Word: snafus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...high school football tackle, had died of a heart attack. "He was always lifting weights and jogging, and he could bench press 300 Ibs.," said the senior Trerice, a 13-year Air Force veteran. He might have accepted the loss, he said, had it not been for "snafus" in informing the family of Paul's death and in returning his body. His suspicions were also raised by some of Paul's friends on the Ranger; one sent Trerice the message: "Don't let them get away with this...
...especially, it should be an auspicious voyage. No American has been in space since 1975. More important, a successful flight will be vindication for U.S. technology. Two and a half years behind schedule, troubled by seemingly endless snafus and cost overruns that brought the total bill to $9.9 billion, "America's space lemon" finally has a chance to silence scoffers. Just as the 15th century caravels of Christopher Columbus -the shuttle's distant namesake-pointed the way to the New World, so Columbia will open the door to the practical day-to-day use of space...
Rehearsing Snafus. Before T.M.I., operators practiced handling emergencies on computer-driven simulators, but the training concentrated on one mishap at a time. At T.M.I., problems occurred in rapid succession: pumps quit, a valve