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Five months and 13 shipwreck sites later, Webber conceded defeat, even though he knew he had probably floated right over the Concepción. The problem: his principal tool, an onboard magnetometer for detecting telltale aberrations in magnetic fields, could not be used effectively. Haskins' research had revealed that the galleon was outfitted with nonmagnetic bronze cannons and that its iron anchors had been cut loose in deeper waters. The ship's remaining iron artifacts, such as hull fittings and cannon balls, had slipped into coral crevices where the device could not detect them...
...onboard computers will compile and analyze the details of the plane's performance and present the crew with up-to-the-minisecond accounts of engine efficiency, fuel consumption, progress of flight and miles to destination. Flight crew members will become monitors of the automated systems, and the new instrument panels are designed to help them keep constant watch on performance. They no longer will have to rely on a clutter of spinning indicators or round dials. Information will be displayed, simply and concisely, on digital readouts, vertical scales and bright, television-style screens. A much improved radar will display...
...down, a red steel cage can be run out from the island to disembark stranded passengers. Wind speeds are constantly checked; service is stopped if gusts reach 45 m.p.h. On C-2's return trip, winds caused the tram to tilt 1° to starboard, according to the onboard inclinometer. "Not feeling seasick?" asked Engineer Ozerkis. "Or airsick?" If we had said yes, he would doubtless have passed out Tramamine...
Unlike the Apollo sinps, the Soyuzes lacked onboard computers, advanced inertial guidance systems and backup cooling and heating systems. Almost all activities aboard Soviet spacecraft are controlled from the ground, down to such trivial matters as shutting off lights at bedtime. NASA gives its astronauts almost total autonomy, a policy that paid off well in crises. Some Americans groused openly about the "brute force" character of Soviet engineering. When NASA Administrator Thomas Fletcher learned that Tom Stafford was one of the more vocal grousers, he warned all three astronauts against bad-moutinng a mission that had the blessing...
...aubergines, volatile de Bresse and aiguillette de caneton au vin de Graves, for a total of 19 courses. Guerard's meal was adjudged the best of the trip by Gault, who gave it 19¾ points out of a possible 20. Fortunately, reported TIME'S gourmet-onboard, George Taber, dinner was over before a storm hit the Gulf of Genoa, sending many of the guests to their cabins...