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...goes well, reducing the cost of working in space and vastly increasing its possibilities. Columbia is designed to ascend like a rocket, orbit as an all-purpose freight truck and passenger bus, ward off melting re-entry temperatures with an armor of glazed silica tiles, then land like an airplane???or like an 80-ton glider...
...aircraft flying under visual flight rules. In the meantime, the bulk of the burden must be borne by the 14,000 controllers in towers and control centers. By intensive training and concentration, these highly trained men have learned to control as many as 21 radar blips?each representing an airplane???at a time. They have learned to steel themselves against confusion and panic, no matter how extreme the emergency. They have developed an intense but quiet pride in their talents, their responsibility and their record...
...December, PWA announced the allotment of $500,000 to the Department of Commerce for assistance to the industry in the development and mass production of a low-priced, safer airplane???since private capital admittedly could not do it alone. To date this fund has not been received by the Department and in light of succeeding developments, is no longer required although it would be heartily welcomed if it turned...
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