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Camped mainly around the pacific coast and in the regions of rich soils that feed them, modern Australians have left their land mass largely untouched. The great era of exploration, apart from the dash for minerals, has passed. Most travelers see red earth and desert outpost from 35,000ft., if at all. Nevertheless, the open road still rewards the curious and those with time enough to appreciate its majesty. The sheer length of the national highway, its obstinate sameness, means the journey can be a lonely and humbling experience, especially so for those in a hurry. So slow down, take...
...Hawaii. Publicly proclaimed to be a special vessel built by Howard Hughes to mine mineral deposits from the ocean floor, the Glomar was actually on a CIA mission approved by the White House. Its code name: Project Jennifer. Its aim: to salvage a Soviet submarine that had plunged 16,000ft. to the bottom of the Pacific in 1968 after an explosion...
China's charges relate to two 14,000ft. mountain passes, Natu and Jelep, that lead to Tibet's Chumbi Valley. In this bleak terrain, swept by chill north winds, Peking claims the Indians have built "56 military structures," ranging from concrete gun positions to entrenchments, on China's soil. India concedes it has fortified the passes but insists the fortifications are on Sikkimese territory...
When the Little Joe reached 150,000ft., the escape rocket fired, pulling capsule free from the main rocket subjecting Sam to a brief jolt of 17-19g. The capsule coasted up to 55 miles altitude, then arched down. A parachute lowered it safely into the sea, 200 miles away from Wallops Island...
...thing of demonic beauty; with its 100-ft. swept-back wings, its slender 134-ft. hull and its four Allison J-71 jet engines, the seagoing bomber was capable of carrying a 30,000 Ib. pay load to 40,000ft. heights and at speeds over 600 m.p.h. Then, in an instant, the plane burst into flames, went out of control into a steep dive, crashed in a field near Wilmington, Del. The four-man civilian crew parachuted to safety...