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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Forever Falling. Artificial satellites have been studied by space-navigation enthusiasts, both scientists and crackpots, for generations. Their basic theory is fairly simple. If a projectile is fired horizontally from a high mountain, it falls toward the earth in a curve. The greater the projectile's speed, the flatter the-curve of its fall. When the curve gets flat enough, it is a circle matching the curve of the earth's surface. Thus (but for air friction), the projectile might continue forever, round & round the earth. It would still be falling, but the surface of the earth would...
Down from the Orbit. They will have to work on a lot more components too, for satellites are still a post-Buck Rogerish shot toward the future. Though bristling with difficulties, they are theoretically feasible enough to merit serious investigation. If they ever do carry U.S. colors into space, they would have their military uses. Even an uninhabited satellite could serve as an observation post. While orbiting over enemy territory, it might watch behind the lines with telescopes and report its observations by television...
...increase their falling rate and allow them to catch up with the curving surface of the earth. Shooting them backward would have a similar effect. If they were shot backward at a speed equal to the satellite's forward speed on its orbit, they would stand still in space for an instant. Then they would fall vertically toward the earth. The whole satellite could be brought down on a target in either of these ways by giving it a powerful push from its nuclear rocket motor. But unless the operation were done with wondrous precision, the bomb could...
...Dude, "a side than won him re-election after re-election and an unshakable spot in the hearts of local citizens and constituents. This was Mickey the Good Samaritan Mickey the friend who stuck by the veterans in issues, on housing, a memorial plaque, and additional burying space at the Cambridge Cemetery. This was the "politico" who took enough time to drive hundreds of Kerry Corner youngsters out into the country on Sunday mornings. This was the bespectacled little man who on Saturday morning, personality delivered baskets of food to poor and needy families. This was Councilman Michael A. Sullivan...
With two victories over Brown and Wesloyan behind his team, Priddy calls the Yardlings "a well-balanced squad with a lot of good experience." But the team hasn't been on ice for the past week because of lack of indoor skating space, and Priddy hesitates about predicting how they might perform...