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Next week's space shuttle launch will make headlines because of the return to space of 77-year-old John H. Glenn Jr., but the crew will also do research for Harvard Lecturer on Astronomy John L. Kohl...
John Glenn's much-hyped return to space does not appear to be following the script. Just eight days before the launch, it has been revealed that the 77-year-old senator was dumped without announcement by NASA from an experiment that the agency rated as one of the top two priorities of his mission. As if that weren't enough, scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about launching the shuttle after a five-month gap between flights -- and the fact that the President has decided to show up on launch day isn't helping anyone's nerves...
...disqualified Glenn, told the New York Times Wednesday. For two months, NASA endeavored to keep the news quiet -- ostensibly because it was a private medical matter. Evidently, it didn't fit the mold of a feisty American hero blasting back into orbit. Neither does the prospect of delaying the launch, with Clinton and hundreds of congressmen, celebrities and network anchormen waiting to hear "Godspeed, John Glenn" right on cue. But once again, reality seems to be reminding us that space flight is no simple ride into the sunset...
...American public ready for this? The answer is, it doesn't matter. Now that Congress has launched an impeachment inquiry, the prospect of Monica Lewinsky's testifying in face-flushing detail before the 37-member committee is all but inevitable. Having lost last week's battle over the launch of the impeachment process, many Democrats relish the chance to embarrass the G.O.P. by forcing the committee to interrogate Lewinsky and a host of other marquee players in televised hearings. "Nobody wants to do that," said Henry Hyde, the Republican chairman of the committee, when asked about having Lewinsky testify. "Even...
...Democrats have been worried about the other shoe ever since Starr released his report early last month. The evidence against Clinton was ugly, many of them said, but not ugly enough to launch an impeachment inquiry--unless, of course, there was more to come. Republicans, therefore, used the prospect of new charges against the President to justify an open-ended impeachment inquiry and were well served last week when Starr sent a letter the day before the vote saying he could not "foreclose the possibility" of lodging fresh accusations against Clinton...