Word: rearmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When a Gemini capsule is about to re-enter the atmosphere, it will be positioned for retrofire by computers on the ground. The pilot will rearm the retrorockets, which will be fired automatically when the proper time comes. During the capsule's long fiery curve through the atmosphere its astronauts will have a slight degree of control. By firing attitude rockets and tilting the capsule, they will be able to give it aerodynamic lift and so control to some extent the point where it approaches the ground. When it reaches about 48,000 ft the pilot will release...
...coals are still burning from the last war." Toward the end of the interview. Adzhubei tried to score a debater's point against Kennedy by asking him to assume that he was a Soviet naval officer and a veteran of World War II who was watching West Germany rearm. Said Adzhubei: "What would your attitude be?" Said Kennedy: "If I were a Soviet veteran, I would see that West Germany now has only nine divisions, which is a fraction of the Soviet forces. It has no nuclear weapons of its own. It has a very small air force-almost...