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...year-old flight controller is part of a team at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), in Pasadena, California, that had been working day and night for nearly a week to rouse the mysteriously silent spacecraft. Now the only hope left was in the hands of Observer: its onboard computers had been programmed to phone home if the probe hadn't heard from Earth for five days, triggering an electronic blip that would appear on Dean's screen. Scientists could then lock on to the signal and restore communications. But the time came -- and went. And the screen remained empty...
...boat's especially nice during the heavy winter snows. Or if there's a great sunset on a Sunday evening, I can just stay on board until Monday morning." It is also as useful as the golf course for hustling business. He says, "Our best deals have been closed onboard...
...Navy's oldest pollution problem has been the waste generated by ships, some of which -- like aircraft carriers with crews of 5,000 -- are small floating cities. For generations, Navy vessels just threw their garbage and industrial wastes overboard. Now sea dumping of toxic materials is unnecessary, thanks to onboard compactors and a vigorous program of reducing the amount of packaging taken aboard...
There were new clients coming onboard as well. Florida Power & Light funded the pilot plant on Butternut Street. GE placed an order for more than $60,000 worth of Otisca Fuel to run a 4,000-h.p. coal-powered diesel locomotive. Westinghouse was interested in coal-powered turbine engines. So was GM, which developed an experimental coal-powered Cadillac, dubbed the Coal-dorado, that ran on Otisca Fuel. Five big companies -- GE, Norfolk Southern Railway, Eastern Fuels, Westmoreland Coal and Zurn Industries -- jointly invested $8 million in Smith and Keller's little outfit. In November 1984 Smith took a flight...
Even after the boats are rebuilt and on the water, technology remains the key to victory. Once the race is under way, the sailors will use global position systems to help track their course, and sensors to measure velocity. Onboard computers will supply a steady stream of data on boat performance, wind and sea conditions and other information to aid the crew in trimming, tacking and changing sail directions...