Word: rocketeers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...speedboat fired rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns at the 37,011-ton Sea Trader in the strait, the southern entrance to the gulf...
...adequate. Each is designed to get astronauts safely clear of the shuttle's fuselage and wings so they can parachute to earth. In a disaster -- say, the loss of an engine -- the crew will trigger explosives to jettison the escape-hatch cover, then exit one by one. If the rocket system is in place, each astronaut will be yanked from the ship with 2,000 lbs. of thrust. Otherwise, they will hook onto the telescoping pole, which will extend through the door, and let gravity and airflow pull them down and out of harm's way. Both the astronauts...
...pair of home losses to Vermont and R.P.I. last weekend, the Crimson looked like someone had stolen its rocket fuel. But the jets were running smoothly last night...
...billion in funding next year for the agency's ambitious, $30 billion space- station project and $100 million to start exploring Pathfinder technologies to establish a base on the moon and send missions to Mars. It called on NASA and the military to cooperate in building a rocket capable of lofting heavy payloads for Star Wars and the space station...
DESCRIPTION: Results of poll on relative positions of United States and USSR in space exploration; color illustration of rocket after launch from earth...