Sep 21 1993
From The Space Library
Air traffic controllers reported that their new $839 million radar system has some serious flaws: planes vanish from screens, phantom images appear, and even a squirrel can chew up the network. NASA said that it has received many complaints at its Ames Research Center at Moffett Field, California, home of NASA's aviation safety reporting system. (AP, September 21/93)
The Senate endorsed the Clinton administration's plan to build the Space Station by refusing to cut funding for the 1994 program from $1.94 billion to $500 million. The latter amount would have been used to shut down the program. (RTW, Sep 21/93; UPI, Sep 21/93; AP, June 22/93; LA Times, Sep 22/93; P Inq, Sep 22/93; NY Times, Sep 23/93)
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