Sep 9 1993
From The Space Library
NASA settled a union grievance with Reston, Virginia, Space Station employees and cleared the way toward opening a new office in Houston, Texas. (H Post, Sep 9/93)
Space Station backers reportedly were worried about uncertainties about Russia's role in the proposed new Station. Senator Barbara A. Mikulski, D-Maryland, who chairs the Senate appropriations subcommittee that funds NASA, said, "We support a cooperative effort with Russia, but we believe the Space Station effort, if approved by Congress, must be an American Space Station." NASA presented the latest in a series of redesigns and downsizing of the Space Station to President Clinton on September 7. The plan envisions attaching two Soyuz ships to the Station as "assured crew return vehicles." It also spoke favorably of using the Russian Salyut space tug for steering the Station, instead of a propulsion module developed by the Pentagon. (W Post, Sep 9/93; AP, Sep 9/93, Sep 22/93; CSM, Sep 10/93; Av Wk, Sep 13/93; LA Times, Sep 16/93)
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