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President Nixon, mourning the death of the Russian spacemen, said that they had contributed greatly to "the widening of man's horizons." Pope Paul interrupted an audience to announce the sad news. In Geneva, officials postponed the dedication of a gleaming titanium space monument that had been donated by Russia to the Palais des Nations. There was particular gloom in the U.S. space community, especially among the astronauts. Beyond their sorrow for the dead cosmonauts, they felt that the accident-coming as it did on the eve of the Apollo 15 moon shot-might well diminish public enthusiasm...
...that kind of money he wants lots of zeros behind the sales figures. Nothing could be harder than the sell for G.I. Joe with his own flamethrower; for Dune Buggy Wheelies ("Man, they're out of sight . . . get your friends up tight"); for seven bendable, flexible outer spacemen. For those sponsors, the action is in canned-laughter series or manic cartoon shows that are allowed up to 16 minutes of commercials per hourdouble the usual rate allowed by the National Association of Broadcasters Code. Enlightenment? It belongs in the classroom, or TV's own ghetto, the UHF channels...
...week's end the two So viet spacemen landed safely after almost 1 8 days in orbit...
...burn. But there was a hitch. So much debris was still floating outside the spacecraft's windows that a star sighting?to align Apollo properly for the burn?was impossible ("It looks like we're in the middle of the Milky Way," the astronauts had remarked earlier). But the spacemen neatly improvised by taking rougher fixes on the moon and the sun. Then they fired Aquarius' descent engine, increasing Apollo 13's speed by 600 m.p.h. The 4-minute, 24-second burn was so accurate that only two more small course corrections were subsequently needed...
...place on the earth's surface, and the eastern U. S. can't expect another one in this century. "So we recommend that any one within comminuting distance of Nantucket or Norfolk. Virginia, make it," Pasachoff said, in a burst of enthusiasm that is typical of the spacemen who populate Observatory Hill. "Don't settle for 98 per cent...