Word: solarized
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...begin with, took on added pigment-again, starting with chance mutation-as a screen against harmful radiation from the sun. It is a fact that Negroes seldom have skin cancer, though its incidence is rising noticeably in the white population of the U.S. The same pigment, by filtering solar radiation, impedes synthesis of vitamin D, which prevents rickets and is manufactured from the sun's rays by the body. As early man migrated out of the tropical sun-into the green jungle, north to less torrid zones-light skin thereupon conferred an advantage by admitting more vitamin D-produc...
...people are already receiving fringe benefits of a technology that may someday support thousands of new desert towns. In addition to moistening the greenhouse soil, the 6,000-gal. daily output of pure water is given to the local hospital and school and is bottled and sold as "Agua Solar" to help defray the plant's operating expenses. And the cucumbers, squash, tomatoes and other vegetables produced in the greenhouses are given away free to local residents...
...which has been probing manned, rocket-powered flight and studying the solar spectrum at the edge of the earth's atmosphere (354,200 ft.), recently set a new speed record of 4,260 m.p.h., or 6.33 times the speed of sound. Last week the once all-black plane sported a white paint job covering new ablative material purposely designed to char in flight as the aircraft engages in tests that should push its maximum speed to a blistering Mach 8 by 1969. Snugged under its wings, the X-15 now carries twin, droppable tanks loaded with additional fuel needed...
They have measured the solar wind, monitored solar flares and gathered in formation on the nature and energy of the luminous particles in the auroras...
...contains sensors and controls that are used to stabilize the craft. One face al ways points toward earth, another toward the sun, another away from the earth, one away from the sun, and a fifth in the direction the OGO travels. When two 20-ft. instrument booms and two solar panels are fully extended, the OGOs are 49 ft. long and almost 20 ft. wide, the biggest scientific satellites yet produced. According to TRW project Manager Ralph C. Turkolu, "the OGOs are to previous satellites what a jet is to a glider...