Word: heater
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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FOOTNOTE: *It is resistance that converts electric energy into heat, as in the coils of an electric heater...
...most important changes are a new material for the O rings (probably a nitrosilicon rubber), which NASA expects to pass tests down to 31 degrees, and a small heater installed at each joint, just in case. Another is a "capture latch," a metal lip containing an added O ring, which would force escaping gas to turn an extra corner and lose momentum. The maximum distance that joints can pull apart under the stress of launch will be reduced from the current one thirty-thousandth of an inch to one-fifth that figure. A "vulcanized, rubbery substance" will replace the putty...
With that, Mitchell offers a primer from his own experience at Fisk. "It got to the point where I carried a kerosene heater to the classroom. It gave off more fumes than heat, but it made the students feel better. You cannot take notes in gloves. It got so bad that I had to write tests on the board. We had no Xerox paper. We made our own maps. We still do, with Magic Markers and butcher paper. Maps are expensive. And history professors are pretty good geographers...
...Plate-one taco, one cheese enchilada, one beef-bean burrito, Mexican rice, frijoles, salad, $15.75.) But thriving exacts some cost in the Arctic Circle. "It's tough up here," says Fran, who lived in a garage on a dirt floor in 1977-she, two dachshunds and an electric heater. The inside temperature was 31°F below zero. She ran an outfit called Speedy Secretary then, but an IBM salesman blew through town, sold everybody a copier and put her out of business. "You can't run across the street to the hardware store for a fuse...
Somebody asked how they had made it through the winter, and Donald said, "Well, we started with a kerosene heater...