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Cushioning the Jolt. They were, Small vernier rockets near each of the craft's three legs fired to stabilize the spacecraft in a base-down attitude. When the radar sensed that Surveyor was precisely 52 miles above the moon, it fired a powerful, solid-fuel retrorocket that slowed the craft from 5,840 m.p.h. to only 267 m.p.h. in 40 seconds...
...tests conducted by U.C.L.A. at a suburban Los Angeles hospital, researchers found that severely handicapped children could easily handle the walker, although they felt that its H-m.p.h. speed was too sedate. Because the walker's feet tend to jolt passengers at higher speeds, Aerojet is planning to add wheels to the vehicle. With wheels, a child will be able to roll around floors and sidewalks at 2½-m.p.h. - a normal walking pace. When he comes to a curb or a rut-filled field, he will flick a switch, lower the tucked-up legs, and walk across...
...stationed to secure the spent torpedo. We proceeded cautiously, taking soundings. Since the bottom was known to be soft, there could be little damage to the ship if she did touch; Nimitz might have considered he was taking a calculated risk. When the ship did touch, we felt no jolt; she just stopped. Engines were reversed. All hands were ordered aft to lift the bow; the ship floated free. Nimitz conscientiously reported the incident...
...kill you dead-by making you feel that you can walk on water, or fly." Author of The Beyond Within: the LSD Story (TIME, Dec. 18, 1964), Dr. Cohen has taken LSD himself half a dozen times, and admits: "After a 150-microgram dose, I got a massive jolt that I'll never forget. I got a chance to really look at myself, and I didn't like some of the things...
...Karsten Prager, who flew in from Hong Kong. Also on hand were TIME'S Pentagon correspondent. John Mulliken, and Stringer Zalin Grant. In the midst of the hectic week, McCulloch learned that his seven-year-old son David had undergone a successful emergency appendectomy in Hong Kong. "The jolt," said McCulloch later, "was at least partially absorbed by fatigue and activity...