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Invitably in the course of media coverage of this shuttle, the focus shifts to Tum Wolfe's The Right Stuff, a compelling description of the early astronauts, their legacy as true pioneers, men and men only--who scraped the edges of space in a variety of sleek rocket planes and flying contraption. Today, Hoffman notes, the astronaut corps is comprised of people of all backgrounds. His group includes the first three Blacks and an Oriental. Hoffman, himself is one of the first Jewish astronauts...
...NASA is coming under competitive pressure for launching services from the eleven-nation European Space Agency's Ariane project, which is booked solid for launches beginning late next year and running through 1985. Meanwhile, a no-frills private-enterprise launching service, Space Services Inc., successfully tested a launch rocket last summer at Matagorda Island, Texas. The prototype rocket, dubbed Conestoga I, was built in part from spare NASA assemblies, including the motor from a solid-fuel Minuteman missile. The firm's owners now plan to go into commercial service in 1984, with monthly launches starting two years later...
Twenty-one minutes into the second stanzs, the checking paid off as Kenworthy stripped a Dartmouth midfielder and slipped a pass to senior striker Lance Ayrauit in the center of the pitch. The Crimson captain dribbled in a few yards and launched a bending right-footed rocket from 22 yards that bounced off the right post and Green goalie Ken Jones...
Cornell had opened the scoring 12 minutes into the match, when forward Mike Fisher snack behind the Crimson back line Midfielder Pat Murphy slipped a pass to the Big Red captain, and Fisher hit a right footed rocket from 12 yards for the tally...
...that of the two other freshman starters Left back Johan Ahr and halfback Ian Hardington were both instrumental in directing offensive movement and the matches have usually been more physical than skillful opening minutes of the second half Sliding up from the back line. Ahr hit a 30-yard rocket that dented the Cornell crossbar...