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...think on Saturday we were struggling with the conditions that we saw. We posted scores that were all over the map, in part because the winds were also really fluky...We had not seen anything like that this season, so I don’t think that we were all that prepared for it,” Devlin said...
...scene could have been the Johnson Space Center in Houston. Computer control panels were labeled with such typical NASA acronyms as PAP (payload activity planner) and CIC (communication interface coordinator). On an enormous video screen, a curved line snaked across a map of the world, tracking the voyage of Flight 61-A through space. But wait a minute. Emblazoned on another screen against a black, red and gold background was a message that seemed strangely out of place: ERSTE DEUTSCHE SPACELAB MISSION. Translation: first German Spacelab mission...
...Buckskin Mountains and lift the load 2,900 ft. over the course of a seven-day journey. The flow is monitored by a Modcomp JC 5000 computer situated in CAP headquarters near Phoenix, where controllers keep track of the system's operations on a 30-ft.-wide lighted map. In case of a rupture caused by an earthquake, or other serious trouble, the canals can be shut down in minutes...
...steep slopes at speeds of up to 30 m.p.h. With irresistible force, it roared down the flanks of Nevado del Ruiz in the most natural of channels: the beds of the Gual, Azufrado and Lagunilla rivers, which flow east and south from the base of the volcano (see map...
...mountains. The people here are very hospitable," says Muammer Al-Shamiry of San'a University, who regularly visits Al-Hajjarah. Hikes can be a few kilometers to over 100 km, and last from a few hours to a week. It's hard to get hold of a good map, so be sure to take a local guide. www.yementourism.com