Word: fueled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...painstaking detail. In a chapter called "Heat Wave," for example, she zooms in on the development of the climate control system and the subsequent battle for incoming air waged by the different engineering factions. The engine guys needed the air to cool their oil and transmission fluids, the fuel folks wanted it to keep the alternator from overheating, and--of course--the climate people had to have enough air to pump into the interior. They could solve the whole problem by making the grill larger, but that would require a less sleek front-end, and no one wanted that...
Overpopulation, overdevelopment, herbicides, pesticides, deforestation, poaching, rampant pollution--and let's not forget we on Earth haven't the foggiest idea how to dispose of spent nuclear fuel safely. Just think, in 20 years or less, we'll have our very own Mars! CHERYL Y. ESBENSHADE Lancaster...
...covering the sphere can get pricey. In 1993, before NASA's Mars Observer spacecraft had even entered orbit around the planet, it blew an aneurysm in a fuel line and spun off into the void, taking nearly $1 billion of NASA funding with it. The twin Viking spacecraft, which accomplished their missions successfully, landing on Mars in 1976, nonetheless set taxpayers back about $3 billion...
...sudden explosion of a Boeing 737 in the Philippines in 1990. In both situations, the jets were operating in hot weather and had been running for extended periods of time, Hall said. To help prevent such explosions, Hall said the NTSB has recommended that jets be refueled with cool fuel and have their fuel tanks calibrated to warn of dangerous temperature increases. But the Federal Aviation Administration has yet to act, arguing that further studies are needed before such requirements can be put in place...
...repair equipment finally docked with the crippled space station. Cosmonauts needed the supplies for the repair work they'll do during a spacewalk July 17, when they will reconnect power lines with the station's damaged Spektr module. Also delivered today: the world's worst airline food, some oxygen, fuel and a toothbrush for American astronaut Michael Foale...