Word: boosterism
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...Russians, with their huge booster rockets, have been less concerned about weight; they have employed a two-gas system from the beginning of their manned-space program. It has proved awkward in at least one of their space missions. Before Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov could leave Voskhod II for his space walk, he had to breathe pure oxygen (to rid his body of dissolved nitrogen and avoid the possibility of bends). He then entered an air lock, sealed his suit, gradually lowered its pressure to about 3 lbs. per sq. in. (so that it would be less inflated and more flexible...
...argument that the bombing policy is a necessary psychological booster to the Saigon government and military forces is now outdated. Things have changed since February, 1965, when the bombing began on a regular basis and the Saigon government was on the brink of total collapse. The Viet Cong are no longer in a position to take Saigon, and the Ky government is now far more stable than its predecessors...
...concrete monorail shaped-in profile-like an inverted T. Berlin's aerotrain resembles a sleek silver bus, rides less than an inch above the rail on a cushion of air produced by two 50-h.p. Renault Gordini engines, propels and brakes itself with a 260-h.p. jet-booster aircraft engine rear-mounted on its roof...
...previous evening, the President had met with Lodge, Secretary of State Dean Rusk, General William Westmoreland and Press Secretary Bill Moyers at Malacanang to discuss a side trip to Viet Nam. Westmoreland strongly recommended it as a morale booster for U.S. troops and the South Vietnamese as well. Johnson agreed, decided to schedule it the very next day, when he had a full program and nobody would suspect what was afoot. In the event of a security leak, the President said, the whole thing would be canceled-right up to the moment of landing...
...also wants them for the benefit of Latin America, which increasingly looks to the tall, scholarly visionary as a new leader of the Democratic left and a new force that could help pull the Southern Hemisphere tighter together. Frei is already moving in that direction. He is a staunch booster of economic integration. He was among the first to propose a hemispheric summit conference, now tentatively scheduled for next spring. "We have a commitment in Latin America," Frei says. "This makes us proud and binds...