Jul 19 1993
From The Space Library
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A team of astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope discovered a "double nucleus" in the center of the neighboring spiral galaxy M31, located in the constellation Andromeda. Hubble shows that the M31 nucleus is much more complex than previously though, according to Dr. Todd R. Lauer of the National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, Arizona. (NASA Release 93-133; NY Times, Jul 20/93; CSM, Jul 20/93; Av Wk, Jul 19/93).
Responding to Alan B. Shepard's June 19 letter on the DC-X (Delta Clipper), Charles Conrad Jr., a former astronaut and staff vice president at McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, defended the concept behind the vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing vehicle. He also noted that by the time the vehicle would be operational it would not be a Shuttle replacement but would provide an adjunct to the space lift capacity in the 20,000-pound-payload category. Conrad noted that the experimental vehicle was designed to be reusable, like aircraft. (W Post, Jul 19/93)
In a Time magazine essay, Dennis Overbye advocated cooperating with the Russians in building the new Space Station. He suggested that the inclusion of Russia would breathe new life into the tired Space Station project. At the very least, he advocated that the Space Station go into a high-inclination orbit so that Russian spacecraft could visit from the Baikonur spaceport and perhaps perform rescue operations. (Time, Jul 19/93)
After back-to-back failures, rocket-maker General Dynamics successfully launched a booster with a military communications satellite built to survive nuclear attack. The 15-story Atlas blasted of from Cape Canaveral, Florida. (P Inq, Jul 20/93)
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