Word: fleets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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They have suddenly become the airline industry's most surprising partners. Frank Lorenzo, chairman of Texas Air, oversees two carriers -- Eastern and Continental -- that are plagued by union strife, deep operating losses and sloppy service. Jan Carlzon, president of Scandinavian Airlines System, pilots a peaceful, profitable, smooth-running fleet. Yet last week the two men shook hands on a deal billed as the industry's first global alliance among major international carriers. For up to $50 million, SAS will buy a 10% stake in Texas Air and gain greater access to the U.S. market by leasing the rights to three...
...fated predecessor, Challenger. But the similarity was only skin deep. Responding to the recommendations of the Rogers commission, the 13-member panel appointed by the White House to investigate the causes of the Challenger tragedy, NASA spent $2.4 billion redesigning and replacing crucial components of its shuttle fleet. Over the past two years, the space agency has made more than 400 changes in the winged orbiter -- including a much touted new escape system -- the solid rocket boosters, the orbiter's three liquid-fuel engines and the huge external fuel tank. What is more, each of the modifications or changes...
Lift-off was the first and most important milestone, but more was at stake than simply getting into space. The two-year grounding of the shuttle fleet set back the nation's satellite delivery capability, and the release of a communications satellite was the main order of business in orbit, several hours after launch...
...result of investigations since the accident, the shuttle fleet and NASA's management have undergone major changes. The shuttle itself has had 210 modifications, including the addition of an escape system that would enable the crew to bail out if the ship had to ditch in the ocean. The escape system would not have saved the Challenger crew...
...islands, which once covered several square miles, are eroding at an alarming rate. To keep them from vanishing, a fleet of 17 ships and 200 workers have spent five months building concentric rings of 9,000 steel blocks and pouring concrete around the two rocky specks. The project will take three years to complete and will cost $224 million...