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)
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Source: Voice of America
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