Word: rocketing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When John Glenn and the other Mercury astronauts began their probing of space, the whole world went nuts over how brave and daring these men were. Everyone overlooked the brave and daring pilots who were flying and dying in rocket planes in America's deserts. Now once again the media are telling the great space story, while the memories of the true rocket- and manned-flight pioneers fade away like desert shadows. CHARLES A. STORIE Sachsenheim, Germany...
That's not just hot air. "You'll not only be able to send up instruments cheaper than by rocket (for less than $2 million, vs. $40 million for the least expensive Delta launcher)," says astronomer Jack Tueller, program scientist for NASA's balloon project, "you'll also be able to assemble and launch your package quicker and carry more weight--up to 3,000 lbs.--and the instrument isn't subjected to vibrations or high Gs." Moreover, the scientific gear (though not the balloon) will be recoverable, drifting back to earth by parachute at the end of a mission...
Harvard's final tally, a rocket into the leftcorner of the CCSU goal at 71:31, was notched byjunior Julia Blain...
...outdone, Princeton senior Christine Hunsicker gave the Tigers what proved to be an insurmountable 2-0 lead just under 10 minutes later. Her shot was also unassisted, a rocket from the top of the circle that found a seam past Cowan and into the back...
...11th minute of play, Stauffer fired a shot on goal that sailed over the crossbar by inches. Five minutes later, another rocket off Stauffer's boot hit the crossbar and rebounded to Miller, whose chip over UConn goalkeeper Anne-Elisabeth Eskerud also struck the crossbar. That's pretty bad luck...