Word: backups
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jesse Moore, after the five-man shuttle crew made a predawn landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California: "It was a beautiful mission from the outset." Well, not exactly. Discovery's launch had been postponed twice at the last minute, first by bad weather, then by a faulty backup computer. The third try seemed doomed to failure too when the storm system that later spawned Hurricane Elena darkened the sky and began pelting Cape Canaveral with rain shortly before launch time. But NASA officials were determined to make this one good. Stretching the agency's own rules, which forbid...
...hard put to explain the disaster. Even if the pilot had lost all four engines simultaneously, aviation sources pointed out, he could have sent a distress signal and possibly continued to glide for 30 minutes. And even if his power source had been cut, he could have used a backup system. In addition, officials observed, sudden disappearances from radar and crashes at sea are very rare. Never before has a commercial jet crossing the Atlantic plunged into the ocean...
ENGAGED. Carly Simon, 39, prolific pop singer-songwriter (her 13th album, Spoiled Girl, is scheduled for release next month); and Russ Kunkel, 36, rock drummer. The two met when he was playing backup for Simon's ex-husband, Folk Balladeer James Taylor...
...icewomen, an old face was shining as brightly as the new one. Senior Tracy Kimmel, a three-year backup to graduated superstar Cheryl Tale, finally shifted responsibilities from opening and closing the bench gate for her teammates to guarding...
They may have been singing Amazing Grace, but when Willie Nelson and his backup singers Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter took to the stage last week, it was Plains, Ga., that was on their minds. As a longtime friend, Nelson was there in his bushier-than-ever beard to help the Carters celebrate their hometown's 100th birthday. The party began with a five-mile road race; the former - President and still earnest jogger came in 314th out of 437 with a time of 40:35. He did better during the parade down Main Street, leading the way with Rosalynn past...