But ending what many have called a "crisis" in space science— the result of the long failure to launch—requires more than just a functioning shuttle. It will also take, at the very least, a fleet of expend able rockets and a steady stream of new mission starts.
One man who believes that the U.S. is on the verge of a new, productive era in space is Lennard A. Fisk, NASA'S associate administrator for space science and applications. Since taking over the agency's office of space science in April 1987, Fisk has put together an ambitious, long-range plan, with some 35 missions scheduled for the next five years alone.
Will these missions actually fly? Can they lift U.S. space science out of its doldrums? And is the shuttle the right launch vehicle? Fisk, an astrophysicist who spent five years as vice president for research at the University of New Hampshire, addressed ...
