Pauline Arrillaga, AP National Writer, writes: “We also know that the shuttle is maintained by a 6,400 person work force at Cape Canaveral and that many of them have been warning NASA and the federal authorities for some time that maintenance funding was being cut. The United Space Alliance, a consortium that includes Lockheed Martin and Boeing, have a private contract with NASA to run the entire shuttle operation and the contract allows them to keep any ‘profits’ that they can by reducing costs. So the word is that they have reduced costs by cutting maintenance corners.”
Seven astronauts may have lost their lives and a region of the United States may now be contaminated, due to cost cuts. Yesterday, the “U.N. OBSERVER & International Report” noted a few of the dangers involved when space exploration is combined with military preparation. The “Profit Incentive” only adds to these risks. (See “Columbia Shuttle Tragedy”.)
A medical panic is spreading throughout East Texas, as hospitals are being inundated with individuals describing a “mysterious flu”. There are also rumors that the Columbia was conducting biological experiments in space and the threat of radioactivity is ever-present.
Seven astronauts may have lost their lives and a region of the United States may now be contaminated, due to cost cuts. Yesterday, the “U.N. OBSERVER & International Report” noted a few of the dangers involved when space exploration is combined with military preparation. The “Profit Incentive” only adds to these risks. (See “Columbia Shuttle Tragedy”.)
A medical panic is spreading throughout East Texas, as hospitals are being inundated with individuals describing a “mysterious flu”. There are also rumors that the Columbia was conducting biological experiments in space and the threat of radioactivity is ever-present.