Word: moone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...long-range missiles over the ocean. The Russians stuck to the land, seem to have found no special difficulty in bringing their spacecraft down on solid ground. Eventually, argues the Holloman Bulletin, the U.S. will have to do the same. Large manned spaceships returning from orbit or the moon are far too valuable to drop into the unpredictable ocean. If they head for a land spaceport, they can be guided by radar stations from positions that are stationary and precisely located. Their pilots will be able to guide on well-known landmarks...
...Moon-Smeared Seas. The world he paints is as private as the life he leads. Ghostly boats sail his moon-smeared seas, and kindergarten monsters roam his curious landscapes (see color). These, says Pedersen, are "fairytale pictures," and like all fairy tales, they have a touch of sorcery. Pedersen has never broken faith with childhood; basically he is an unspoiled innocent whose paintings sometimes have the quality of folk art, and almost always have the atmosphere of the nursery. The most ordinary everyday experience catapults him into fantasy. "To make a painting," he explains, "is a process by which...
After four months of tense anticipation by the aerospace industry, Washington last week chose a contractor for the nation's largest space project yet. To start work on the Apollo spacecraft, which is to carry three men to the moon and back, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration gave a $400 million initial order to Los Angeles' North American Aviation...
...conceived, the spacecraft will actually be three units joined together. The forward unit-the command center-will house the three-man crew. The middle unit will be the service com ponent, providing oxygen and electricity and containing an auxiliary booster rocket for the take-off from the moon. The end unit will house the landing gear and decelerating rockets to lower the craft to a gentle moon landing...
...told, the Apollo will weigh between 50 and 75 tons. Whether it will be boosted from the earth in one piece or assembled in space before the final push to the moon is still undecided. So is the target date for the final shot, although a tentative timetable calls for a moon landing...