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Mustang Calitornia l*ul\ Slal*‘ l nivarsil N . San l-uis Obispo Volume 49, No. 42 Monday, December 3,1984 Vandenberg AFB gears up for shuttle launch By ROSEMARY COSTANZO 'I'he original take off date of .June used the Frisbee launcher. This Staff Wfdef 25 was postponed when a back-up mechanism was designed especially The first, space shuttle to he computer failed to answer a com for the shuttle. It snaps the satel launched from Vandenberg Air mand. The next day a fuel valve lite from the cargo bay in a slow Force Base is scheduled to take off faltered four seconds before blast spin that quickens once in space. October 15, 1985. according to l,t. off, this again delayed the mission. The third satelite successfully set Susan Ferkau. On August 28, the day before the free was an A'l’&T satellite. Ferkau, instrument systems third scheduled launch, it was Discovery carried the first engineer, spoke al)out the launch discovered that the computer employee of an American firm to during the School of Engineering charged with the last minute dou go into space. Charles Walker, an charter night for clubs within the ble checking of equipment might engineer with McDonnell Douglas, school, last we<*k. miss some critical signals Blast-off conducted a secret experiment in Vandenberg is one of two places was pushed back 24 hours as com the gravity-free environment which in the United States that can puter programmers worked to cor would create a new hormone for a launch a shuttle. The other is Ken rect the problem. division of .Johnson & .Johnson. nedy Space Center in Florida. Hours after they finally took off The substance was reported as "Vandenberg is the only place the Discovery crew released a Sat being the key to the manufacture other than Kennedy where we can ellite Business Systems Comsat, of a super-insulin. get a polar orbit launch over the first of three communications Walkers ticket on thy shuttle water," said Ferkau. de\'ices to be deployed The 1 .()K9 cost .f;8(),()()() Vandenberg is one of the three |)ound cylinder went into its proper "I'he \ast ma|ority of exp<‘ri- largest bases in the United States orbit, 22..'(()() miles above t he earth. ments on this Discocery will be for The Discovery, the shuttle to be I'he payload assist module used military use," said Ferkau. launched from Vandenlturg. is the for the launching was the same Vandenberg will be receiving newest member of th»“ three shuttle kind that had pushed two satellites Discovery from Kennedy Space fleet The other shuttles are the into useless low orbits on the last Center on board a 747. STEPHANIE PINOEUMutttng Daily Challenger and Columbia spat e shut t le m I-Vbruary The launch control complex at Lt. Susan Ferkau of the Vandenberg bcse The Discovery was last launched The second satellite was also VandenlwTg is located 1900 feet August 1(0, 1984 after three delays sprung successfully. This satellite from the launch pad. "At Kennedy the control complex, where the board scientific experiments and launch button is pushed is located assembling huge space structures over three miles from the launching The shuttle is divided into thrtH- area," said Ferkau main units. One of the units is the 'It costs billions and billions of orl)iter, in which [leople and cargo dollars to erect a launch site. It will travel fretwwn earth and orbit The Ik * quite a while liefore the shuttle orbiter also contains two solid becomes economically advan- rocket boosters that along with the tagcHius." The launch area at orbiter s three main rocket engines Vandenberg is called Slick 6. launch the entire system. One of the problems with a Another unit is the external fuel launch at Vandenlierg is the fog tank which supplies propellants to conditions of the base. "A multi the orbiter engines. The orbiter million dollars system has lieen lands back on earth. It can lx* desigm>d to keep ice from forming reused for more than 100 times it is on the shuttle which could damage now estimated. The boosters the heat-resistant tiles, " Ferkau parachute into the sea and can also said. be reused. "After the launch, all contr<tl is The third unit is a complete turned over to .Johnson .Space scientific lab that remains bolted (’imter in Jlouston, Texas, which is into the orbiter pavload bay mission control, " she said .Among the manv services and Discovery will be launched south iH-nefits anticipated from shuttl«* and will contain explosives so it payloads are timely global crop can hi' blown if it strays oft course surveys which are fundamental to over a populated area crop forecasts, locating potential I'he shuttle can transport a flight petroleum and mineral deposits, crew ot three jilus four ex and alerting officials to air. land r perimetiters, along with (i.'i.DOO and water pollut ion pounds of [layload into |-.irt h orbit Research on the shuttle can alse I'he shuttle mtikes possible a provide watershed information to wide v.iriety (d orbit,d aitivities aid in water resource manage miliidmg launching and servicing menl.along with inventorving satellile-. recovering and returning timber and providing current pic satellites to earth, cotiducting on Please see SHUTTLE, page 3 T' Fire burns Burger King; burglars are suspected MARGARET APOOACA/Mualang Daily About 140 Cal Poly students joined forces Thursday afternoon to construct a brick outhouse Fires burned at an apartment door, ransacked the interior and in three hours. building and Burger King in San then set fire to the office area of Luis Obispo Saturday during the the restaurant Officials early morning hours. speculated that the burglars set Students build house in a day No one was hurt in a fire that the fire in an effort to destroy brought piolice and fire units out evidence of the burglary. By ROSEMARY COSTANZO the campus is located in the stair Each student was required to at about 3:45 a m. A resident of In the apartment fire, resident Staff Writer court area of the Architecture and make 18 bricks out of cardboard an old, two-story, wooden Jesse McCraw alerted other res Maybe nobody ever told ar Environmental Design Building and received a grade for their parapartment building at 1717 San idents by fanning the smoke chitecture instructors Howard The instructors named their ticipation in the project ta Barbara St. awoke to the smell toward a smoke alarm. The alarm Weisenthal and Ken Kohlen that assignment “The J'irst Annual of smoke and found several paper sounded and all residents safely Weisenthal. wearing a yellow Rome wasn't huilt in a day. Great Outhouse Event." wall posters burning in an fled the building. McCraw put hard hat barked instructions to his They insisted an outhouse could "I wanted the students to get upstairs hallway. out some burning posters and construction crew through a be built in three hours, and it was. out and build something, opposed While police and fire units were prevented further damage to the megaphone throughout the three About 140 students in Weisen to sitting in a lecture class of 140 investigating the apartment fire. main building. hours. thal and Kohlen's building materi students seeing slides and hearing Police Officer Mike Brennler saw- McCraw was not available for als and construction class used lectures." said Weisenthal. Kohlen, wearing a silver hardhat. smoke coming from the Burger comment. gallons of glue and cardboard "This gave them a chance to see supervised the rwif construction. King restaurant, 975 Foothill A detached garage at the rear bricks, Thursday afternoon, to the problems of putting a building The roof and door were constructed Blvd. Six fire units responded to of the apartment lot was com erect an outhouse complete with together. They got the opportunity out of wood. the blaze at 4:44 a m. pletely engulfed in flames by the cresent moon, toilet seat, and the to see how many people actually F’reliminary investigation of time emergency units arrived. Sears catalog have to come together and agree on "It was a fun project," said the restaurant fire revealed that Both fires and the burglary are I'he newest building addition to how the structure should be built " Weisenthal t>urglars had pried open a rear under investigation. 1-J Letters. Mustang Daily Monday, December 3 ,1934 Page 2 if it was known Concertswhich groups A protest was made on the those'critics' concerned with this problem long-run, however, the figures even Editor; would sell-out or break even, they method of selecting performers for generate interest arnong peers with out (of course, it is hoped that My commendations to Doug are not all willing to perform in a future concerns. It stated that the a variety of interests in music to every year the committee will at D’Ambrogia in calling out for more town the size of San Luis Obispo Concert Committee “ chooses the make the Concert Committee a least break even). groups which the majority of the ■more representatvie body. But student participation in the selec when Los Angeles and San Fran It is important to'concentrate all individuals on the committee per don’t simply write-off the possibili tion of musical groups for potential cisco offer much more in the form of our energies towards a common ty of a heavy-metal concert this concerts at Cal Poly (Wednesday. of monetary rewards. sonally want to see.’’ How more goal. But, Mr. D’Ambrogia, if you year — or for that matter, any Nov.