out
of the shuttle, and two threw up
their hands. Commander Robert
Cabana held up his thumb and in-
“We’re not gping to
cut any corners even
if it means just
shaving a second
or two.”
— Bill Readdy
Shuttle program director
dex finger a half-inch apart: "We
were that close.”
NASA has only five minutes or
less each day to launch Endeav
our in order to meet up with the
first space station part, which
was put in orbit two weeks ago
by the Russians.
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Philip Morris makes plans
for anti-smoking campaign
FAA releaf' terback
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NEW YORK (AP) — Philip
Morris, the nation’s biggest tobac
co company, plans to spend $100
million not to lure potential cus
tomers, but to drive them away.
The campaign target is kids,
and the creator of the Marlboro
Man says it plans to convince
them that smoking is not cool.
But critics say Philip Morris is
only trying to buff its image and
that a surer way to discourage
youngsters from smoking would
be if it dumped the macho cowboy
as the icon for its biggest brand.
The Philip Morris campaign
kicks off Monday with ads that get
the tobacco maker’s name in tele
vision ads for the first time since
cigarette advertising on broadcast
outlets was banned in 1971.
The ads, bearing the slogan
“Think. Don’t Smoke,” are aimed
at youngsters between 10 and 14
years old and will appear Monday
on networks like ABC, Fox, WB,
TNT and The Cartoon Channel.
Merlo said NBC had refused to
take the ads but did not know the
reason. A call to NBC was not im
mediately returned. CBS said it
was reviewing the ads.
The unusual campaign comes
as the industry remains under at
tack in court and may face re
newed efforts in Congress to reg
ulate tobacco as a drug.
Big Tobacco recently agreed to
pay $206 billion to settle claims by
46 states, the District of Columbia
and five U.S. territories for reim
bursement for the health costs of
treating tobacco-related illnesses.
The settlement payment in
cluded $1.7 billion to study why
children smoke and to finance
programs aimed at discouraging
them from starting.
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