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...precisely T-minus-2 min. 47 sec., the computer should have ordered pressurization of the liquid oxygen tanks in the Saturn 5's third-stage booster. But because two tiny electrical contacts in the computer's miniaturized circuitry did not touch, the signal was not given. That failure was noticed by an alert launch controller, who immediately threw a manual switch that started the necessary procedure. The computer, programmed only to check its own automatic signals, assumed that pressurization had not begun and stopped the countdown...
...heats liquid hydrogen until it is expelled as a jet of white-hot gas. To kick out of earth orbit (which requires much less thrust than an earth launch), the 270-ft.-long ships will fire-and then discard-the two outboard NERVAs strapped to their sides; the main booster, at the center of the engine cluster, will be retained. Then, as the two ships pull away from earth orbit, they will be docked end to end to form a single unit within which the crews can pass back and forth through airlocks...
Corey came in second in the Booster Section (for players rated below 1600) of first month's Boston Open...
...booster section--fewer than 1600 master points--Dan Jacobson swept his four opponents for a first and $100, while Mike Corey tied for second with 9 0-1. And in the Noviee Section--less than 1400--a highly-underrated Marc Carter won his four matches...
...persons looked on, the Apollo 17 spaceship and booster rolled out of the assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center. A gibbous moon hung high in the Florida sky while the rising sun splashed the white rocket with golden rays. It was a stunning tableau of man's inventiveness. Yet it was a sight not without irony...