Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday April 18 2004 — A7 World & Nation Russian craft readied for space station trip BAIKONUR Kazakhstan — A spacecraft that will carry it new crew to the international space station was -hoisted into launch position Saturday in preparation for the third manned mission to the orbital outpost since NASA's shuttle disaster sidelined the US space fleet The rocket topped by a Soyuz TMA-- 4 spacecraft was carefully rolled out of a hangar at the Baikonur cosmodrome and slowly drawn by rail to the launch site for manned space missions Police and two fire engines escorted the rocket on its two-hojourney A sniffer dog ran ahead of the train checking the track for explosives Russian Cosmonaut Gennady Padalka American astronaut Michael Fincke and Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers are to blast off Monday aboard the spacecraft on ' the third manned mission to the orbital outpost since the halt of the US shuttle program following the February 132-fo- States to share the cost of the Soyuz launches an arrangement that Navias said NASA was not currently considering But Navias sard NASA was reviewing a request from Russia to extend crew missions on the station from six months to one year Such d move would free up Russia space resources allowing the country to raise money by giving rides to space tourists who are willing to pay top dollar for a brief dash to the stars said Sergei Gorbunov chief spokesman for Rosaviakosmosb the Russian space agency “We have nowhere to take money from” Gorbunov said Still “Russia has been up to every obligation that we've asked them for” and NASA plans to decide in the next few weeks whether to keep astronauts on the space station for longer Novias said The grounding of the US shuttles has also hampered European Space Agency 2003 Columbia disaster With the US space fleet sidelined Russia’s ( AP) non-reusab- le rockets are the only means of delivering astronauts and cargo to the space station But burdened with the task of getting astronauts to and from the space station the Russian space agency has had to put on hold construction of its own segment of the international space station and some commercial projects And with the Soyuz only capable of carrying limited cargo loads and three astro- nauts at a time the assembly of the space station has slowed considerably NASA spokesman Rob Navias said Saturday at Baikonur that shuttle flights might resume “by this time cash-strapp- ot ur ed well-heel- nextyear” But the “Soyuz will still be an important part of how we send crews up and down” he our special The Russians however want the United ed PRE-SEAS- offers ON ed Get Premium System for the price of a Deluxe System that’s Same as : said cash-strapp- icltlow and take advantage of a4 00 m Payments as low as VALUE A MONTH That’s as cheap as a phone bill With a newcooling system yotfll dramatically reduce the cost ofyour monthly utility ML Our professional $79 TuttC-U-p Guarantees Your Existing Cooling System WorttBreakdown this Summer You’ll get all this to rejuvenate your Cooling System: Test starting Measure voltsamps Test safety controls Lubricate all moving parts Clean or replace standard air filters Adjust thermostat calibration Clean and adjust blower components Clean condensate drains Measure for correct airflow Measure temperature dffference ngmen otocmcai connections APphoto as he approaches his house Leonid Stadnik an 8 foot 4 inch Ukrainian veterinarian pulls a cart village of Podoliantsy Ukraine's northyrastem Zhytomyr region: in the Plus if you ACT NOW we’ll give you a FREE Duct inspection World’s tallest man measured at 8 feet 4 inches and counting : POD0LIANTSI Ukraine (AP) — At age 33 Leonid Stadnik wishes he would stop growing He’s already 8 feet 4 inch- - son" he said es- Recent measurements show tlEtrStadnik is already 7 inches taller than Radhouane Charbib of Tunisia listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living man He’s also gaining on the 8- -l l Robert Wadlow the tallest man in history Yet for Stadnik the prospect of becoming a ' record-holdwould be little' comfort suit’s “My sleeves and pants are now 30 centimeters (12 inches) short--: er than I need" said Stadnik “My height is God’s punish- menL My life has no sense" Stadnik’s height keeps him confineid to this tiny village ' 130 miles west of the ’capital Kiev ' - ' two-year-o- ld : y-- - : h Stadnik’s unusuaLferowth began after a brain operatioi at age 14 which is believed have stimulated his pituitary" gland Since then life just keeps getter harder Although he once was able to work as a veterinarian at a cattle farm tie had to quit three years ago after his feet were frostbitten because he wasn’t able to afford proper feet: shoes for his This month he firially got a good pair paid for by some local businessmen Their $200 cost was the equivalent of about seven months' worth of the tiny pension that Stad- -' nik receivesjn theeconomi- ' cally struggling country Stadnik sleeps on two beds joined lengthwise and moves in a crouch through the small house that he shares - : er ' with his mother Halyna His weight of about 440 poundsaggrayates a recently broken leg and he suffenT from constant knee pain ' Despite Jiis aches he tries to keep himself busy with the iiSiual routine of country life He works in the garden tends the family’s cows and pigs and helps neighbors with their animals To relax he cultivates exot--i-c plants and pampers his tiny blue and yellow pirt parakeet av with his huge a neighbor who refused to give his last name described Stadnik as the “most unselfish diligent man of a pure soul V His friends: in turn treat him with the same sort of soft good humor They’re trying to organize a trip for him to the Carpathian Mountains to show him that “there’s something in the world taller than you” Bronyslav said Taking a public bus for me' is the same as getting into a carVtnmk for a rformal per- : ! 17-in- hands:-Bronysl- ch : : v- - one-sto- ry RENO Nev (AP) — The killed n a traffic accident is suing ' 'oors Brewing Co claiming hat it promotes underage nothier of a lrinking : The lawsuit filed Wednes--' day in Washoe County District Court seeks unspecified dam' ages It accused Coors of “glorify ing a culturc of youth'-- ' sex and glamour while hiding thie dangers of alcohol abuse ' - Jodie Pisco of Reno Coors Iras failed in its ta luty protect the country ’v outh from drinking Her son tyan was killed in 2002 after te drank’ Coors at a party and Irove his girlfriend’s car into ' i light pole at 90 mph the awsuit says : ' con-en- ds and addiction” Laura Sankey a spokes- woman forGolden Colo- based Coors said that although she could not com-meon pending litigation the company “doesn’t want peri-'- 1 underage consumers nt FACT: V FACT: : FACT: od” : iV-- ‘Tragedies like this further reinforce why the fight against underage drinking and drank driving must continue!” 'Sankey told the Reno Gazette-Journ' al 25 cents of every dollar you spend on heating or cooling could be lost through leaks in your ductwork Indoor air can be up to seven times more polluted than outdoor air VATTiMBT'ETcOU j'v £on purchaseof precision Tune-u- p expire April 302004) lijm HEATING : ' Systems AIR CONDITIONING ' named in the suit were Ryan Pisco's girlfriend and her mother The lawsuit : alleges the girlfriend allowed Pisco who lacked a valid driver’s license to drive off in her car which had been given to her by her mother Alsio Part of Your Home 50 of all ilnesses are eiftier caused by or aggravated by polluted indoor air - 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