Word: rendezvouses
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Gemini 10 became the first spaceship ever to use the fuel and propulsion system of another craft to power its own flight; it demonstrated the feasibility of refueling in space, a technique that promises to be a vital part of interplanetary travel to Mars and beyond. Gemini was also the...
Ominous Shortage. Using the knowledge of orbital mechanics that had been refined during earlier Gemini missions, Young and Collins gradually maneuvered toward a rendezvous with the Agena 10 target vehicle that had been placed in orbit with a precise launch just 100 minutes before their own blastoff. They established radar...
Though the rendezvous and docking seemed almost routine, Houston controllers were shocked when Young reported that Gemini had only 380 lbs. of fuel left, about 36% of its original supply. Somehow the catch-up maneuvers during the last 25 minutes before rendezvous had consumed almost 260 lbs. more than expected...
Bookcase Bug. FBI men carefully counterspied on each of 48 rendezvous between Mrkva and the Czechs, soon discovered that the Reds had counterspies tailing Mrkva's meetings. Nevertheless, the FBI managed to counter-counterspy on the counterspies and the spies without ever being observed.
As Detroit's auto designers foresee it, drivers of the 1967 cars will feel like astronauts. Trying to style their products to keep pace with the trends of the times, the designers in past years have confected cars that they figured would resemble submarines or air planes. The inspiration...