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...planet's magnetic field or a physical irregularity somewhere below its atmosphere, scientists have long been at a loss to explain either the nature of the spot or its odd behavior. Now they have offered a new theory that seems to go far toward solving the Jovian enigma...
Indirect Evidence. To substantiate his hunch that this is what happens on Jupiter, Lieut. Colonel Streett (a mechanical-engineer-turned-physicist who heads West Point's new science research laboratory) calculated the effects of high pressures on hydrogen and helium, the basic gases in the Jovian atmosphere. He deduced that if such a combination were subjected to several hundred thousand times earthly atmospheric pressure (14.7 Ibs. per sq. in. at sea level), the hydrogen would begin to solidify first, its density becoming less than that of the remaining gaseous mixture of hydrogen and helium. Physicist Ringermacher, then a Private...
While an earthbound observer could not see such a deeply submerged island of hydrogen, the three men concluded, he probably could detect some indirect evidence of its existence. Because the huge mass would act as a barrier against the hot, rising currents characteristic of the Jovian atmosphere, the area above the solidified hydrogen would be relatively calm and free of the white ammonia clouds that cover much of the planet. As a result, the observer would be able to see much farther into the atmosphere and perceive the deep red at its lower depths...
...current show seems a trifle less exhilarating than Story Theatre, it may be that Director Paul Sills' way with a fable is not applicable to every author. A childlike romp through the Grimm Brothers' goose-pimply fun house is distinctly different from a childlike romp through aphrodisiacal Jovian glades and bedrooms. It de-eroticizes Ovid. He has been altered, as one says of a cat. Ovid was a great worldly poet and wit. Arnold Weinstein, who freely adapted the Metamorphoses, is an infectious spoofer keenly aware of the uses of anachronism, from which much of the evening...
From its inception as a largely Government-funded experiment in 1963, America's SST has drawn critical fire. No less a Jovian figure than Charles Lindbergh publicly questioned its advisability, and scientists were debating its possible faults right up to the moment of the vote. Although some of the rhetoric was wrapped in unconscionably scary language, there were at least two reasonable grounds on which to question the plane's viability. Ecologically, the SST would have been a noise polluter unless equipped with extra gear that would severely reduce its payload. Economically, it could have been an aerial Edsel...