Word: repairable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heavy aluminum shell of conventional spacecraft, the rocket is light enough to leap into orbit in a single bound, avoiding the wasteful shedding of expensive booster stages. The DC-X is the world's first fully reusable spacecraft, and its myriad computer systems make it easy to launch and repair. It can be fired off by a crew of three, far fewer than the army of 1,700 needed by the shuttle. Bottom line: the Delta Clipper should be able to carry 10-ton payloads to orbit -- manned or unmanned -- for $500 to $1,000 per lb., compared with...
Flood also called for the city to setup a revolving loan fund for landlords with limited income to use to repair their property...
Americans must ask themselves which parts of the space program affect them most. Is it the occasional space-walk to repair the malfunctioning mechanical arm, or is it the film of Joe Astronaut playing with the tax-payers' little, magnetic, space-marbles...
...What we've seen again and again, when there's been a Watergate or there's been something else, is this curious mixture that includes the real zealots who believe they can repair the inadequacies of the democratic system by doing unofficial things. They think they're the heroes. Then you see the total misfits who need to take shelter in secret rooms and who actually get off being secretive...
...reduced the uniformed services from 2.1 million members in the mid-1980s to 1.7 million, heading down to 1.4 million or fewer. The defense budget will decline in real terms by more than 40% between 1985 and 1997. This downsizing leaves the U.S. with far more bases, support and repair facilities than it needs. But which ones to close? Even a relatively small base represents vital jobs and millions of dollars to its host community. Closing it will cause economic pain to the area and real hardship to many individuals. So naturally the cities and states marked for base closings...