Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Kiwi-A will be only a small beginning. Later will come more ambitious engines of the same general type. The chances are that they will not be used for military purposes; chemical rockets can toss H-bombs cheaper and better. The role of nuclear rockets will be to carry large payloads to orbits around the earth or to the nearer parts of the solar system. They will be particularly good for ferrying supplies to an orbiting space-station. The engine will use only a small part of its uranium fuel during each trip, so if the space-ferry is recoverable...
...upon the "ancient" sport of brick throwing. The contest was moved to a wharf jutting into the Allegheny River after the first contestant threw his brick 67 ft. 2 in., "smack into a tentful of boy scouts." In all, some 75 athletes heaved their bricks into the water. Record toss: 80 ft., give or take a yard or two. What was it all about? None of the brick heavers were quite sure. But Disk Jockey Cordic has a new hobby magazine coming out in the fall, to be called Thud...
...occurred. An obvious way, advocated by Professor Fred Singer of the University of Maryland, would be to explode a nuclear charge on the lunar surface. It would make a visible flash, and although its crater would probably be too small to be seen with the biggest telescopes, it might toss up a vast amount of fine lunar dust. If the explosion took place on a dark part of the moon near the edge of the lighted area, some of the dust would be thrown into sunlight, making a conspicuous bright patch that could be photographed...
DuMoulin placed fourth in the hammer with a toss of 173 feet, 9 inches, made in the qualifying round. Pescosolido bested his qualifying throw of 188 feet, 10 inches, but his 190 foot throw Saturday did not change his fifth place Friday standing...
Neither of the other two hammer entrants, Jim Doty or Dunc Johnson, was able to advance into Saturday's finals. Doty just missed qualifying, however, as his best throw, 164 feet, placed him seventh among the competitors. Six of the qualifiers advanced to the finals. Johnson's best toss was 150 feet...