Word: tested
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...robots." The statement irritates his comrades at Soviet mission control. "This crew has done 100 repair jobs," scoffs Victor Blagov, the deputy flight director, arguing that humans are needed to deal with unanticipated situations. Snaps Stepan Bogodyazh of Glavkosmos, the Soviet equivalent of NASA: "You need people there to test the instruments. The cosmonaut is a researcher, and this is a laboratory...
With so much at stake, pressure is mounting for an international agreement restricting antisatellite-weapons development. The Soviets have observed a self-imposed ASAT test ban since 1982, and recently called for a bilateral moratorium on further testing. For several years, Congress has backed a partial ASAT moratorium, but the Pentagon has persistently opposed such constraints. ASAT critics argue that if the U.S. continues to develop antisatellite weapons it will only force the Soviets to do likewise -- and ultimately put U.S. devices at risk. "ASAT arms control," notes Congressman George Brown, a California Democrat, "will serve this nation better than...
Representatives from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga., have been called in to test the water at the stadium. Penn officials are still baffled about the origin of the contamination...
...ruling blocks the city from making police promotions until a hearing resolves the question of whether the exam used to select candidates in 1985 was fairly administered. Fifteen officers who failed that test are suing the city and the state Department of Personnel, charging that the Cambridge Police Department manipulated their grades so that exactly 20 officers would qualify to become sergeants...
...related systems will be evaluated: three are intended to track and monitor Soviet ICBM launches, two would fire interceptors to destroy the attacking missiles, and one is a "battle-management" computer for coordinating the entire space- and ground-based program. Using computer simulation, test models and flight testing, the Pentagon will try to determine how well the elements of these systems will work...