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The Morning Times, Scranton, Pa. Wednesday, April 25, 1990 A-9 Big Hubble telescope to be deployed today OUR FAMOUS WEDNESDAY SPECIAL ASSOCIATED PRESS Fantastic Selection of Mens Famous Maker Dress Shirts For 1 Three-thirty is a whole lot higher than 120 was, she said, referring to the altitude in nautical miles. I dont know how much longer it takes you to get here, but every second of the wait is worth every second that you get." Our window on the universe!" NASA launch commentator George Diller exulted as the Discovery rose off its seaside launch pad. Its a beautiful day to' have Hubble Space Telescope in orbit instead of here on Earth like its been for so many years, said NASA administrator Richard Truly. Hubbles in its element and Im The telescope was supposed to be launched in 1983, but technical prob- lems and the Challenger delayed its The telescope is 43 feerJong and 14 feet in diameter, about the sizemf a railroad tank car.

It is named after the late astronomer Edwin P. Hubble, who theorized that the Bniverse was expanding and that the farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is traveling. That gave Srt to the theory that a massive lion the Big Bang created the universe 10 to 20 billion years ago. The Hubble is expected to hqlp provide the answer to two major questions: How old is the universe? How big is it? Today, Hawley to grapple the 12-ton telescope with the shuttles mechanical arm, lift it out of the cargo bay, point it, and after a long checkout drop it overboard to orbit on its own. CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.

-Seven years late, the Hubble Space Telescope is where it out of this world and in search of others so distant that they may have been formed at the beginning of time. Less than five hours after it rode into space aboard the shuttle Discovery on Tuesday, the $1.5 billion telescope sent its first test radio signal. At the sign of life, applause and cheers erupted at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland where astronomers monitored their spacecraft. As near as we can tell, everything looks perfect, said astronaut Steve Hawley from the shuttle. Hawleys job on Wednesday will be to drop the telescope overboard for a 15-year stay in space.

Discovery, trailing an arc of white smoke into a brilliant blue sky, carried the silver-colored telescope to an orbit 380 miles above Earth higher by 70 miles than any previous shuttle. There, the Hubble will stay to search for yet-unseen wonders of creation with instruments that can 14 billion years backward in time. Each trip around the Earth was taking the Discovery crew 97.3 minutes, longer than on any previous shuttle flight because of the altitude. The view was different, too. Ive got to tell you, I just made it up to the flight deck for a first look out the window, said mission specialist Kathryn Sullivan, who flew the shuttle once before, in 1984.

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called for studies on the best ways to avoid debris problems and on now the solutions would affect the cost of the space station The congressional agency said the studies should be completed in time for the results to be needed in the final design requirements for the station. These requirements are due by July 1992. The GAO report said there were 3.5 million artificial objects orbiting the including fragments of rockets, discarded equipment and other debris. About 24,500 of these objects are larger than a centimeter, about the diameter of an aspirin tablet, and could cause catastrophic damage to the space station upon impact, it said. For example, a one-centimeter aluminum sphere traveling at a speed of 22,000 miles an hour in space would strike with the energy of a 400-pound weight hitting the ground at 60 miles an hour.

Rep. Robert A. Roe, chairman of the science committee, released the report. N.Y. TIMES NEWS SERVICE WASHINGTON A congressional agency has warned that astronauts aboard the proposed space station could Endangered by space debris and that NASA is underestimating the threat.

The agency, General Accounting Office, said Monday that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had been using an outdated 1984 model of space debris in designing the space station Freedom. The study, which was requested by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, found that although the space agency was making progress in updating the model, documents used by contractors to design the spacecraft had not been revised. It said the old model underestimated risks of being hit by debris big enough to cause severe damage. The congressional investigative agency recommended that the space agency immediately analyze the SHOP WEDNESDAY 10 TO.5:30 Spring and Summer The Nation in brief Changes eyed in offshore oil drilling policy WASHINGTON (AP) The Interior Department said Tuesday it will shift Its offshore oil development policies in an effort to open more areas for development and ease congressional opposition that has blocked lease safes. We need to do things differently," Interior Secretary Manuel Lujan said in an interview after, being asked about the new policy at a House appropriations subcommittee hearing.

If the policy is not changed, Lujan said the offshore leasing program would continue to be hampered by congressional roadblocks. The approach would mote away from the Reagan administration policy that opened all 1.4 billion acres of the nations Outer Continental Shelf for potential development. Instead, officials said, only areas where there is geological evidence of significant oil or gas potential would be considered for lease sales and some of the most environmentally sensitive areas would be eliminated from consideration. Lujan told the subcommittee that the proposal is expected to be sent to President Bush' after the president decides on whether to allow oil development on three of the most controversial offshore areas off Florida and- California. A decision on those sites is expected -within a few weeks, Lujan said.

Farm crisis brewing, Kerrey warns group WASHINGTON (AP) Sen. Bob Kerrey, said Tuesday -that there will be alfarm crisis iri4wo years if government Support for agriculture isnt increased. President Bush, however, disagreed. 1 There are many things I respect about Senator Kerrey, Bush said. Sometimes we have a philosophical difference of opinion.

I nave a ent view on this. -Kerrey has intcoduced legislation being used by the $Bnate Agriculture Committee to prepare its commodities section ofihe 1990 farm bill. He made his comments to the National Associationif Agricultural Journalists; Bush addressed the group later in the day. Farm economy, Kerrey said, has improved considerably since the early 1980s. he said the recovery was fragile and that $12 billion is needed annually over the five-year life of the farm bill to assure stability.

If you dont provide this level of funding, in two years you are going to see this recovery vanish," Kerrey The budget the administration Sent to Congress in January calls for $10.2 billion to be spent on commodity programs in the next fiscal year. Tne crops protected by those subsidies are the big money crops wheat, corn, cotton, soybeans and rice. NTSB begins probe into Amtrak accident BATAVIA, Iowa (AP) Crews worked to clear overturned Amtrak cars from twisted train tracks Tuesday and federal investigators began looking for clues to the cause of the derailment that injured 91 people. Investigators said the 16-car train apparently was traveling within the speed limit when eight cars left the tracks Monday afternoon. Only about a dozen people remained hospitalized Tuesday.

There were no deaths. Amtraks California with 394 passengers and a crew of 24 was headed to Chicago from the West Coast when it derailed in southeastern Iowa on track owned by the Burlington Northern Railroad. -National Transportation Safety Board officials said preliminary findings of the investigation would not be released. We will not' speculate at all as to the cause, NTSB spokeswoman Drucella Andersen tola reporters. NTSB'-member Susan Coughlin said investigators were diyidea into teams that will look at track operations, mechanical, human performance and survival factors.

She said there was no indication that the track was in bad working condition. Animal rights march ends with 27 arrests BETHESDA, Md. (AP) -More than two dozen animal rights activists were arrested Tuesday at the National Institutes of Health during a demonstration protesting the use of animals in medical research, authorities said. Charges against the 27 people arrested included trespassing, assault on a police officer and resisting arrest. About 300 demonstrators gathered at the NIH campus at midday.

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Weve reached a place where the police cant handle it. Scranton is one of more than 100 people who have voiced support for handyman Philip Connaghan through letters to and calls to radio talk shows. Connaghan is accused in the April 14 death of Michael McComb, 19, who was killed by a blast from a 12-gauge shotgun propped inside a warehouse. Connaghan, 46, of suburban Arvada, was released Monday on $5,000 bond after he was arrested for investigation of first-degree murder. Denver District Attorney Norm Early has said he will decide by Thursday whether to file charges.

Connaghan has. denied knowledge of the booby trap, which is illegal under city ordinances. The warehouse has been burglarized eight times since 1987. Last July, Connaghan told police he lost more than $7,000 in tools during a burglary. The case has triggered overwhelming public support for- Connaghan among residents who are fed up with crime, said Kris Olinger, news director at KOA-AM radio, an all-talk and news station.

They Can empathize with what Phillip Connaghan is going through in terms of being burglarized, sne said. By a 9-1 margin, callers are saying Connaghan should not be charged, Olinger said. In addition, the station has aired comments from an undetermined number of callers who said he should be able to protect his business and livelihood, and especially if he couldn't get any help from the police, she said. On Sunday, letters to the editor in Denvers two newspapers were primarily -in favor of property protection. A dozen letters appeared in both papers with only one opposing the use of booby traps.

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