Word: ballooned
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...transport planes treaded expectantly in the lower air. Soon one of the crews saw the bright glow made by the nose cone's reentry into the atmosphere. A parachute opened, and the cone drifted down to the sea. When it hit the surface, a small balloon inflated automatically, keeping the cone afloat. Guided by the C-545 and a homing transmitter in the cone itself, a destroyer fished the cone out of the water. It was the second consecutive nose-cone recovery after a shot of intercontinental range, providing data on re-entry protection for both men and weapons...
Scare the Guests. As the bold Brown strategists see things, Brown must, as a minimum, keep the Golden State's massive delegation in hand until the right candidate comes along, or until Brown can dicker for the vice-presidential nomination. But when they let their dreams balloon, they note that 1) the Democratic convention will be in Los Angeles, Brown's front yard, 2) the Democratic convention is threatened by deadlock. So why not California's Pat Brown for President? Brown has agreed that he would accept a draft...
Until then, cosmic rays had been measured only to 80,000 ft. by balloon. The V-2s carried cosmic-ray instruments up 100 miles, measuring cosmic rays and making Van Allen, incidentally, an authority on instrumentation of rockets. They also brought him into close contact with nearly all of the pioneer U.S. rocketmen, especially William Pickering, soon to head the Army's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at Pasadena...
Orange-Juice Victory. The first balloon rose properly to 70,000 ft., but the rocket hanging under it did not fire. The second Rockoon behaved in the same maddening way. On the theory that extreme cold at high altitude might have stopped the clockwork supposed to ignite the rockets, Van Allen heated cans of orange juice, snuggled them into the third Rockoon's gondola, and wrapped the whole business in insulation. The rocket fired...
...Where?" asked Clipper. But Jessie was already running ahead towards the balloon...