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...flights to Mir and for other joint projects--was already questioning whether it was wise to fly such a derelict ship. With two more Americans still set to ride aboard Mir before this cycle of joint flights ends, in May 1998, many on Capitol Hill want to pull the plug on the missions. "The incident," says Indiana Representative Tim Roemer, "should prompt further debate over how much we are willing to sacrifice for manned space science." NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin doesn't agree, and for now is standing by the Russians. "Things go wrong in space all the time...
Such an evacuation would almost certainly mean the end of Mir. Its aging hardware requires round-the-clock tending, even in the best of times. For a ship that recently completed its 65,000th orbit of Earth, pulling the plug may ultimately be the only sensible--and safe--answer...
...hardline approach may work for now in China, though, Beijing's leaders may find that building an electronic great wall around Hong Kong will be an impossible feat. The virtual medium looks like Hong Kong's most powerful protection for free speech, since whatever China may do to plug the holes in the new wall by tightening its grip on Hong Kong's 49 ISPs, the Internet by nature is virtually unpoliceable. If pressed, Hong Kong's controversial web sites can merely move to the unregulated foreign web services. And sooner or later, Internet users deep in the mainland...
...shorter leash." The leadership has added to its leverage by setting aside much of the money Burton requested for his committee in a "reserve fund." "We only gave him money for this year," says a leadership aide. "That way, if he tanks, we can pull the plug...
...have been the most expensive pizza-delivery system ever invented. Last week media giant Time Warner (TIME's parent company) announced that it was pulling the plug on its ambitious two-way cable-TV project, the Full Service Network, launched in Orlando, Fla., in 1994. At that time then ceo Gerald Levin predicted FSN would be "a medium for providing people with unprecedented access to information and entertainment." With just a remote, subscribers could scan countless TV channels, bring up movies on demand, shop at home or order a pizza...