Word: launching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Skylab Program Director William Schneider at a pre-launch briefing...
SCHNEIDER'S words proved more grimly prophetic than he could have imagined. Indeed, for a few days last week, it appeared that the failure of an essential protective shield shortly after launch had touched off a chain of events that would result in disaster for the entire $2.5 billion program. But at week's end, as the crippled Skylab continued to orbit the earth, a combination of space-age teamwork and old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity on the part of NASA raised hopes that the mission could yet be salvaged. In fact, the mishap and the bold reaction...
...high hopes for saving Skylab contrasted sharply with the earlier gloom that settled over the space community. Barely a minute after Skylab's launch atop a surplus Saturn 5 moon rocket, tiny sensors on the arms of the shield alerted flight controllers to serious problems. Apparently unable to withstand the intense vibrations after liftoff, some and possibly all of the thin shielding around Skylab's Orbital Workshop section suddenly ripped free. As it tore away, it apparently caused one of the twin solar wings on the Orbital Workshop to extend prematurely...
...Crimson subdues Dartmouth, and Yale this Saturday, its four-game streak will better its '72 record from 3-8, to 4-9, and if the rankings are truer, will launch the squad into the playoffs...
...victory spotlighted Harvard's convincing team depth--a factor which could launch the Crimson into the Eastern intercollegiate limelight at this weekend's invitational at Williams...