Word: detective
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...energy particles as protons, electrons and the nuclei of atoms, in an effort to gather more knowledge about the hazards of manned space flights. One instrument will determine the flow and density of the charged particles (the solar wind) that are constantly streaming outward from the sun. Another will detect cosmic dust that might prove dangerous for future astronauts traveling through interstellar space...
When Mariner comes close to Venus, a radiometer will scan the planet's surface to detect the microwave emissions that would indicate the presence of water in the atmosphere and the temperature at the planet's surface. In a companion experiment, an infra-red radiometer will also scan Venus to get readings on temperature and atmospheric conditions...
...give an immediate warning of enemy missile firings, the Air Force is banking on Midas satellites, which will detect the launch by sensing the infra-red glow given off by the booster exhausts. To date, however, the Air Force has still not been able to develop reliable infra-red sensors...
...islands from Eniwetok to Christmas, and in the Atomic Energy Commission's Nevada-based Vela tests to detect far-off nuclear blasts, E.G. & G. has honed its ability to estimate worldwide explosions (by clocking the momentary fluorescence given off). Along the way the company has mushroomed from a fledgling enterprise employing a dozen people to a flourishing corporation with 2,000 employees (70% of them carrying top-level Government Q clearance), laboratories in Boston, Las Vegas and Santa Barbara, and a panoply of scientific equipment and knowledge that this year will gross $40 million...
...policymakers knew Japan wanted to surrender long before they dropped the atomic bombs. But Strauss had no doubts about the need for the U.S. to keep ahead in the nuclear arms race. Shortly after his appointment to the AEC in 1946, he recommended building a monitoring system to detect Russian atomic blasts. At the time, most people thought a Russian atom bomb was years away; Strauss had to plead, push, finally offered $1,000,000 out of his own pocket to speed up procurement. A scant four months after the monitoring began, a Russian blast was detected...