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...affiliated research group developed theguidance systems for the MX and cruise missilesand is presently working on the Trident IIsubmarine-based ballistic missile. It also hasdeveloped the software for the on-board computersand the autopilot mechanism for the spaceshuttles
...nuclear warheads to separate targets over ranges that exceed 8,000 miles. The missile, which is 71 ft. long, 92 in. in diameter and weighs 190,000 lbs. at launch, fires through four stages. In the final phase, a 4-ft.-long "bus," steered by an on-board guidance system and small propulsion jets, maneuvers to release the warheads on trajectories that would deliver them within 200 ft. of their precise destination...
...winter? To get some answers, several federal agencies, including the Departments of Defense and Energy, the NOAA, NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency are about to launch a comprehensive study. In one of the survey's likely investigations, a plane will fly above large-scale forest fires, and on-board equipment will gauge particle size and the destination of the soot. High above the earth, satellites will photograph the smoke plumes...
...shuttle Discovery sat perched on its Florida launch pad last Tuesday morning, its nose poked impatiently toward the sky. In a chase plane high above Kennedy Space Center, Astronaut John Young took a last look at the weather and gave the final O.K. for takeoff. The shuttle's on-board computers began the final countdown. "We are go for main-engine ignition," NASA Commentator Mark Hess announced. The engine grumbled noisily, snorting smoke and fire... Six, five, four...
...because some of our crew at tacked the Lowell boat and dissembled their barrels," said Rob J. Osiniski '84, a Mather rafter. Osiniski added that an on-board keg of beer was essential for moral support aboard the S.S. Mather...