Word: abrahamson
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...unpromising "that it should not serve as the basis of public expectation or national policy." At the same time, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee subjected five Administration witnesses, including the President's science adviser, George Keyworth, and the newly designated director of the program, Lieut. General James Abrahamson, to withering skepticism. Among the doubters were moderates like John Glenn as well as liberals like Massachusetts Democrat Paul Tsongas...
...point during the crisis, Young, who had been at the helm for 8½ hours without a break, retired for a nap. As the shuttle program boss, Air Force Lieut. General James Abrahamson, later explained, "There's an old rule among test pilots: when there is a problem, then just slow down and back...
...commander, flawlessly guided the orbiter, nose up, to its first nighttime landing. Challenger's arrival at Edwards Air Force Base last week, at 12:40 a.m. California time, ended a six-day flight that drew raves from NASA officials. Crowed the shuttle's boss, Lieut. General James Abrahamson: "That was a fabulous mission. We think it was the cleanest mission...
Clearly, NASA'S shuttle chief, Air Force Lieut. General James Abrahamson, badly wanted Challenger to land at Kennedy. By returning directly to its launch area, the shuttle might have cut at least a week off its turnaround time, the number of days it takes technicians to prepare the complex ship for another flight. Challenger now will have to be piggybacked by a NASA 747 to Florida, probably at the end of this week. According to Abrahamson, that will delay its next flight, originally scheduled for mid-August, by about eight days. Moreover, the space agency will probably...
Still, even though he was left sitting at fogbound Kennedy without his "bird," NASA Chief James Beggs could rightly take pride in a mission performed in what he called "almost flawless fashion." Abrahamson fully concurred, pointing out that Challenger accomplished 96% of its objectives and that there were far fewer "anomalies" than on any previous mission, only 21 by preliminary count. (There were 42 anomalies on the last shuttle flight, in April.) Two of these, however, played a part in the decision not to prolong the flight another day or so in hopes of homing in at Kennedy. They involved...