Word: maneuverer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Independently launched into orbit by a rocket or carried aloft in a mother spacecraft, lifting bodies will be maneuvered in space with thrusters, much like conventional spacecraft. After they enter the atmosphere, however, the wingless craft will be piloted like gliders to land at existing airports, using their control flaps...
An astronaut stranded in orbit could transfer to a small lifting body stowed aboard his disabled spacecraft. Detaching the space lifeboat (TIME, March 10), he could fire its retrorocket to drop out of orbit, then glide through the atmosphere to a convenient airport. Larger lifting bodies could ferry men and...
To maneuver an agile four-legged "quadruped" truck that is being developed by General Electric for travel over rough terrain, the driver controls the vehicle's front legs with hand-operated levers; the rear legs are moved by the driver's own legs, which are strapped into control...
In their determined efforts to maneuver between recession and further inflation, the Johnson Administration's economic policymakers have somehow managed with splendid impartiality to alienate some of the more important segments of Congress, labor, business, the banking community and the formidable fraternity of economists. Last week the simmer of...
Naylor, like Henjyoji, tries to refrain from his favorite maneuver because when it fails it's fatal. If on falling back he fails to arch the man with his leg or if he doesn't have his arms firmly hooked into the man, then he will probably end on his...