Word: minimum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Minimum Risk. Each of the seven astronauts was given a special responsibility in Project Mercury. Shepard studied the technique of getting the astronaut out of the capsule after landing in the sea. Grissom was in charge of the capsule control system. Glenn specialized in the capsule's cockpit layout, contributed substantially to its design. Among other things, he suggested an auxiliary power system that was adopted by McDonnell Aircraft Corp., designer and builder of the spacecraft. Glenn's own Friendship 7 (which he named himself after consulting his family) was tailor-made to his specifications. He color-coded his instrument...
...year ago," explains Operations Director Williams, "but it would have been a maximum-risk situation. It would have been a fifty-fifty chance." When Glenn lifted off last week, he, his capsule and his Atlas-D were as ready as they would ever be for a minimum risk try at attaining an orbit. And John Glenn, tempered by his years of preparation, never doubted his flight would be a success...
...tetrahedron frequently appears in nature: the spatial orientation of a carbon atom's valence electrons, for example, is tetrahedral. Fuller also noted that all three-dimensional geometric figures reduce to combinations of tetrahedra. The tetrahedron, in fact, "is the minimum system for subdividing the universe...
...President, said Gentlemen's Quarterly, has "inspired a new style trend, as the two-button suit will testify. The President's shoulders are broad; he needs a minimum of shoulder padding. Since he wears a 40 jacket but has a 33 waist, some waist suppression* is inevitable...
...Perkowski, in Moors, emphasized the importance of having college regulations meet the expectations of parents and conform to minimum standards of social behavior outside the college community...