Word: targeting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...keep track of motion in a different direction. The lagging behind (or pushing ahead) of each weight is reported to a computer that works out the missile's speed and direction. The computer has been told in advance what course the missile should follow to hit a selected target. If the actual course and speed deviate from this course, the computer makes corrections. When the missile has reached the correct top speed, the computer cuts off the rocket fuel. An error of one foot per second at this point means a miss one mile from the target...
...turn-and during the wait an enemy hit may wipe out the base itself. All future U.S. missiles will be inertially guided. Since they will be self-contained, an unlimited number of them can climb into space at the same instant, each carrying instructions to fly to a different target, and each bearing the self-containing wherewithal for devastating accuracy...
...Provisions for destroying a malfunctioning missile and for keeping its warhead safe until near the target can be the same for both radio and inertial systems...
...field of transplants, the great target is the heart. Some victims of atherosclerotic coronary disease (the leading killer in the U.S. today) might be saved if they could receive a transplant of a healthy heart from, say, a traffic accident victim. Infants with certain inborn heart defects would have a chance of survival...
...frank moments Kono admits that he is about fed up with weight lifting: "At the start it was joy. Now it's an ordeal. I'm a special target of the Russians. I'm always under pressure to defend a title or break a record." In fact, Kono is talking of quitting after this year. To ease his ennui in the meantime, he bends nails with his fingers, drives spikes into boards with his fist, blows up hot-water bottles until they burst, and looks forward to the Olympics-when he will have the chance to become...