Word: crewed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When the shuttle Discovery roars off the pad at the Kennedy Space Center next August to begin NASA's climb back into manned space flight, one thought will be going through everyone's mind: How safe is the crew? Despite the best efforts of engineers and investigators, there is no way to know for sure, so NASA is building in a special safety factor. This week Navy parachutists at Edwards Air Force Base in California will begin testing the second of two newly designed shuttle escape systems. The first has already been put through its paces, and the one that...
...anticipated crash landing. However, says ex-Shuttle Astronaut Donald Peterson, "it's like putting an emergency escape system in a car -- but you have to be driving between 29 and 33 m.p.h., at night, on an empty road." Needless to say, neither system would have helped the Challenger crew...
Each semester, the IOP invites between five and seven people to come to Harvard and spend a few months of taking classes and teaching. From rowing crew to taking classes at the professional schools, fellows have the opportunity to throw themselves into life at Harvard--at least for a semester...
...Gang's New Threads, the first production to be sponsored by Harvard's new experimental theater group, Project Space 6, brings together a diverse cast and a creative crew. In November, directors/writers Randy E. Weiner '88, Rob C. Hanning '88 and producer Matthew L. Snyder came up with an idea to produce a musical that combined the elements of drama and rap. Essentially Weiner and Hanning have combined the plots of West Side Story and The Emperor's New Clothes to create a modern rap/funk musical...
...Gwen Linde wanted to be a pilot. At Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., Linde, 29, is commander of a C-141 transport plane, a mammoth, 75-ton, four-engine workhorse that carries everything from weapons, paratroopers and medical supplies to Bob Hope and his entourage. Leading a crew of six, Linde routinely carries out five-day missions to bases in Hawaii, Guam and the Azores. Her dream, however, is to fly the fighter jets that she once trained others to operate. But since those elite birds are designated for combat, women have been barred from flying them...