. . THE SHUTTLE MUST GO ON

The prospective "first Japanese woman in space" is ready to go, as are fish, newts, jellyfish and other aquatic animals. So even with 750 workers who service life-support and mechanical systems still on strike, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration vowed to launch the space shuttle Columbia on time Friday at 12:43 EDT. The strikers-- who watched scab workers file in today--walked out Tuesday because of a beef with EG&G Florida Inc., which holds NASA's $1.9 million base-operations contract.parpar