Jun 12 1986
From The Space Library
Senior officials at the White House found it increasingly difficult to go ahead with President Ronald Reagan's call for another Space Shuttle. The President's remarks, they inferred, did not constitute any commitment.
Meanwhile, members of the House committee, delving further into the Challenger accident, questioned Shuttle Director Richard H. Truly in regards to the Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Alabama, which was in charge of the booster rocket. Representative James H. Scheuer believed that information regarding the faulty booster was known not only at the MSFC but by officials at NASA Headquarters. (W Post, June 13/86; WSJ, June 13/86)
The Soviet Union said that it was prepared to fill the void left by the United States and Europe for commercial space launches. Moscow revealed this fact in an announcement that also called for a World Space Organization. The Organization would oversee joint space projects that the Soviets hoped would unfold in the future. (C Trib, Jun 13/86; CSM, Jun 16/86)
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