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Tue May  4 15:56:02 1982
Aviation week excerpt
From: Tom Wadlow <TAW at S1-A>

Washington Roundup

	Space policy address by President Reagan at Edwards AFB, Calif 
after the landing of the fourth space shuttle mission July 4 is under
consideration at the White House.  One important element of the policy
already decided is that support for development of a full shuttle-based
operational space transportation system will be continued even if
an orbiter vehicle and crew were to be lost in a major accident.  Such
sustained support for an operational system has never been declared 
previously, a factor in the reluctance of some payload sponsors to commit
to long term shuttle planning.  (START-BOLDFACE) President Reagan has
already directed that any significant shuttle program changes must be 
discussed directly with him. (END-BOLDFACE) Following the Mission 4
landing at Edwards three complete shuttle orbiters, the Columbia, the
new Challenger and the old Enterprise, will all be within towing distance
of each other, as a possible backdrop for a presidential space policy 
address.

>From AWST May 3, 1982