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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...scheduled to beam their live production back to earth via a signal sent through space to a receiving station in Parkes, Australia, from which point it was to be relayed on around the world. And the camera that did all this work? Not really very impressive looking: a 7.25-lb. miniaturized instrument that resembles an ordinary home-movie camera but operates on the same principle as its TV-studio big brother. It contains 250 components designed to operate in a vacuum and under extreme temperature conditions. Some of the parts are no larger than the pupil of an eye; others...
...also for their value in making a lunar colony self-sufficient. Although engineers hope eventually to reduce the cost of shipping payloads to the moon by using simple, unsophisticated boosters and flyable stages that can be returned to earth and used again, it now costs $22,187 per lb. with Saturn 5. The key to tapping lunar resources, Zwicky believes, is energy from the sun, which beats down directly on the moon's surface, unfiltered by atmosphere. Solar furnaces could be constructed, consisting of mirrors that focus the sun's fierce beams on a target. Using these, Zwicky suggests...
...most respected pitchers in baseball. Perhaps his chief asset is strength. Although his motion is deceptively smooth, McNally comes off the mound so hard that he regularly snaps his shoelaces. As evidenced by last year's performance, his 5-ft. 11-in., 190-lb. frame is not easily sapped by the heat. Says Manager Earl Weaver: "Dave has it all, and when he puts it together, it can be a no-hitter any time he pitches. When his control is right, he's just about unbeatable...
Tomatoes . . . . . . . . . . . lb...
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