Word: bayes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ship itself also suffered a recurrence of an old ailment: during lift-off it lost several dozen heat-shielding tiles. As Columbia whirled 150 miles above the earth, still other things began to go wrong-two television cameras failed, the $1.2 million toilet clogged, a latch on the cargo-bay doors temporarily jammed, mysterious static rang in the astronauts' ears, and a teleprinter spilled paper wildly. The most serious failure came when gremlins knocked out some of the shuttle's radio links, briefly raising fears that there might be a premature halt to the mission...
...Canadian-built, remote-controlled arm that reached 50 ft. outside the shuttle. When the TV camera at the far end of the arm malfunctioned, the astronauts skillfully used binoculars to guide the giant limb, even getting it to lift an experimental package out of Columbia 's cavernous cargo bay. They also maneuvered the ship so different parts faced the sun, exposing them to temperatures as high as 200° F and as low as -200° F for up to 80 hrs. at a time. That served as a vital test of the ship's ability to survive...
Fullerton began guiding the remote-controlled arm, essential for retrieving satellites in the future, through various maneuvers, extending it and flexing its joints, only to discover that a TV camera on its "wrist" had failed. Another camera at the rear of the cargo bay succumbed as well. Even so, the remaining camera at the arm's "elbow" was providing clear pictures, including shots of the nose showing where tiles had been damaged or lost. While reviewing films of the launch, technicians discovered that still other tiles had fallen off the top surface of the shuttle's big body...
Nine so-called pathfinder experiments, all but one stored in the cargo bay, measured the shuttle's environment as a prelude to future scientific work aboard the ship. Some 96 seeds and seedlings were kept in Columbia's cabin to see how they would grow in conditions of weightlessness. Other instruments studied the shuttle's electrical characteristics, the effect of the solar wind and the impact of micrometeorites, stray particles floating through space. One of the most complex of these experiments was a 350-lb. automated lab called the plasma diagnostics package. Held aloft and moved about...
...fans who may have thought that the big TV deal would lead to a break at the turnstiles, there is further financial news. Already, twelve teams-Dallas, Chicago, Green Bay, Minnesota, New Orleans, St. Louis, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Denver, Kansas City, the New York Giants and the Jets-have announced that they are raising ticket prices from an average of $10.50 to as much as $15. In still another effort to add to its considerable success, the N.F.L. is now lobbying in Congress for exemption from the antitrust laws. This would open the way to further expansion. It would also...