Dec 19 1983
From The Space Library
West German physicist Ulf Merbold, the first European to share flight with U.S. astronauts, said at a news conference that he believed that more Europeans should be assigned to future Space Shuttle flights. "The return to Europe should be better than it was for this particular flight [STS-9]," which had a crew of six. "The politicians in Europe will not be able to sell European participation in the future because there's not enough balance. I think things should be changed." He continued, "The memorandum of understanding signed by the Europeans and Americans called for joint space flights by Europeans and Americans, not one European and many Americans. I think the Americans have to rethink this agreement to make it fairer." (W Post, Dec 20/83, A-4) .
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