Word: field
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sorts of suggestions were made to explain the Explorer's peculiar behavior over the equatorial region. Perhaps a weird magnetic field was shunting all cosmic rays away from the equator. Maybe the alternation of sunlight and shade was affecting the Geiger counter. No explanation really worked...
...amazing conclusion: the earth was surrounded by a belt of intense radiation, apparently trapped by earth's magnetic field. It might be deadly enough to interfere seriously with man's attempts to fly out into space...
...Christofilos of Livermore Laboratory, the Department of Defense was planning to launch Project Argus, in which three atom bombs would be rocketed above the atmosphere and exploded (TIME, March 30). The high-speed electrons released were expected to be shunted around the earth by the earth's magnetic field. Van Allen's discovery that nature had already provided such electrons was a considerable shock...
...Lear, his company's growth is only the beginning. He thinks that a whole new market is opening up in the fast-growing field of private flying, predicts that it will expand fourfold by 1965, is spending $1,200,000 a year on new-product research. To make the crowded air safer, the CAB last year drafted a proposed order directing planes intending to fly in all weather to install airline-quality equipment by 1961. The order roused such protests on grounds of expense that it was withdrawn. Lear is confident that a similar order will eventually be issued...
Trooping through The Netherlands last week went 78 American tourists whom most European businessmen were particularly anxious to impress. The tourists were all members of the New York Society of Security Analysts on a field trip to see whether European securities are a good buy. Conclusion after touring 37 companies in five countries: definitely but for sophisticated investors...