Word: command
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...remotely connected with the President. Its personal vendetta against Richard Nixon is so malicious that it might even destroy the presidency in order to destroy him. The real threat to this country is the unchecked monopolistic power of the press, as well as the TV dictators, who have supreme command of the air waves. (MRS.) GRACE A. COREY Sun City, Ariz...
...sunlight glinted off the object looming larger in the command module window, and Astronaut Charles ("Pete") Conrad Jr.'s exuberant voice came crackling across space: "Tallyho! Skylab!" As he maneuvered the Apollo spaceship closer to the windmill-shaped orbiting laboratory, Conrad gave crewmates Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz-and millions watching their TV screens on earth-a closeup look at the damaged Skylab...
...worked feverishly to put together the assortment of gear and tools that was needed to repair Skylab. The astronauts themselves practiced the various repair possibilities. Indeed, these activities continued until the very eve of last week's launch; so many new and untried procedures were involved that the command module was not fully loaded until four hours before Friday's liftoff...
...their second option, the astronauts also carried into space a canopy rigged to a makeshift A-frame. But its deployment would require a more difficult space walk from the exit in Skylab's airlock module. As a third option, the Apollo command module carried the "Spinnaker Shade," which had been the original first choice of space officials. They had second thoughts about the sail-like canopy, because they feared that the light jet plumes from the command module's thrusters might fog the still functioning solar wings on the telescope mount. As he hung out of the open...
...problems. At best, space officials expected some three or four days to elapse before the shading effect of the shield would reduce the temperatures inside Skylab to a near normal 70°. Meanwhile, the crew would have to wait out the time in the cramped confines of their command ship, making occasional forays into the stifling heat of the orbital workshop only to bring out food and perhaps scientific equipment...