Word: orbiter
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Eisenhower's principal social drive will not lead her into the exclusive orbit of any of these groups. For years her social mainspring has been this: she thinks Ike is wonderful, and she likes to have people around who think Ike is wonderful. Out of this could come a vast program of political entertaining, not only of Washingtonians, but of visitors from near...
...Since their light passes near the sun and through its powerful gravitation, it should be deflected a little, making the stars seem to shift their positions. The amount of the shift could be measured by photographing the same starfield months later, when the earth's travel around its orbit had placed the sun in a different position and left the stars alone in the night...
...keep them in view of the space station. Their targets on earth would be visible too. As the missile approaches its target, its course could be corrected by radio from the station, making a square hit inevitable. Once a supply of such missiles had been stockpiled in the orbit, potential aggressors below would be forced to keep the global peace...
Rosen admits that chemical fuels, burned in a multi-stage rocket, can theoretically place a payload in a permanent orbit. But he points out that the Von Braun plan would expend more than 6,000 tons of fuel for each 36-ton payload. Even if the shuttle rockets survived more than one trip (Rosen thinks it unlikely), the carrying charge on each ton of payload would be fantastic...
...hopes that the Russians will not be the first to garrison an orbit. (Last week the Russian magazine Ogonek predicted that the Soviet flag will be raised on the moon within 50 years.) Von Braun admits that his writings have been deliberate attempts to arouse popular enthusiasm and warm the cold feet of timid military planners. In writing for the public, he has had to omit convincing details that would have made his plan sound much more practical. During the last few years, he says, behind the wall of military secrecy there has been great progress. He believes that...