Word: heatedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Current speculation centers about the heat problem caused by the friction of the rocket and the atmosphere. Russian scientists have expressed confidence that parts of the rocket will survive the plunge towards earth, due to its special construction...
...adapting their strategic posture to their reduced military requirements and their straitened economic circumstances. By next April the headquarters of Middle Eastern defense will be moved from Cyprus 1,700 miles south to Aden, near the mouth of the Red Sea. But, to escape Aden's 120° heat, several thousand troops of a mobile "strategic reserve" will be quartered in cool Kenya...
...burning up. But it has the advantage of skimming the thin top of the atmosphere instead of plunging into it at a steep angle. Theoretically, it can be made to approach the atmosphere gradually in a gentle spiral. The skin will get hot, but if it is made of heat-resistant metal, it may not soften, and proper insulation may keep the interior cool enough for the animal to survive. The re-entry body of an ICBM can be made solider and stronger than an inhabited satellite, but it must hit the atmosphere suddenly, and even if it does...
...first-quarter birth meant that the crucial early months of pregnancy had been in the heat of summer. The winters when most mentally deficient children were born had followed exceptionally hot summers. Dr. Knobloch's conclusion: the mothers had not eaten enough-certainly not a balanced diet with adequate protein -with consequent damage to their developing babies...
...oxidant. Also desirable are cheapness and availability. High density is important for keeping down the rocket's size and frontal area. Ease of ignition is almost a must. The best combinations are "hypergolic," igniting spontaneously as soon as mixed. Bad qualities to be avoided are toxicity, corrosiveness, heat instability (exploding when hot) and a tendency to evaporate like liquid oxygen. No fuel is perfect. Beryllium compounds might be good if beryllium were not so scarce and so poisonous...