Word: moone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Nearly all that we know about the moon has come to us in visible sunlight, reflected from the moon toward the earth. There are other, longer waves that travel invisibly between the moon and the earth, which can add knowledge about our satellite: the infrared, or radiated heat, rays. Although thermal photography is not new, the Harvard College Observatory has recently built one of the most sensitive instruments in existence for making thermal "pictures" of the moon...
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...Moon-Spinners, Stewart...
...Even the ups and downs of Soviet space technology were shrouded in uncertainty last week. Moscow launched a fourth moon probe, but with typical secrecy did not reveal its mission. The size of Lunik IV (1½ tons) led some Western scientists to believe it was designed to carry out a soft landing on the moon. But after 3 ½ days in flight, Lunik IV missed the moon by 5,281 miles. Was Lunik IV a flop? Tass reported only that experiments "had been carried out," then curtly added it would have nothing more to report about the flight...
From the standpoint of language, religion, culture or geography, Malaysia is not a natural nation. But Abdul Rahman has faced problems similar to Malaysia's in his own Malaya-and there a decent society has flourished. He does not promise the moon to his new nation, only a sane, humane, workable government. Under his leadership, Malaysia can be, as John F. Kennedy has said, "the best hope of security in that vital part of the world...