Jun 12 1993
From The Space Library
In a report delivered to the White House, a panel appointed by the President said it found the two cheaper options for a Space Station to be the "most deserving of further support." However, according to press reports, the most expensive option and the one that most resembled Space Station Freedom was the design favored by the majority of the members of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. (W Times, June 12/93; C Trib, June 13/93)
INTELSAT and Martin Marietta reached a tentative settlement of lawsuits connected with a communications satellite that Space Shuttle astronauts rescued after it was stranded in low orbit. The lawsuit stemmed from Martin Marietta's 1990 launch of a $157 million INTELSAT satellite, which went into a low, useless orbit after a Martin Marietta rocket launcher failed. Spacewalking astronauts attached a new rocket booster package to the satellite in May 1992, and the satellite then fired itself into its proper orbit. (W Times, June 12/93; W Post, June 12/93)
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