sjb (07/15/82)
NASA and the DoD are now putting together a plan to erect a space station that would serve as a midway fueling stop for the space shuttle and satellites carried by it. The space shuttle could dock at the facility, which would be built in stages and manned by four people with a possibility of 12 in the future, and satellites in its bay could be fueled for a trip into higher orbits or even space. Satellites would also return to the station for later return to Earth.
ks@astrovax.UUCP (11/04/83)
In an interview with WPRB radio station here, representative Don Fuqua
(chairman of the House committee on Science & Technology, which oversees
space programs) has said that "reliable information" he has indicates
that the president is planning "to include funding for, and a commitment
to" a permantently manned space station in low Earth orbit in the fiscal
1985 budget. The figure he quoted was $200 million for the initial year,
going up in successive years.
NASA administrator Dr. James Beggs, who we interviewed for the same
radio program, was not as definite about this. Fuqua did not give a
date for when this decision would be announced. Fuqua made his statement
last week.
Karl Stapelfeldt
Frank Lemoine
WPRB news & Princeton SEDS