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...Blue Jays; Ryan's joyous teammates hoisted him to their shoulders after he pitched his seventh no- hitter, a time-warp classic that even the self-effacing Texan described as "my most overpowering night." Only two Blue Jays reached first base on walks; only four hitters managed to loft fly balls to the outfield. The scorecard for the game looked like a bowl of Special K, the letter baseball uses to symbolize each of Ryan's 16 strikeouts...
Critics counter that unmanned, expendable rockets can loft most satellites into orbit at far less cost and with much less risk than the reusable shuttle, which has been plagued by technological glitches. The argument will heat up this spring as Congress decides whether to fund a $30 billion orbiting space station. NASA plans to use the shuttle to ferry up astronauts to assemble the station, then supply it with unmanned rockets. If the lawmakers decide to scrub the station, the shuttle will be without a clearly defined role...
...heap than the one that came to light last week. According to documents made public by the Federation of American Scientists for the express purpose of torpedoing the scheme, the Pentagon has for several years been secretly developing a new kind of booster rocket -- code-named Timberwind -- that would loft giant weapons into space on short notice. Its power source: an onboard nuclear reactor running at extremely high temperatures and spewing radioactive exhaust directly into the atmosphere...
...meantime, the Israeli air force remains on alert, and the air defenses around Dimona, Israel's nuclear complex, have been strengthened. Military intelligence claims that it can detect in advance any Iraqi preparations for a missile launch. But officials do not believe that Iraq has the technological ability to loft chemical warheads inside Israel's borders. In the worst case, say experts, Iraq can wound but not cripple the Jewish state...
...program. Lobbying the White House, the Defense Department and Congress intensively, NASA portrayed the shuttle as all things to all people. The winged craft would be reusable and thus economical, a safe, reliable space truck with many different roles. In as many as 60 flights a year, it would loft or capture satellites and patrol the skies for the military. Furthermore, NASA assured the White House, it could lead to the direct employment of 8,800 people...