Nuclear Unit OKd for Shuttle Mission
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From Associated Press
WASHINGTON — President Bush’s science adviser on Friday approved the October launching of a nuclear-powered probe to Jupiter despite claims by protesters that a Challenger-like accident could poison Earth’s atmosphere with “the most toxic substance in the universe.”
D. Allan Bromley authorized the launching and told Bush before the President left for a weekend at Camp David, Md., White House spokeswoman Alixe Reed said.
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