Word: keldysh
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Since switching their emphasis to space stations-after it became obvious that the U.S. would be first to land men on the moon-the Russians have been stressing the practical aspects of orbiting laboratories. Said U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences President Matislav Keldysh last month: "These stations will make it possible to engage in all-round investigation of the globe and the near-earth space in the interests of meteorology, geophysics, oceanology and other branches of knowledge." Keldysh even mentioned plans to gather solar energy at such stations and beam it to earth for conversion to electrical power...