Word: minimall
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The U.S. expects to have the space program restored to at least minimal launch capacity this summer: NASA hopes to use an Atlas-Centaur rocket combination later this month to lift a Navy fleet communications satellite, although the similarity of the electronics in the Atlas engine to those in the...
Even the minimal forecasts, though, are striking. When they were operating, U.S. shuttles and one-way rockets probably lifted no more than 500,000 lbs. per year (the exact weight is secret) of military payloads into space, at an estimated cost of $3,000 per lb. In the first year...
Despite his wariness of the Soviets, Kampelman maintains a solid working relationship with his counterpart, Victor Karpov. In the long, tortuous process of arms negotiations, he is careful to remain receptive to the Kremlin's more serious overtures without giving ground on the American side. "What they respect is power...
Evidence of the danger that people in the Kiev area may be facing came from some distant sources. Experts found surprisingly high radiation levels, for example, in members of a Western Michigan University tour group that had visited Kiev two days after the mishap. Tests by health technicians at a...
The vote was all the more remarkable for the lack of strong overt opposition to the missile deal by Washington's powerful pro-Israeli lobby. Even so, many lawmakers were fearful of supporting a measure that might offend Jewish voters in an election year and wanted to punish the Saudis...