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...opportunity has come. This week the space shuttle Discovery was scheduled to take off and deliver into earth orbit the Hubble space telescope, a bus-size instrument that will see the cosmos ten times as clearly as any ground-based telescope ever has. Scientists have impatiently awaited the historic launch through three years of delays caused by the shuttle's problems in the aftermath of the Challenger explosion...
...Government's Hubble budget alone will amount to an annual injection of more than $150 million into the scientific community. No wonder that researchers were awaiting the launch with both excitement and apprehension. "A lot is riding on that pillar of fire," observed institute director Riccardo Giacconi...
...turn, Israel has increased its own vigilance. Last week the country dramatized its determination to maintain a military and technological edge by launching Ofek-2, a satellite intended to spy on its immediate neighbors. The lift-off proved that Israel has missiles capable of carrying a warhead 1,500 miles, well within range of Baghdad. Since last July, Israel and the U.S. have been working on a ground-based missile that can fly nearly two miles a second, the speed required to intercept a tactical ballistic missile at high altitude. The program, called ARROW, is 80% funded by Washington. Israel...
...MANKIND. By combining NASA footage of the Apollo missions and voice- over interviews with 13 astronauts who visited the moon, this award-winning documentary recreates the exhilarating experience of exploring earth's satellite from pre-launch to splashdown...
...audience, they are depending more and more on the drawing power of sports. "Sports is the one thing that comes to TV somewhat presold," says Larry Gerbrandt, senior analyst for Paul Kagan Associates. "If you're going to break in a new sitcom, you've got to launch a campaign of awareness. When you add a sports package, people already know what they are getting." The biggest events, moreover, can galvanize the nation around the TV set as few entertainment shows do. This year's Super Bowl, a lopsided contest, drew lower than usual ratings; still, its audience of nearly...