Word: toward
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Goddard's rockets remained small, but they were not crude. They had all the essential features that later rockets needed to fly out of the atmosphere, including gyroscopic guidance and combustion-chamber walls cooled by flowing fuel. The German V-25 that caused a sensation toward the end of the war followed Goddard's lead without basic innovations...
...weight (2,925 lbs. of instrumented payload) of Sputnik III proved to the space-wise that the Russians had practically licked the initial problems of interplanetary flight. U.S. scientists reckon that the Soviets' Lunik, with only a little more speed, would have swooped past Mars and soared out toward the asteroids. George Paul Sutton, professor of aeronautical engineering at M.I.T., believes that present propulsion systems with a little refinement can send a space vehicle as far as Jupiter or even to Saturn, 750 million miles from the earth...
...program is roughly similar. A "soft" instrument landing on the moon may be accomplished in 1960. Putting a man in space will take longer. A protected capsule to bring him back alive is already under development. One of the preliminary research tools toward this project is the X-15 rocket-plane, which will meet its first tests in a month or so. It is designed to start its flights in the atmosphere, then shoot out of it to a probable height of 150 miles. Its descent on stubby wings will build experience for controlled returns from deeper space...
...most thunderous roar to come out of the West in recent years has been caused by Hollywood stars stampeding toward that newer, more refreshing substitute for the old water hole-the tax hole. As stars went into business for themselves or took percentages instead of salaries, Hollywood's finances have become more spectacular and complex than its love life...
...Eight. The trend toward reconcentration of West German industry affects more than Krupp. Eight big firms-Krupp (with Bochumer Verein), Dortmund-Horder Hlittenunion, Phoenix-Rheinrohr, Mannesmann, Hoesch Werke, Klockner-Werke, August Thyssen-Hütte, Hüttenwerk Oberhausen-control 75% of West Germany's steel production, almost 40% of German coal...