Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...almost due north toward the Aleutians and the Bering Straits, Nautilus' captain began to set about record-cracking in a way that justified the Navy's high hopes. First record: Nautilus covered the 2,900 miles submerged from Pearl Harbor to the Bering Straits at an average speed of just under 20 knots, then set a record in the fresh new speed books on long voyages under...
Nautilus now headed directly toward the North Pole, the place that had drawn Nansen, Amundsen, Wilkins, Peary, now flown over by scheduled airlines but never yet reached by ship. Its speed was rapid, probably in excess of 20 knots. Its depth was below 400 ft. Its reactor was functioning perfectly. Its ship's inertial navigational system-an amazing complex of gyroscopes, accelerometers, depth finders, integrators, trackers, etc. (TIME, April 29, 1957) taken over in a rare salvage from the Air Force's defunct Navaho missile program-kept Nautilus on course and on depth, gave its captain instant readings...
...made mainly of heavy copper, which helpfully spreads and diffuses the heat. But the main design trick is to keep the nose from ever getting too hot. The bluntness creates a shielding shock wave out front that cuts the velocity of the air actually hitting the nose to subsonic speed, then slows the missile to around 500 m.p.h. Instead of evaporating in more than 10,000° re-entry heat, as a sharp-nosed metal warhead might, it descends at a cool...
...pioneer probe vehicle weighs about 60 Ibs., is shaped like a doughnut with a sausage through its middle. If all goes well at the Cape Canaveral launching pad, a three-stage Thor-Able rocket will shoot the probe into space at an initial speed of 23,827 m.p.h. After the third-stage rocket drops off at 200 miles beyond earth, the probe, still pulled by earth, will gradually slow down as it flies for almost three days...
While spanking CAB, the report also slapped the airlines. It questioned whether the carriers will be able to fill the additional 40 billion seat-miles that the speed and greater capacity of the new jets will make available by 1962. The report's conclusion: The airlines will not be able to unless they get busy right away researching new markets and developing special programs to attract new passengers. The Government can lend a hand in assisting traffic growth, said the report, by repealing the transportation tax and turning over to commercial carriers more of the passenger and cargo traffic...