Word: launch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...locked the cape in clouds and rain. When the skies finally cleared, low pressure readings from a small nitrogen sphere that operates fuel valves delayed the lift-off for 31 hours; at one point, NASA control in Houston decided to scrub the mission, but technicians on the pad convinced Launch Director Kurt Debus that the pressure-though low-was sufficient to complete the mission. The rest was something for rocketeers to cheer about and a new eyeful for the millions who watched on television...
...Launch Complex 34 of Cape Kennedy stood Saturn IB, the mightiest rocket the U.S. - and most likely the world - has ever known. The 224-ft.tall bird, with a fantastic initial thrust of 1,600,000 lbs. to hurl its 650-ton bulk into space, was ready for its first crucial test. Atop Saturn's nose sat the payload: the 33,800-lb. Apollo three-man command capsule and service module that will transport U.S. astronauts to the moon and back. If the U.S. is to achieve its goal by 1969, now was the time to start ironing out the bugs...
...restricted offerings such as Nat Sci 1 mean a few more openings in the Gen Ed program, and every opening means a new opportunity for someone. Small size may eventually prove an advantage, if professors who fear riding a tiger the size of Hum 2 can be encouraged to launch limited, less time-consuming Gen Ed courses within the Houses...
Given the lack of both imagination and initiative that the Council has shown in the past, the prospects are slim that it will be able to launch a sustained drive. But given the huge costs of the Inner Belt to Cambridge, the Council ought to try--for only by changing the rules of the game can the City possibly...
...chief functions was to present concise as well as comprehensive coverage of a story, to spare the reader the nonessentials. Electronic journalism, however, has had a hard time learning. Nothing beats the way TV can cover a presidential inauguration, for example, or the final minutes of a space-launch countdown. But what about continuous live coverage of less dramatic events...