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<text id=92TT0014>
<title>
Jan. 06, 1992: Died:James Fletcher
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
Jan. 06, 1992 Man of the Year:Ted Turner
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
MILESTONES, Page 64
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<p> DIED. James Fletcher, 72, former head of the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration who served two stints as
head of the agency, from 1971 to '77 and from 1986 to '89; of
lung cancer; in Washington. During his first term at NASA, he
persuaded Congress to fund the space-shuttle program, saying it
would pay for itself. Although it didn't, President Reagan
brought Fletcher back to revive NASA in 1986 after the
Challenger explosion revealed the agency's managerial disarray.
</p>
</body></article>
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