Word: space
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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While the guys in the middle were sorting themselves out, Eichner just kept on running, putting more and more empty space between him and the green jerseyed Hampton and then between himself and teammate Murphy. By the finish line, Eichner led by a solid 250 yards or 26 seconds, registering a 30:11 compared to the second place Murphy...
...SPACE!" Yeah! Yeah...
...Beware the narrow-minded politician, but fear not: for whether we go there for war, for profit, or for fun, our evolution into space...
...Guiccione's glossy publications. Bova is aiming for the mass market with Kinsman. It's science fiction, yes, the reliable Bova blend of advanced science and backward bureaucrats, but science fiction intended primarily for the uninitiated--those sad souls who do not see the value of space travel or the vast potential of the raw materials out there; short, those who are letting, and helping, the space program go down the tubes...
...astronauts. These are not the sterile, blandly patriotic robots projected by NASA flacks, but intensely human and necessarily flawed men--and women--who believe in what they are doing and possess enough independence to reject or exploit bureaucratic maneuvering that surrounds them. As Bova portrays it, the path into space--whether it be military, industrial or political--will be strewn with the carcasses of careers and programs that, regardless of merit, lose behind-the-scenes struggles of power and influence...