‘Tt has been ten years since man landed on
the moon. And_people are still arguing if it

was worth it or not.

Are there benefits to be had from spending”
-fiillions of dollars in space, or is it all
political manouvering?

This issue the Inquiring Reporter asks:

‘Were the moon
andings

worthwhile: >

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Marty Menning
North Vancouver

It was worthwhile.
There are many things in
space that we can't even
dream about waiting to
be discovered. Also,
there have been many
technological spinoffs,

By Andrew Blum

PITTSBURGH (UPI) - The
Three Mile Island accident:
has slowed the growth of the
nuclear industry, but
business should improve in
the early 1980s, a
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
-official says.

Gordon C. Hurlbert,
president _of

_the .

Westinghouse Power
Systems Co., in an interview,
said that prior to the March
28th—incident, the industry
would have sold six to 10.
nuclear plants in the United

‘ States this year and next.

“Now we will be lucky to."

sell four to six,’ he said.

The reduced demand for
reactors, which Hulbert
attributed directly to ‘the
accident near Harrisburg,
Pa., may last until 1982, he
said.

meantime,
will be

In the
Westinghouse

working off a worldwide $4

billion nuclear backlog,
about 50 percent of that in
reactors and 50 percent in.
the rapidly growing nuclear
fuel business. :

One of the largest nuclear

.

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such as advancements in
medicine.

Jon Seeley
North Vancouver

It was certainly worth
it. I'm a firm believer in
benefits derived from
space’ technology.
Already there have been
medical and
metallurgical benefits
from the space program.

Dick Prinset
Vancouver

It was partly a politcal
stunt to beat the
Russians. Although there
have been some
technological benefits, I
would like to have seen
some of the space money
benefit people directly.

ee dtd a al
been no
bigger stunts than the
moon landings. I think
this type of thing just
gives man an ego trip. A
famous person once said
that we are ever learning
but never getting close to
the truth.

Joanna Vaughn
North Vancouver

No I'm not sure af at
was worthwhile. If they

can spend so. many
milhons oof dollars in
space, why can't they
spend more on people

programs?

reactor manufacturers in the
world, Westinghouse has
been receiving about two out
of every five nuclear orders
in the United States.

Hurlbert said there may
have to be some layoffs at
Westinghouse nuclear
components plants, which
employ about 2,200 hourly
workers. As for the nuclear
operations’ financial health,
he said, “We don't expect to
lose money in the
foreseeable future.”

Hurlbert said nuclear
business is much healthier
overseas. With the exception
of current trouble with a.
Phillippine contract, reactor
orders appear strong in
South Korea, France, Japan
and Spain, he said.

To help the industry in the
United States, Hurlbert said,
changes are needed in
nuclear policies.

Even though the
Westinghouse reactor “is
inherently more tolerant of
human error,” Hurlbert said
“there is no way to make
something perfect.”

&

He said, Westinghouse is

making what Hurlbert called
“exhaustive

He maitre industry also is

taking the initiative to
review nuclear power
because of Three Mile

Island. He stressed that no
one in the industry would
compromise safety, a charge
made by anti-nuclear forces.

He said Westinghouse
feels it has a social
responsibility and wants to
talk about nuclear power.

Despite what may have
seemed to be much negative
pubhemty resulting from
Three Mile Island, Hurlbert
believes the accident served
one very useful purpose.

“It helped inform and
educate people about
alternate fucls and = more

education will help nuclear
power.”

reviews of
design” to insure safety.

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MIDDLETON, PENN: A tourist holds her daughter under an umbrella as they view
the Threé Mile Island Nuclear Plant in the rain. The nuclear Regulatory Commission
announced last week that the accident at Three Mile Island could have been
prevented, and blamed the operators of the plant for the accident. (UPI wirephoto)

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