DATE=9/21/98 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT NUMBER=2-238998 TITLE=U.S. / RUSSIA / SPACE STATION (S) CQ BYLINE=DAVID MCALARY DATELINE=WASHINGTON CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: A WASHINGTON NEWSPAPER REPORTS THE U-S SPACE AGENCY NASA WILL ASK THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND CONGRESS FOR APPROVAL TO SPEND 660-MILLION DOLLARS MORE TO HELP SUPPORT RUSSIA'S FINANCIALLY AILING SPACE PROGRAM. V-O-A SCIENCE CORRESPONDENT DAVID MCALARY REPORTS THE MONEY WOULD BE USED TO HELP MOSCOW CONTINUE ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROJECT. TEXT: "THE WASHINGTON POST" SAYS THE MONEY WOULD BE USED TO PAY RUSSIAN AEROSPACE WORKERS DURING THE NEXT FOUR-YEARS TO ENSURE RUSSIAN COMPONENTS TO THE INTERNATIONAL STATION ARE COMPLETED AND DELIVERED ON SCHEDULE. THE NEWSPAPER SAYS KEY CLINTON ADMINISTRATION AND U-S CONGRESSIONAL OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT WOULD BE CHEAPER TO KEEP RUSSIA INVOLVED IN BUILDING THE PLANNED ORBITING LABORATORY THAN TO TAKE OVER ITS ROLE. THE ADMINISTRATION SOUGHT RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION AFTER THE END OF THE COLD WAR, IN PART, TO KEEP UNEMPLOYED RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS FROM OFFERING THEIR EXPERTISE TO NATIONS HOSTILE TO THE UNITED STATES. IT ALSO JUSTIFIED THE DECISION BASED ON RUSSIA'S LONG EXPERIENCE IN OPERATING SPACE STATIONS. NASA HAS ALREADY PAID THE RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY MORE THAN 400-MILLION DOLLARS FOR GOODS AND SERVICES TO OPERATE JOINT MISSIONS OF THE U-S SPACE SHUTTLE AND THE SPACE STATION MIR. (SIGNED) NEB/DEM/JO/RAE 21-Sep-98 11:10 AM EDT (1510 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
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