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...boom extended after lift-off on schedule, but apparently failed to lock. That complicated the mission and cast an initial pall over an impressive $500 million program. Voyager 2 is to be followed on Sept. 1 by Voyager 1, a similar spacecraft so numbered because it will reach Jupiter four months earlier than Voyager 2 on a different trajectory...
Dougie can lift us up with the propane burner or let the hot air escape through a vent to ease us down, but our horizontal movement is entirely dependent upon the vagaries of Aeolus. "That is part of ballooning's magic," says Dougie. "You never know what your destination will be. Your fate is in the winds...
...seat and powered by a Go-Kart motor. Cost: $1,200. To get this 80-lb. flying machine off the ground, its developer, Larry Mauro of San Jose, Calif, runs as fast as he can for 25 feet. Says he: "In this plane you can find pockets of lift and spiral around. When you're out flying you'll often see two or :hree hawks right out there with you. The idea is to fly like a bird...
Carter's actions have taken a good deal of strain out of the relationship between the White House and the AFL-CIO. The President's endorsement of the three bills provided a needed lift for labor, which has been generally outflanked in its legislative battles this year by a revitalized coalition of business lobbyists. At the same time, labor has begun to accept the fact that it no longer wields the clout it once had among congressional Democrats; it needs presidential support and is willing to settle for less than its earlier grandiose goals to obtain...
Washington's newest attraction opens this week in the south wing of a downtown elementary school. Its name-the Center for Inquiry and Discovery-belies the informal vitality and animation within, where visitors build geodesic domes out of bamboo, lift weights on pulleys or take car engines apart. CID is a museum for children, ages four through 14, the latest entry in an expanding field. "What's important is participation," explains Doris Whitmore, president of the American Association of Youth Museums. "Without a hands-on approach, it's a dead museum...