THE Summer Daily Vol. LXXXIII No. 5-S Ann Arbor Michigan-Tuesday, May 15, 1973 Ten Cents Twelve Pages Sky lab foul-up forces astronaut launch delay Space station panels fail to deploy CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. {kP-A cranky set of solar power panels failed to deploy properly yesterday on the $294-million Skylab space station, forcing a five-day delay in the launch of the astronauts who will live aboard the craft. The decison was announced by the Sky- lab program director, William Schneider, after officials evaluated for several hours the problem with America's first space station. The three astronauts, Charles Conrad Jr., Dr. Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz were told about the decision in their crew quarters. THEY WERE to have blasted off today to link up with the station for 28 days in orbit. The new launch day for the Skylab 1 crew was set for Sunday. The 118-foot Skylab, a vital part of a $2.6 billion science-from-orbit program that was to eventually include the three manned launches, was smoothly drilled into orbit from Cape Kennedy. But before the craft completed its first orbit, mission control announced that solar cell wings, which supply electrical power to the spacecraft by converting' sunlight, had failed to deplay automatically. After studying the problem fir more than eight hours, space agency officials announced the delay "THE LAUNCH of the astronauts has been recycled for five days to Sunday, May 20, because of incidents which oc- curred during the Skylab deployment," the announcement said. "This will permit further evaluation of alternative flight plans to maximize returns from the Sky- lab mission." One plan under study by engineers calls for borrowing p o w e r from the Apollo command ship which will ferry the astro- nauts up to the space cabin. The command ship has 'two fuel cells which combine oxygen and hydrogen to create electricity. The Saturn 1B rocket which was to have launched the astronauts is poised and ready on a launch pad, but workers :will now restart certain parts of the count- down and bring it to launch readiness once again on Sunday. Conrad, Weitg and Kerwin watched- the flawless launch from a viewing area three miles from the pad. A SPOKESPERSON said that after the problem developed, they retired to their quarters to listen to comment by mission control from there. One set. of solar panels, a. system array- ed like the blades of a windmill, success- fully opened. But the second set, which supplies more than half of the Skylab power, remained folded against the side of the space station, Mission control said data indicates a fairing on the solar panel may have been fouled only 63 seconds after liftoff. At this time in the launch program, the space- t craft was still climbing toward orbit from its Cape Kennedy nest, Skylab, America's first space station, - made its debut after the most trouble- free Saturn 5 countdown and launch ever, officials said. THE SATURN V rocket carrying the Skylab was launched yesterday at Cape Kennedy. All did not go smoothly, however, as a set of solar power wings on the Skylab failed to deploy automatically after the craft's first orbit. FINALLY RESOLVED: Gill. sweeps toSG presidenitia 1.- By DAN BIDDLE an unexpected 74 per cent '"no" vote, but The second run of Student, Government another key proposal to lower individual Council's (SGC) controversy-filled all- student SGC assessments from $1 to 75 campus election last night produced a cents per term received an overwhelm- landslide victory for presidential candi- ing 9-1 approval vote. date Lee Gill and his Students' Rights The election, held April 23-28 to replace Party (SRP). the invalidated March vote, received a Gill, a longtime black activist, and SRP mere 25 per cent turnout. running mate Sandy Green, an SGC mem- This figure, however, nearly doubled ber-at-large, led three other SGC presi- the votes cast in the March election, which dential saltes in final tallies last ni-ht fell victim to massive fraud attempts. deatte aleai fna alie a ngt With all voe oned las nigh , with nearly 43 per cent of the vote. tr ll votes hose ast nght, SGC SRP took three of the five at-large SGC seats up for grabs in the election, the President and Vice-President: Coalition of Liberals and Moderates Party Lee Gill - Sandy Green (SRP) 2522 (CLAMP) running a surprise second in David Faye-Bart Moorstein both the presidential and Council races. (CLAMP) 1158 A controversial ballot question calling Ro Nagey-Jeigh Brack (Time for optional SGC funding was swamped by and Space Party) 915 rictory Mark Schare-Nancy Hackmeier (Stop Taxation-Open Programs) 695 Ann Missavage '(Mad Hatters' Tea Party) 694 Members-at-large: Tara Fujimoto (SRP) . 803 Lisa Fischman (SRP) 633 Roger Mason (SRP) 603 Dick Needleman (CLAMP) 532 Jeff Schiller (CLAMP) 508 Both the Mad Hatters' Tea Party and Stop Taxation-Open Programs tickets, wait had backed voluntary funding, were shut 'out in the SRP-CLAMP sweep. Another ballot proposal favoring restruc turing of certain parts of SGC's constitu- tion received clear endorsement with a 90 per cent-plus "yes" vote.