Word: space
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...content with just an energy program, the Governor also plans his own space program for California, complete with a communications satellite, a space-faring academy with courses in space law and trade and a space research institute within the University of California. Brown detractors are chuckling. Wisecracks one: "Jerry has always been a little spaced-out, but this is carrying things...
...England storms go, that is by no means an excessive amount; in fact, a blizzard that roared across the Northeast later in the week, paralyzing much of the Atlantic seaboard, dumped up to 16 in. on Hartford's rooftops. What is more, the flat, "space frame" roof, which was supported at its corners by four concrete pylons, was, supposedly designed to be strong enough to withstand far greater pressure. Said Hartford's embittered mayor, George Athanson: "I don't think it was a natural disaster. I think there was something wrong with how it was constructed...
...multiple linkup is also proof that the Russians are acquiring the capability of constructing large orbital stations made of numerous components shipped up separately from earth and assembled in space. Said an American space official after seeing the three-part assembly on radar: "It looks like a long, fat Russian sausage in space...
...which has had no astronauts in space since 1975, will be able to put together its own sausages when the space shuttle that is now being tested begins regular flights in the 1980s. But for the Soviets the feat is something of a breakthrough. While the U.S. showed it could dock spacecraft as long ago as the pre-moon shot Gemini 8 flight in 1966, the delicate skills required to bring together two space ships, both of which are traveling at speeds of 29.000 k.p.h. (18,000 m.p.h.), have often eluded the Soviets. (One explanation: they insist on controlling...
...December, Soyuz 26 was launched and it successfully reached the space station. A week later controllers could breathe a collective sigh of relief. During a space walk outside the ship, Grechko inspected the other port and reported it to be in perfect order...