Word: tailwinds
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...74th revolution, ground controllers gave it a "go" for one more important maneuver: firing the command ship's big 20,500-lb.-thrust engine to kick it out of lunar orbit. "Set your sails for home," said Mission Control. "We're predicting good weather, a strong tailwind, and we'll be waiting on the docks." Thirty-five minutes later, as Endeavour re-emerged and regained radio contact, Scott gave the happy word. The 2 min. 21 sec. burn had been flawless. Said Scott: "Endeavour is on the way home...
...entire race was rowed in a rain shower that subsided only as the crews hit the finish line. Harvard, rowing in a tailwind, reached the 1000 meter mark in three minutes, but the wind changed to a headwind and the Crimson boat finished the course...
Varsity coxswain Brian Sullivan took advantage of the moderate tailwind at the start and kept the stroke above 38 for the first quarter mile. The strategy paid off handsomely as Harvard picked up 3 seats and then added another 3 with a flawless settle and power ten at the lower 35. Yale began to fade by the 3/4 mile pole, but Princeton hung on to gain 2 seats on the long dog-leg turn...
Harry Parker's varsity shell finally had a chance to show what it could do in perfect rowing conditions as a chilling 20-knot tailwind dropped to nothing for the last two races of the afternoon...
...weather provided a more serious challenge than the opposition Saturday on the Charles Basin as the Harvard lightweights swept four races with Columbia. The Lions didn't have the poise or experience to handle the rolling water and stiff tailwind...