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Show 0'T 0 c y- rr ny ny ( By DENNIS TANNER In the fading shadows of the Apollo Space Program that dramatically sent men to the moon and back, the National Aeronatics and Space Administration (NASA) is making steps toward a different kind of space transportation. NASA HAS combined the knowledge of the airplane with that of the space ship to develop the Space Shuttle. The Shuttle came as a result of the ideas of costs savings, and finding a better way to put man and his space equipment into outer space. Instead of making giant leaps into outer space, NASA opted for the Space Shuttle for convenience. THE KEY to insure the space programs future seemed to be to devise a way to save costs of putting sa- tellites into outer space. Another factor, the tremendous burden of Apollo products, paved the way for the Shuttle concept. So, for the first time in space history, along came a reusable space vehicle: the shuttle. It will be able to put satellites into orbit and build structures in space. And each individual Shuttle can go into outer space and the atmosphere up to 100 times before being retired. le er ROCKWELL International Space Division is the Space Shuttles main civilian rather than a mystery. BENEFITS have already resulted in other fields as a result of knowledge gained from the Skylab program. Zero gravity as used in the production of metals, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and optical materials is one example. Ball bearings are made more perfect in zero gravity. Pharmaceuticals can be produced at a better quality, and crystals, which run everything from giant machinery to wrist watches, are now more pure and perfect. con- tractor. They maintain that the Shuttle will permit man to use space as a routine adventure, on short notice and at reduced prices. Thus, space will become a resource. SINCE THE Shuttle will carry various types of sa- tellites into orbit, and repairing existing ones, it will aid energy saving by building giant solar panels that can convert energy from the sun. and transmit it to the earth. NASA has projected other fields as well that will benefit from the Shuttle program findings. THEY INCLUDE production and management of food and forestry resources, protection of life and property, use of environment of space for scientific and commercial , purposes, prediction and protection of the environment, energy and mineral exploration, transfer of information, and Earth Science. In order to make all this happen, NASA is now conducting tests on the Space to Shuttle prove its aerodynamics. Riding piggyback on top of a Boeing 747, the Shuttle is now doing free flight tests. BOTH THE Space Shuttle and its mother ship 747 are essential in conducting these test flights. The Space Shuttle itself is comparable in weight and size to a jet airliner. It most closely resembles a DC-- 9, with a length of 122 feet, span of 78 feet, and weight of 150,000 lbs. LANDING SPEED of the Space Shuttle is 215 miles per hour, or greater. This figure is much greater than a commercial jet airliner, and more closely approaches that of a jet fighter aircraft. Material used in its construction is aluminum covered with reusable surface insulation. The heat shield is composed of reinforced carbon-carboThis reinforced carbon- n. and surface insulation is used In areas where temperatures will exceed 2300 degrees Farenheit -carbon in atmosphere SOME OF the current payload ideas for the Shuttle to operate with are: military satelites, to repair a rocket on Skylab that will put it into higher orbit, and placing the European Space Lab into orbit. The Shuttle will also con- duct earth resource help push the Shuttle into outer space. Maybe the space adventures of 2,061 and other science fiction will become a routine in our lives. A vaca- - inves- tigations. Free flights with the Boeing 747 now being conducted will prepare NASA for the next step of flying the Shuttle into space and back again. TITLE OF Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) was given to a Boeing 747 after long studies of various jet transporters. NASA finally decided the 747 would be the best for the job. The Boeing 747 has been into full scale production since 1969. Boeing has made well over 300 to serve all airlines. The plane has been termed the best handling and navigational system rated of any commercial aircraft. DIMENSIONS OF the 747 231 feet; wing span, 195 feet; and tail height from the ground to top, 63 feet. The 747 weighs 350 tons. The particular 747 used to cany the Shuttle is a stripped down passenger model. The standard 747 can carry up to 100.000 more pounds than the weight of the Shuttle. are: length, BOEINGS 747 can carry up to 500 passengers, and its cargo area could lift up 30 Cadillac Sevilles. It can land at any airport now constructed for jets if face lifting has taken place. Each engine can deliver 43.000 to 53,000 pounds of thrust. This figure converted to horsepower is about 500,000 hp. It has a 50,000 U.S. gallon fuel capacity, speed of 625 miles per hour at an altitude of 45,000 feet, and a range of 6.000 nautical miles. THE 747 is composed of special advance flying systems. Hydraulic operational features in flying with a five system backup. Each 747 navigation system can fly the plane with auto pilot to any destination. Only landing has to be handled by the pilot, and the computers tell him how to do that. tion to a space station may be more popular than going to Its Hawaii. - possible all going to be thanks to the Shuttle program. Layton Births are the childs grandparents. Michael B. and Sherisse Nelson Hansen are the parents of a baby boy. Michael Tyrone Hansen was born Aug. 25. He has one older sister named Andrea. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hansen of Idaho and Clive Nelson of Idaho Falls, Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Atkinson of Salt Lake City are the boys The first child for Preston and Melissa Stevenson Cox of 257 S. 3200 W., Layton was born Aug. 19 in Ogden. The baby is a girl. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. George V. Stevenson and Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Cox of Te-toni- a, Layton. are Great-grandparen- ts Mrs. Lucy Scoff ield of Boun- tiful and Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Flint of Layton. Seven pound 1 oz., 204 inch Leslie Ann Stevenson was a born Aug. 23 in Ogden to Jeff and Jacklyn Hall Stevenson. Mr. and Mrs. George Stevenson of Layton and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hall of Ogden Fit and Form Income tax is like a girdle. If you put the wrong figure in it, youre apt to get pinched. 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