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...during World War II Hopkins was working diligently in his office in the West Wing when the door suddenly flew open and there in his blue siren suit stood Winston Churchill, looking smaller than life. He wordlessly gave his benediction to the White House aides by raising his arm and forming the victory sign with his chubby fingers. The door closed as suddenly as it opened. For Hopkins, now 73, it was a singular frame in his own remarkable march of time...
Ever since India's independence in 1947, the Sikhs claim, they have faced discrimination. Before then they had enjoyed preferential treatment in the armed forces and civil services, and were given special representation in elected bodies. With independence, those privileges were lost, and the Sikhs became politically subservient to the Hindu majority. Soon they began agitating for their own state. In 1966 they were given Punjab by the federal government. Although that state has India's richest, most fertile land, the Sikhs still felt their portion was too small compared with that of neighboring Haryana, the state created...
Once controllers at the Goddard Space Flight Center in suburban Washington are convinced that Max is functioning, it will be lifted out of the cargo area with the mechanical arm and set afloat in space. (If the tinkering fails, the astronauts will strip Solar Max of its cumbersome solar panels, lay it on its side in the cargo bay and carry it back down to the ground for an overhaul.) By then, Challenger will have climbed to an altitude of 270 miles. The higher orbit will reduce the effect of atmospheric braking and extend the satellite's lifetime until...
...orbit with only one intermediate firing by its orbital maneuvering engines. A steeper ascent, made possible by improvements in engine thrust, will save fuel, which may be needed for the rendezvous maneuvers with Solar Max. Once it is 245 miles high, the shuttle will use its remote-controlled mechanical arm for another first: the deployment of a 30-ft.-long cylindrical package, called the long-duration exposure facility (LDEF), which contains 57 separate scientific experiments contributed by nearly 200 scientists in nine countries. LDEF will be left in orbit 10½ months to collect cosmic materials, test solar cells...
...that point, Challenger will edge to within 30 ft. of the satellite. Then the shuttle's 50-ft.-long, remote-controlled mechanical arm, operated from inside the cockpit by Electrical Engineer Terry Hart, 37, will lock onto a grappling device on Solar Max. (Challenger's fifth astronaut is Dick Scobee, 44, a onetime airplane mechanic who will be Crippen's copilot.) With helpful nudges from Nelson and Van Hoften, Solar Max will be eased into a special cradle in the cargo bay for the repair. The astronauts' task in the bay will be to remove...