Word: houston
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...distance widened between Challenger and the stiff, toylike figure, McCandless bubbled with superlatives. "Beautiful," "Super," "Superb," he kept telling mission controllers in Houston, adding, as if they did not already know, "We sure have a nice flying machine here." The excursion began while the shuttle was still in the earth's shadow and ended 90 minutes later, about the time it takes the shuttle to make one pass around the earth. Slowing down in front of Challenger's windshield, McCandless asked: "Hey, you going to want the windows washed or anything while I'm out here?" Skipper...
...began floating away in space. "We can go get it," McCandless volunteered. But Commander Brand, exercising caution, immediately replied: "No, no, no, no." Instead, he maneuvered the shuttle toward the fleeing bit of hardware until McCandless could reach out and snare it. The balletic catch brought applause from the Houston controllers. McCandless was pleased too. Improvising on a slogan of an earlier shuttle crew, he joked, "We deliver, but we pick up also...
...Houston 111, San Diego...
Utility company executives are bitter about their present plight. Says Don Beeth, director of nuclear information at Houston Lighting & Power: "The first lesson we've learned is 'Don't build nuclear plants in America.' You subject yourself to financial risk and public abuse." William Dickhoner, president of Cincinnati Gas & Electric, sounds a similar note: "It's almost a punitive deal to open a nuclear plant these days...
...Jersey 107, Houston...