The Nation : Shuttle May Miss Deadline
It may be impossible to redesign the shuttle booster rocket and conduct tests on it in time to resume shuttle flights by NASA’s target date of July, 1987, Richard H. Truly, chief of the shuttle program, told aerospace executives in Washington, D.C. He pointed out also that the National Research Council panel that is to oversee the redesigning is just beginning its work. Competition for space on the resumed shuttle flights is likely to be intense, and Air Force Secretary Edward C. Aldridge Jr. said that half of about 20 backlogged Pentagon payloads may be launched by expendable rockets.
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