Word: earthness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ecology Action is concerned with much more than Christmas garbage. It describes its members in one of its pamphlets as "people actively trying to reverse the massive destruction of our environment, our earth household. . . . Simultancously, we are trying to find ways to transform our own personal values, our life styles, and our 'economics' that will insure our survival and the healthy continuance of our earth's life support systems...
Before their scheduled splashdown in the South Pacific early this week, the astronauts were to send two more telecasts to earth. One of these would include the first press conference in space. Mission Control was to relay reporters' questions to the astronauts, who would respond before a worldwide TV audience. Yet even before that briefing, it was clear that the mission of Apollo 12 had given man new confidence about his role in space. It has also proved, as Wernher von Braun said, that man can live and work on the moon, and that it can indeed be quite...
Soyuz Failure. The big booster was apparently designed for at least one of three alternative missions: 1) a direct landing on the moon by two cosmonauts, 2) the launch of an unmanned lander that would scoop up lunar material and return it to earth, or 3) the launch of major components of a manned orbiting platform. But the accident delayed further tests of the rocket. The lofting of three manned Soyuz shots last month, for example, apparently fell short of its goal. Two of the craft were equipped with docking collars, but failed to link up. Why? According to Aviation...
...spectacular achievement. From the air it may look like a king-size mattress pad, but from ground level the thing it most resembles is a moon crater roofed over with a shallow, translucent dome. The pavilion covers an oval area approximately the size of two football fields. Its solid, earth-filled walls slope as gently inward and upward as the lower slopes of Fujiyama. Halfway up, the solid earth gives way to an airy, translucent blister. Made of vinyl-coated fiber glass, this roof is laced by restraining cables and is supported entirely by a cushion of compressed...
...story structure will house seven major exhibits built around images of America past and present. The largest area will be devoted to U.S. accomplishment in space exploration, including a full-scale simulation of the Sea of Tranquility landing site of the Apollo 11 moon shot. American life on earth will be covered by a series of exhibits of architecture, folk art, and a review of the realistic tradition in U.S. painting, from Gilbert Stuart to Andrew Wyeth. A mixed-media sports exhibit will include memorabilia of baseball's greats. The U.S. avant-garde will be represented by the results...