Sep 3 1991
From The Space Library
The New York Times reported that Soviet space officials told the White House that the Soviet civilian space program might collapse unless it made large sales to the West. Soviet economic problems were the major cause as well as parliamentary attacks on the space program as wasteful. (NY Times, Sep 3/91; UPI, Sep 3/91; USA Today, Sep 4/91; Fla Today, Sep 4/91)
A Chicago Tribune article discussed the progress and problems facing the development of the National Aerospace Plane. One of the difficulties was that above Mach 8, engineers deal with such high speeds that there are no wind tunnels in which simulations can be performed. Furthermore, six separate designs from five major contractors: Rockwell International, General Dynamics, McDonnell Douglas, Pratt and Whitney, and the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International were integrated into a single vehicle. More than 1,000 engineers from these firms were assigned to the project. (C Trin, Sep 3/91)
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