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...fruits of interplanetary travel for generations to come (one trip to Mars would cost an estimated $500 billion!), its supporters argue that it is needed for today. In this age of cynicism and hopelessness, they say, it will give our nation a much-needed boost of self-esteem. Says astronaut Eugene Cernan of his trip to the moon: "We did things that people thought could not be done...I know most people at the time thought it was impossible." The Space Station would be to the `90's what the Apollo program was to the `60's: a beacon...
Imust admit that I am writing this with a divided heart. Part of me objects to it: the part that dreams about outer space, that as child turned my playroom into the bridge of a spaceship. In third grade, I even wrote a short science-fiction story about an astronaut who is sent to the far ends of the galaxy to investigate a mysterious alien message...
...doubts about the fitness of Russia's space program. That is of no small concern to the U.S., Canada, Europe and Japan, which have formed a partnership with Russia to build a new space station. In the first phase of the venture, the Europeans are scheduled to put an astronaut on Mir in October, and an American is supposed to go aboard next year...
...buying Moscow's line for now: things could be better, but the Right Stuff will prevail. Says astronaut Robert ("Hoot") Gibson, who is scheduled to pilot the space shuttle Atlantis to a first ever rendezvous with Mir next May: "Conditions over there are more difficult than they were. But we're making it work, and we need to." Gibson will be visiting Baikonur beginning this week. It will be interesting to see if he feels the same way on his return...
...Along with his co-moonwalker James Irwin, DAVID SCOTT was caught in a scandal back home for carrying more than 400 stamped and canceled envelopes into space for later resale; the affair cost him his place in the astronaut corps. Today he runs a space-transportation consulting firm in California...