Word: apollos
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...What do I think when I look at Apollo 17?" mused Debus. "It's beautiful. We have pioneered. We have worked hard. There is a terrific satisfaction in having been permitted to be part of it all. It was only after great soul searching that we recommended sending man to the moon back in 1961. It has been a happy life...
Polar lee. Debus let his gaze linger on the mighty Saturn V rocket beneath the Apollo 17 spaceship. "The Saturn V is the end too," said Debus. "I don't believe we will build a stronger rocket in this century. The Saturn can boost a payload of 200,000 lbs. into orbit. If you want more payload than that, it is cheaper to launch several Saturns than to develop a new rocket...
...rocket, Apollo 17 Crewman Dr. Harrison Schmitt observed that "we are the first truly space-faring nation in all mankind." Near by, one of the space workers who will be laid off along with about 1,000 others after Apollo's flight said: "Yeah, but not for long...
Within six hours Apollo 17 was snugly on its pad and workers were scurrying around it to prepare for the Dec. 6 launch. Cernan and Schmitt will spend three days exploring the moon, while Lieut. Commander Ronald Evans orbits above them. They are scheduled to return to earth on Dec. 19. Then, what President John F. Kennedy called "great, new American enterprise" when he launched the Apollo program in 1961 will finally be over...
...used to help prevent fatalities and forest fires, and might even benefit the space program. NASA could eventually employ suppression techniques at storm-prone Cape Kennedy, where lightning bolts have occasionally hit giant Saturn rockets on their pads and once, during a launch, knocked out the electrical system of Apollo 12, threatening the mission with disaster...