Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sight of grieving family members confused by the evil twist of emotions in the moments after launch. They couldn't believe it, and neither could we. Still harder to accept is that man's vulnerability was bared by the failure of the Challenger, a technological miracle designed to shield man from the most hostile of elements, and from death itself...
...fish, a central part of the house shield, became Cabot's mascot after the Loeb Drama Center donated a 15-foot wooden version of the aquatic creature last year. The fish motif reappeared throughout yesterday's festivities, taking such forms as a Fish-shaped cake, a fishnet hanging from the ceiling by the entrance, and gummiFish and goldFish crackers sprinkled liberally in bowls throughout the reception room...
...dust particles around the nucleus are expected to strike Giotto with such great velocity that a speck weighing a tenth of a gram would penetrate an aluminum plate about 3 in. thick. To prevent damage, the side of the craft facing the comet is covered with a double shield, one made of aluminum and the other of Kevlar, the material used in bulletproof vests. Even then, Giotto is not expected to survive the encounter unharmed. A collision with a large dust particle or small meteoroid could ruin the entire operation. "The biggest danger we face," says Bonnet, "is that...
Like a windshield, a face shield is prone to fogging up or shattering. The shield's manufacturer, International Forums, Inc.--never a company to let fog grow on its masks--has solved those problems by treating the shield with polycarbonate for strength and with an anti-fog inner coating...
Freshman forward Eddie Krayer notes the mask's only nagging problem: "It's really hot inside the shield. There's only a couple of holes to breathe through [near the bottom]. It's a big deal, because you're used to getting...