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...rocket pads at Cape Canaveral have been comparatively quiet for months. Only an occasional missile roars aloft, and to jaded Florida bird watchers, the Atlas-Agena that lifted off last week was far from novel. But this time the familiar workhorse carried a brand-new payload: its nose was fitted with two icosahedrons (two-sided solid figures) about 4 ft. in diameter. And the angular cargo was destined to play a large part in policing the cold...
Other unknowns lie in wait. If a new rocket engine fails to deliver a few percent of its planned thrust, the payload that it lofts into space must be lightened. Since every ounce is calculated with exquisite care, this means eliminating some piece of equipment, and little can be jettisoned without profound changes in the whole mission...
...says a NASA official, is "very quiet, very polite and no table thumper like Holmes." Both an electrical engineer and a physicist by training, Mueller (pronounced Miller) has done notable and imaginative work in electromagnetic theory, missile guidance systems, deep space communications, microwave research, space-systems engineering and space payload design. He helped develop the U.S.'s first ICBM and the instrumentation for the nation's earliest space probes...
...wing. Up to 80% of the friction drag is eliminated-and this figure includes compensation for the drag caused by the nacelles and for the power needed to run the turbines. With drag so drastically reduced, an airplane uses much less fuel, thus can fly farther or carry more payload. The null will not have its first flight tests until next month, but Northrop is already making a joint study with Lockheed to apply LFC to Lockheed's EUR-141 jet cargo plane. Project Manager Don Warner is sure that the sucking slots can increase...
Loitering Platform. Extra payload and range are all-important in commercial aviation, but the brightest prospect for the LFC principle is probably military. Aware that modern detection svstems and ground-to-air missiles are too effective to let many ordinary bombers get close to important targets, the Pentagon is hopefully looking forward to flying missile platforms. And an ideal platform would be a plane, loitering aloft, just beyond reach of enemy interceptors, ready to launch long-range air-to-ground missiles at targets deep in enemy territory. Existing bombers have small talent for loitering; the big B-52s, backbone...