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...MAJOR EMBARRASSMENT IN U.S. rocket research occurred in October 1957 when Russia beat the U.S. in the cold war space race by launching the satellite Sputnik. Thanks to the frantic efforts of U.S. officials to match that feat, aerospace engineer and longtime Caltech professor Homer Stewart was hired to help develop a similarly impressive craft. With guidance from Stewart-- who later worked on early planning for the Apollo mission--the U.S. sent into orbit its first successful satellite, Explorer I, in January 1958. Stewart...
Kass Professor of the History of Medicine Allan M. Brandt appeared on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Wednesday night, attempting to shed light on the growing dishonesty within the cigarette industry in a spirited—and very lighthearted—conversation with host Jon Stewart...
...typical “Daily Show” fashion, Stewart responded with his trademark sarcasm and crowd-pleasing mockery...
...That’s what they call them?” Stewart said. “That’s so awesome...
...produce 6.14 billion gal. of corn ethanol a year, according to the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), an industry trade group. An additional 86 plants are being built or are expanding, which could account for 6.4 billion gal. more a year. But William Tierney, a risk-assessment consultant with John Stewart & Associates who specializes in corn ethanol, estimates that an additional 400 projects in various stages of development could add 28 billion gal. to the RFA's conservative figures. Add 5 billion to 10 billion unannounced gal. that Tierney expects to hit the market in a few years...