Word: boosterism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Liquid hydrogen is the most effective rocket fuel ever developed. Some 40% more powerful than the kerosene fuel used in the Saturn booster, it will place the Apollo spacecraft in earth orbit, then be used again in the same flight to hurl the spaceship toward the moon. The trouble is, its virtues are not bought cheaply. Its extreme volatility and the - 423° F. temperature necessary to keep it in liquid form make it difficult to deal with both on the ground and in space. NASA spacemen had theorized that once weightless in orbit, liquid hydrogen would scatter around...
Lifetime Vacation. When he is not covering sports, Brougham enjoys doing good. A tireless civic booster, he led a successful campaign to desegregate Seattle's golf courses and bowling alleys. Asked to raise money for the Olympic Games fund, he talked the Harlem Globetrotters into playing Seattle University, and persuaded Louis Armstrong to perform at half time...
...Scout groups, Audubon societies and climbing clubs. GOMA also sends out a monthly newsletter plumping for proper woodsmanship, makes members pledge to spread the word personally wherever they go. Highlight of the year, however, comes when GOMA, after soliciting candidates from all across the nation, makes its annual Booster and Buster awards for the best and worst examples of outdoor manners...
...Booster award went to San Diego's Sea World Aquarium for training its dolphins to present a diverting, three-act "play" with an anti-litter message. More to the point, GOMA honored Colorado's Adolph Coors Co. for its remarkable success in reducing the number of beer cans by the side of the highway. Coors, whose beer is the best-selling in nine of the eleven Western states, has been paying 10 for every empty can and bottle returned-at a loss to the company of 10 each. With recovery rates as high as 85% in some states...
Roar & a Crackle. Its eight booster engines spitting a 150-ft. tail of flame, Saturn 1B burned for 2 min. 26 sec., at which point it was 35 miles up and moving at 5,400 m.p.h. Next came the tricky second stage, a single 225,000-lb.-thrust engine powered by an exotic combination of liquid oxygen (lox) and liquid hydrogen (LH2). While lox boils off at a difficult -290° F., LH2 boils at -423° F., thus requires extreme pressurization to keep cool. Moreover, in weightless space, LH2, like mercury, tends to gather into a ball or spin...