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...Then, when the craft descended to an altitude of about 30,000 ft., the astronauts would set off explosive bolts, blowing a newly installed hatch off the ship, and extend the 12-ft. telescoping escape pole, which is positioned to guide them away from the orbiter's wing and tail. One by one, each would slip a ring attached to his suit around the pole and would slide off into the thin air, deploy his parachute and drop into the ocean, where his radio transmitter would lead rescuers to him. The escape procedure would work, of course, only under circumstances...
...worked his tail off. At that level, you just can't back down," Tomassoni said. "I think he's going to surprise a lot of people. He's not a surprise...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.--Space shuttle Discovery carried the American flag back into space yesterday after a 32-month absence, its five astronauts riding a 700-foot tail of flame from rockets meticulously redesigned after the Challenger disaster...
...General Motors unveiled last week was the new Buick Riviera, fully 11 in. longer than the 1988 version. The Cadillac division's new Fleetwood and DeVille models are as much as 9 in. longer than last year's cars, and they even sport a discreet version of their old tail fins...
Television has long been the tail that wags the Olympic mastiff. But the 1988 Summer Games may mark the first time it has wagged an entire national time system. Three years ago, while preparing to sell TV rights to the Games, South Korean Olympic officials realized that the rights would be worth more if the country's clocks were moved forward one hour -- thus enabling more daytime events to be seen in prime time in the U.S. Result: last year, for the first time since the 1960s, South Korea instituted daylight saving time...