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...earth, moving faster on its smaller orbit, overtakes and passes Mars every 26 months, but the distance of closest approach varies considerably because both orbits are slightly elliptical, with their long axes pointing in different directions (see diagram). The earth may overtake Mars at a point where the orbits are close together, as they are this week, or where they are almost twice as far apart...
...diseased section of ileum out of the body and attach the cut end of the ileum to the colon. But this was a relatively long and bloody procedure. It gave no better results than two types of bypass operations, which came into fashion next (see diagram). In one, the type performed on Ike, a healthy loop of ileum is drawn up and spliced into the colon, but the diseased section is left in place. This is "bypass without exclusion." In the other, the diseased ileum is cut off, and its open end is stitched shut; it is left dangling. This...
...happened. Chaperoned by Jim Hagerty, Surgeon Heaton and two other doctors filed into the Walter Reed conference room. Surgeon Heaton, cool and calm in a fresh summer suit, spoke slowly and distinctly, pacing himself by watching the pencils of newsmen. He read a formal report, then used a blackboard diagram to explain further...
More elaborate and more interesting satellites will be small spheres or cylinders packed with instruments. The best known of these is the MOUSE (Minimum Orbital Unmanned Satellite of the Earth), developed by Professor Fred Singer of the University of Maryland (see diagram). According to Singer, the Mouse will yield a large amount of valuable information. Even on the clearest day, the atmosphere is as opaque to many kinds of radiation as if it were an ocean of ink. But the satellite, soaring above the atmosphere, can measure all kinds of radiation, including the sun's ultraviolet and the primary...
...bypass engine is an intermediate type that stands midway between the turbojet and the turboprop. It has two compressors, each driven by its own turbine through its own shaft (see diagram). Some modern turbojets have this arrangement too, but all the air that is compressed passes through the combustion chambers to form the high-speed jet. In the bypass engine, part of the air from the forward compressor flows around the combustion chambers (incidentally cooling trie engine's skin) and mixes with the speeding gas in the tailpipe. It cools the stream and slows it, but adds greatly...