
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, February 24, 1994                   TAG: 9402240100
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

CANADA WANTS LESS TO DO WITH SPACE STATION

Canada, which is scheduled to provide a $1 billion crane for the international space station, has told its partners it can no longer afford to meet its commitment and wants to renegotiate the agreement, Congress was told on Wednesday.

"The Canadians have a new government, the government came in and just as President Clinton did a year ago, took a look at their space budget and said they cannot afford the full value," NASA Administrator Daniel Goldin told the House space subcommittee.

The European Space Agency and Japan "are prepared to deliver what they said," Goldin said. In fact, he said, the Europeans want to take on an additional task: developing a transport vehicle to carry their own materials to the station.

- Associated Press

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