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...chief obstruction, he said, is a dearth of what he called "central office facilities," which means the apparatus at the branch office used to make the connections between incoming and outgoing calls. Owing to this shortage, the Company has had to keep at least 4200 Cambridge residents on its waiting lists...
Rival Hunters. When the Americans and British entered Germany, they had special teams ready to pounce on any likely-looking technician, piece of apparatus, scrap of paper. These teams, mostly directed by FIAT (Field Information Agency, Technical), were considerably better organized than the Russian brain-hunters. The U.S. had no immediate need of atomic help, since it was already pointing for Hiroshima, but it wanted to keep German atom workers away from the Reds. The U.S. did want help with rockets and guided missiles...
...watt ultrashort-wave transmitter could weigh less than 50 lbs., said Dr. Hutcheson, and its signal would be strong enough to reach from moon to earth, even without the advantage of a directional beam. Power could come from batteries. The whole apparatus would have to be designed to deal with the vacuum of space, and designed to operate both in extreme cold and in the high temperature (250° F.) of the lunar midday. To Dr. Hutcheson such difficulties were minor...
...fuses in antiaircraft shells, it would detect the approach of the moon's surface and fire "braking rockets" at the proper distance. Shooting their power forward, they would counteract the moon's gravitational pull (one-sixth as strong as the earth's), and allow the whole apparatus to make a sufficiently gentle landing...
Scientists are working hard to find some light-weight shield to replace the masses of lead, concrete or water they use at present around their "bad-acting" apparatus. A composite shield may prove useful; but it too will be massive and costly. No "magic shield" is in sight...