Word: boosterism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Naso hopes his system will catch some his early-season opponents by surprise, and since the Lions meet the Crimson in the first game, he is obviously eyeing what would be a morale booster. The Lions upset the crimson two years ago in Cambridge, but that team was far better than last year's 1-8 version...
Following a trajectory that minimized passage over land, the shuttle would carry its hot cargo into earth orbit. Then the crew would deploy a giant mechanical arm and guide the nuclear package, together with a booster rocket, out of the cargo bay. After backing the shuttle a safe distance away, the astronauts would fire the booster, kicking the nuclear package out of earth orbit and hurtling it sunward. The booster would be detached and steered back into the cargo bay for return to earth and reuse on further missions, like the shuttle itself. Meanwhile, after a journey of about...
Perhaps Pearce's biggest booster is coach Alex Nahigian: "Rick's just a super kid. He's strictly a team player, and I can't say enough about him. Just a super...
...found at the other fields, ferreted out by the U-2s. That convinced the Pentagon that the feared bomber gap was fictional. Three years later, the overhead view of the Tyuratam site (where all Soviet missiles were then tested) gave the U.S. some needed reassurance. Determining that the rocket booster aperture at the base of the launch pad was 15 meters (50 ft.) in diameter, photo interpreters concluded that the Soviets were still using missiles boosted by auxiliary rockets strapped around the circumference of the main rocket. Because they were so cumbersome that they could not be practically deployed...