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METHODOLOGY:
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26 MAR 90
1043
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DATE OF REPORT:
26 MAR 90
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VIEWER
IDENTIFIER:
052
1.
(S/SK)
MISSION:
To describe the target site
(Soviet Shuttle Launch)
in Stage 3 terminology,
working solo.
j'
2.
(S/SK)
VIEWER TASKING:
Encrypted coordinates -only.
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COMMENTS:
No Physical
Inclemencies.
052
"doorknobbed"
the
site very strongly throughout
most
of
the session,
finally settling onto
the main shape gestalts
in Stage
3.
4.
(S/SK)
EVALUATION:
5.
(S/SK)
SEARCH EVALUATION:
N/A
MONITOR:
018
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A24
Tuesday, November 15, 1988
Soviets Launch Shuttle
For 2 Unmanned Orbits
SHUTTLE, From A1
A picture of the gleaming black-
and-white Buran, which outwardly
looks remarkably similar to the U.S.
space shuttle Discovery, was pub-
lished
by
the
Communist
Party
newspaper Pravda yesterday. The
newspaper
said
that
the
Energia
rocket was programmed to send the
shuttle back to earth if one of its en-
gines failed.
Unlike Discovery, which made a
four-day manned
flight
in Septem-
ber following the 32-month period
of inactivity caused by the Challeng-
er disaster in January 1986, Buran
is not equipped with its own booster
rockets.
It has only small engines,
used for steering in space.
Pravda predicted
that
the most
difficult part of the operation would
be bringing the shuttle safely back
to Earth. The shuttle will land on a
special landing strip made out of re-
inforced concrete that
is nearly as
wide as a
football
field. The U.S.
program has not included launch of
an unmanned shuttle.
A
successful
testing
of
Buran
could help the Soviets in their am-
bitious program
for the
construc-
tion
of space
stations and
space
launching pads for the exploration
of other planets.
On Saturday, cosmonauts Vladi-
mir Titov and Musa Manarov broke
the world space endurance record
by remaining on board the orbiting
Mir space station complex for 326
lays.
The Soviet space program
has,
wever, also experienced several
?nificant
setbacks
in
recent
months.
In
September,
the crew
aboard
a
joint Soviet-Afghan
mis-
sion to the Mir station was stranded
smarooned
in space
for a day be-
cause of a failure
in the computer-
powered
landing systems
of
their
Soyuz-TM module.
In Washington, staff writer Kathy
Sawyer reported:
Americans experts who study the
Soviet
space
program
have
ex-
pressed surprise at what they per-
ceive as a major risk the Soviets ap-
pear to be taking with this launch.
“They have 10 or 12 major wick-
ets—major
new
things—they’ve
got to get through on this mission,”
said author James Oberg, who had
predicted the Soviets would first fly
a mock-up or “shell” of a shuttle be-
fore risking a fully equipped model.
The launch phase could be par-
ticularly
risky,
experts
said,
be-
cause
this will be only the second
operation
of
the
giant
Energia
booster.
Also, some observers believe
it
may not be possible to throttle the
Soviet booster engines.
Unlike the American shuttle en-
gines, which may be throttled, the
Soviet shuttle may have to charge
through
the
period
of maximum
stress at full throttle, experts said.
The
Soviets have
little
experi-
ence with hypersonic flight.
The
experts added
that
during
the period of the shuttle's reentry
to earth the craft may travel up to
25 times the speed of sound.
They
said
the
craft’s
onboard
computers must respond correctly
and unaided to the forces the shut-
tle encounters.
The Washwgton Post
Soviet shuttle awaits launch at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Central Asia.
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