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...favor since 1956, when he disturbed the peace with Howl. It was a poetic tantrum thrown at the Eisenhower years, at an academic system that rejected his rude unconventionality, at an encompassing conspiracy he imagined had driven his mother and his soul mates crazy. "Moloch! Moloch!" he cried. "Robot apartments! invisible suburbs! skeleton treasuries! blind capitals! demonic industries! spectral nations! invincible madhouses...
...resurrection of love in a life gone sour. Starman's appearance to Jenny is a double shock: he is both the incarnation and a parody of her lost love. He speaks in the tones of a computerized Muppet and moves in twitches, like a punk robot. But he is innocent and kind, and as alone in the universe as she feels. She can befriend him, teach him, mother him and finally love him-whoever he is, whomever she wants him to be. She can travel with him, as the movie does, under cruise control toward romantic transcendence...
After discussion, crew and ground control agreed to improvise once again and use a human to help, literally, to hold the operation together. Instead of a mechanical claw, Astronaut Allen would be perched on the end of the robot arm, once again drawing the duty of hefting the satellite. Using "Mighty Joe Allen," as one reporter called him, instead of the hook was to prove exceptionally efficient. By Wednesday morning the other rogue canister was in view; an awestruck Gardner exclaimed, "Look at that satellite!" This time it was his turn to sail forth in the Buck Rogers backpack...
Simply called "The Computer Museum" and located on Boston's waterfront, the museum had its grand opening on Tuesday, with a scissor-wielding robot cutting the perforated computer ribbon. Officials say the museum's purposes is to show the general public how computers were developed, how they work, and what they...
...first American woman to walk in space, and Sally Ride, the first U.S. female astronaut. Also aboard is Marc Garneau, the first Canadian astronaut, an engineer who will study the damage done to Canadian lakes by acid rain. Within hours after the launch, Ride commanded the shuttle's robot arm to release a $40 million heat-sensing satellite that will aid long-range weather forecasting. The crew unfolded the shuttle's 35-ft. radar antenna, which will collect topographical information over 10% of the earth's surface...