Astronaut Ilan Ramon is not the only product of Israeli ingenuity in orbit, and Israel is not merely hitching a ride with Uncle Sam into outer space The founders of Israel's space program periodically must want to pinch themselves. They remind anyone willing to listen that Israel is one of only eight true space powers. It has the capability to develop, produce, and launch spacecraft. These scientists so often repeat this fact that it seems they are endeavoring to convince themselves of its veracity. But with Col. Ilan Ramon's blastoff into space late last week, Israel's space program put another...