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...that will have important civilian applications. European allies fear that if they do not share in those discoveries, they could be left in a technological backwater. They hope too that if they become partners in the research, they will gain a voice in Washington's decisions on whether to deploy a Star Wars defense and how to treat SDI in negotiations with the Soviets. Says Horst Teltschik, senior security adviser to West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl: "Maybe in joining SDI we can enhance our own influence...
...actually spent as much on defensive as on offensive missile development for more than 20 years. A recent Pentagon publication goes so far as to claim that "with high priority and some significant risk of failure, the Soviets could skip some testing steps and be ready to deploy a ground- based laser BMD (ballistic missile defense) by the early-to-mid-1990s." That seems alarmist; the Pentagon itself describes the Soviets as being about equal to the U.S. in laser technology...
Legislators from Gulf Coast states have been asking the Administration to fund additional balloons, and last week it agreed to allocate $9 million to deploy three more, largely at the urging of Florida Senator Paula Hawkins. The new balloons will have a further advantage: they will be ship-tethered and able to roam over the Gulf, thus extending their search range...
...What is involved affects more than just a rational argument. The debate over deployment also had its strong emotional elements. I remember a Saturday when I flew in a helicopter away from the Chancellery grounds over 300,000 people who were demonstrating against my decision to deploy the Pershings. Like anyone in politics, you must always ask yourself whether you have acted correctly. But you can't govern by the numbers. Otherwise, we could replace a Chancellor with a polling institute. I consider the most important task I have is to contribute toward making the ties between the Federal Republic...
During their five-day flight, the crew of seven will deploy two commercial communications satellites, study space motion sickness and the effects of weightlessness on the cardiovascular system, and conduct 36 experiments that may lead to the development of new life-saving drugs...