May 6 1993
From The Space Library
The Wall Street Journal reported that technical problems had delayed until August the launch of the unmanned Comet space rocket on which Columbia Pictures had a giant outer-space billboard advertising its major summer movie, "Last Action Hero." (WSJ, May 6/93; W Times, May 7/93; NY Times, May 11/93)
The media reported that House of Representative lawmakers had charged that NASA and the Department of Defense were dragging their feet in getting a hypersonic airplane, the National Aerospace Plane (NASP), out of the design stage. House members complained that the $2 billion invested so far in the NASP had not brought the project any closer to fruition. Experts maintained that the NASP would be the fastest aircraft in the world and would revolutionize space travel as well as make the Nation more economically competitive. (Antelope Valley Press, May 6/93; Washington Technology, May 20/93)
According to the Wall Street Journal, five aerospace companies were proposing to revive planning for an advanced new rocket to carry satellites and other commercial payloads into space. The companies had asked NASA to join in planning and researching the project; they anticipated that it would help the U.S. gain a greater share of the commercial launch business now dominated by Arianspace, a European joint venture. (WSJ, May 6/93)
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