Word: engineeer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shifting Target. Spokesmen for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration carefully explained that for the first time in 60 Redstone firings, one of two disconnect plugs had pulled 20 milliseconds behind the other-thus setting up a circuit that cut off the rocket engine. The cutoff told the capsule to...
Economically, Nigeria is a "have" nation by African standards, is close to self-sufficiency in food. But with a per capita income of only $84, capital is lacking to move the economy beyond its present agricultural base. Tin, columbite (for jet-engine alloys) and coal are all being exported, but...
Like the creak of wheels on a horse-drawn cart or the dry wheeze of a hand-cranked auto engine, the familiar ring-a-ling of the telephone will soon be only an echo of the past. The telephone of the future will emit four staccato baritone beeps-and this...
¶In California, Test Pilot Scott Crossfield slipped into the cockpit of the experimental space plane X-15, dropped free from the wing of a high-flying B-52, gunned to 80,000 ft. at speeds nearing 2,000 m.p.h. It was the first test of the X-15'...
At present, the Office offers training courses in cooking, waiting on table, bartending, use of office machines, how to set up a recreation program for small children, and the fundamentals of coastal navigation and marine engine maintenance.