S7388 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE May 24, 1995 

(The nominations received today are 

printed at the end of the Senate proceedings.) 

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REPORT ON AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994—

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT—PM 52 

The PRESIDING OFFICER laid before the Senate the following message 

from the President of the United 

States, together with an accompanying 

report; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation. 

To the Congress of the United States: 

I am pleased to transmit this report 

on the Nation’s achievements in aeronautics and space during Fiscal Year 

1994, as required under section 206 of 

the National Aeronautics and Space 

Act of 1958, as amended (42 U.S.C. 2476). 

Aeronautics and space activities involve 15 contributing departments and 

agencies of the Federal Government, as 

this report reflects, and the results of 

their ongoing research and development affect the Nation as a whole in a 

variety of ways. 

Fiscal Year 1994 featured many important developments and changes in 

U.S. aeronautics and space efforts. It 

included 7 Space Shuttle missions successfully completed, 15 Government 

launches of Expendable Launch Vehicles (ELVs), and 4 commercial launches 

from Government facilities. Among notable developments in the ELV area 

were the launch of the Deep Space 

probe, Clementine, initial use of the 

Titan IV Centaur upper stage, and the 

first launch of the Taurus launch vehicle. Highlights of the Shuttle missions 

included the highly successful servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), which replaced several 

faulty parts and installed a sophisticated package of corrective optics to 

compensate for the spherical aberration in HST’s primary mirror. Also, the 

flight of the Space Radar Laboratory 

began to provide information on environmental change, and a mission with 

a Russian astronaut, Sergei Krikalev, 

as a member of the crew signalled the 

beginning of a three-phased cooperative program in space between Russia 

and the United States. 

In a year of tremendous accomplishments for the international Space Station, National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA) developed an 

initial set of specifications that included Russian elements as part of the 

design. Russia’s agreeing to join the 12 

original participating nations as a 

partner resulted in the expansion of 

the existing Shuttle/Mir program into 

Phase I of the international Space Station program, which officially began 

with Sergei Krikalev’s flight on the 

Shuttle. All of the partners held a successful systems design review in Texas 

in March, and in June, Russia and the 

United States signed an interim agreement on the Space Station and a $400 

million contract for Russian space 

hardware, services, and data. In August, the program completed a vehicle 

architecture review and in September, 

the Space Station Control Board ratified the recommendations it included. 

The redesigned Space Station costs $5 

billion less than Space Station Freedom and still offers increased research 

capability and user flexibility. 

In aeronautics, activities included 

development of technologies to improve performance, increase safety, reduce engine noise and other environmental degradation, improve air traffic 

management, lower costs, and help 

American industry to be more competitive in the world market. For example, 

high-speed research continued during 

Fiscal Year 1994 to focus on resolving 

critical environmental issues and laying the technological foundation for an 

economical, next generation, High 

Speed Civil Transport (HSCT). In this 

connection, the United States reached 

agreement with Russia to use the Tu144 supersonic transport as a testbed 

for HSCT development. In addition, efforts in advanced subsonics focused on 

reducing aircraft and engine noise levels, on development of wind shear sensing devices, and on creating technologies that will improve general 

aviation aircraft. 

In space science, astronomers using 

HST’s revitalized optics discovered 

disks of protoplanetary dust orbiting 

stars in the Orion Nebula, suggesting 

that the formation of planets in the 

Milky Way and elsewhere may be relatively common. Also, HST’s revelation of helium in distant constellations 

provides valuable information about 

the conditions in the universe during 

its initial evolution. The Spacelab Life 

Sciences-2, U.S. Microgravity Payload2, and International Microgravity Laboratory-2 greatly increased our understanding of the role of gravity on biological, physical, and chemical processes. In biology, we learned that gravity affects the function of the neural 

connections between brain cells; this 

can have profound implications for rebuilding damaged brain cells due to 

strokes and disease. In Earth science, 

the Space Radar Laboratories-1 and -2, 

plus the Lidar In-Space Technology Experiment payload, used powerful radar 

and laser technology to penetrate 

cloud cover and map critical factors on 

a global scale. Also, the highly successful launch of the Clementine Deep 

Space Probe tested 23 advanced technologies for high-tech, lightweight 

missile defense. The relatively inexpensive, rapidly-built spececraft constituted a major revolution in spacecraft management and design; it also 

contributed significantly to lunar studies by photographing 1.8 million images 

of the surface of the Moon. 

Additionally, on May 5, 1994, the 

White House announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department 

of Defense, and NASA were establishing a joint program to effect the 

convergence of civil and military 

polar-orbiting operational environmental satellite systems into a single 

operational program. Other White 

House announcements during the year 

included a policy for licensing U.S. 

firms by the Secretary of Commerce to 

operate private remote sensing systems 

and sell their images to domestic and 

foreign entities and a national space 

transportation policy that will sustain 

and revitalize U.S. space transportation capabilities by providing a coherent strategy for supporting and 

strengthening U.S. space launch capabilities to meet the growth needs of the 

civilian and national security sectors. 

Thus, Fiscal Year 1994 was a highly 

successful one for the U.S. aeronautics 

and space programs. Efforts in both 

areas have contributed significantly to 

furthering the Nation’s scientific and 

technical knowledge, international cooperation, a healthier environment, 

and a more competitive economy. 

WILLIAM J. CLINTON.

THE WHITE H

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OUSE, May 24, 1995. 

MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE 

ENROLLED BILL SIGNED 

At 11 a.m., a message from the House 

of Representatives, delivered by Mr. 

Hays, one of its reading clerks, announced that the Speaker has signed 

the following enrolled bill: 

H.R. 1421. An act to provide that references 

in the statutes of the United States to any 

committee or officer of the House of Representatives the name or jurisdiction of 

which was changed as part of the reorganization of the House of Representatives at the 

beginning of the One Hundred Fourth Congress shall be treated as referring to the currently applicable committee or officer of the 

House of Representatives. 

The enrolled bill was subsequently 

signed by the President pro tempore 

[Mr. THURMOND

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INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND 

JOINT RESOLUTIONS 

The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first 

and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated: 

By Mr. SHELBY (for himself, Mr. HEFLIN, Mr. COVERDELL, and Mr. NUNN): 

S. 848. A bill to grant the consent of Congress to an amendment of the Historic Chattahoochee Compact between the States of 

Alabama and Georgia; to the Committee on 

the Judiciary. 

By Mr. D’AMATO: 

S. 849. A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to protect 

elected judges against discrimination based 

on age; to the Committee on Labor and 

Human Resources. 

By Mrs. KASSEBAUM (for herself, Mr. 

COATS, Mr. JEFFORDS, Mr. KENNEDY, 

Mr. DODD, and Mr. INOUYE): 

S. 850. A bill to amend the Child Care and 

Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to consolidate Federal child care programs, and for 

other purposes; to the Committee on Labor 

and Human Resources. 

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