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Even before they got their green light, the astronauts were settling in for a long haul. With almost anticlimactic ease, Crippen operated the spacecraft's big cargo bay, opening and closing and then reopening its doors. That was an essential maneuver at the start of the second orbit, allowing...
The toughest moment should come midway in the third day. Firing small jetlike thrusters, Columbia will maneuver so that its nozzles face forward. Then the orbital engines will be fired to reduce speed and let earth's gravity pull the orbiter down. As Columbia plunges belly up into the...
When Columbia comes out of the turn at a speed of 400 m.p.h., it will be in a fighter-like dive seven times steeper than any commercial airliner's landing approach. (Without engine power, the orbiter is far easier to maneuver at high speed than at low.) At about...
The arena of the next major abortion battle will be Congress. On April 23 and 24, Senate Judiciary subcommittees headed by John East of North Carolina and Orrin Hatch of Utah, both strong abortion foes, will hold hearings on a subtle legal maneuver to get around Roe vs. Wade. The...
The Reagan Administration wants to get wage concessions from the autoworkers in exchange for negotiating "voluntary" limits on the sale of Japanese cars in the U.S. Last week the Administration was still engaging in an elaborate diplomatic maneuver with the Japanese government over auto imports. The U.S. does not want...