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...Orbit. The fact that they were in Bucharest at all was a lesson in latter-day satellitesmanship. Gheorghiu Dej is edging Rumania out of the Russian orbit and toward its own brand of nationalist Communism, mostly because he wants to continue Rumania's successful industrialization and trade with the West, free of Moscow's interference. To that end, Rumania has tried hard to stay neutral in the Russian Chinese cold war. So covetously do Moscow and Peking view Rumania's new independence that the little (pop. 18.8 million) Balkan state has become the most ardently courted nation...
...technology. But last week's performance of Ranger VII was an intricate exercise in perfection. The Atlas booster took off from Cape Kennedy as routinely as a commuter leaving for the railroad station. After the Atlas dropped off, the Agena second stage put Ranger VII in a parking orbit, and twenty-two minutes later, the Agena fired again, giving the spacecraft the correct speed and direction to take it to a rendezvous with the moon...
Both the Pentagon and the AEC are sure that no nuclear test has been exploded in space since the first detector satellites were tossed into orbit. Their instruments would have detected even a small (20 kilotons) explosion 100 million miles away and distinguished its effects from all kinds of natural radiation. This is believed to be a modest estimate of their capabilities. "How much better we can do now," said an AEC official, "we're not telling...
...been nowhere more significant than in Czechoslovakia, where last week officials fretted publicly over falloffs in food canning, dairy production and even the supply of Pilsner beer. As Communist satellites go, Czechoslovakia is something special. It is the most industrialized and the most intellectualized country in the Russian orbit. By all accounts, it should have been an Iron Curtain showplace-and for a while it was. But after running at an annual growth rate of between 8% and 11% in the late 1950s, Czechoslovakia's gross national product has remained almost static at about $18.5 billion since...
Even as Charles de Gaulle called again last week for a "European Europe," a sizable piece of French industry slipped into the American orbit with his approval. Persuaded finally that ailing Machines Bull could boost its share of the computer market's sales and cut its losses only with proffered American help, De Gaulle reversed an earlier veto and allowed General Electric to come in and take what amounts to a controlling interest. Last week, after three months of negotiations, the terms and the extent of G.E.'s investment-$43 million-were agreed...