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Most of Harvard's space-related research is under the aegis of the Center for Astrophysics, which includes the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory, both located adjacent to the Radcliffe Quad. Gregory said that research into X-rays and ultraviolet rays make up much of the Center's relationship with NASA...
...there is to the game; nuclear war is a lot messier than that. Though experts debate the precise environmental impact of numerous nuclear explosions (a first strike would require thousands), they are certain of at least two potentially catastrophic effects. The ozone layer, which protects the Earth from lethal ultraviolet radiation, will disintegrate, and vast quantities of deadly radioactive fallout will scatter throughout the atmosphere. The original argument against nuclear war still applies to Soviet strategists. No attacker, no matter how formidable his arsenal, can feel secure triggering these dangers. Only the insane could launch such an attack, and only...
...shuttle will not lack business. The Defense Department has booked a quarter of the flights scheduled through the 1980s. The first of the Pentagon payloads was carried aboard Columbia on its most recent mission. Though officials refused to talk about the contents, the packages included a cosmic-ray detector, ultraviolet and infra-red sensors for gauging the tracks of enemy missiles, and a space sextant that will enable satellites, or even the shuttle, to navigate without guidance from earth. During the last flight, the only references to the top-secret devices came in the form of cryptic commands...
Engineers on these projects and two others--an ultraviolet coronograph designed by Astronomy Lecturer John Kohl and an ultraviolet spectrometer by William Parkinson--say they anxiously awaited a returned emphasis on scientific endeavors in space...
...ballots will bear the distinctive colors and symbols of all six parties. There will even be a change in the usual method that is meant to prevent multiple voting: voting lists have been abolished and, instead of stamping voters' fingers with indelible ink, invisible ink and special ultraviolet detectors will be used at the polling places. The reason: guerrillas have threatened to cut off all fingers bearing telltale ink marks...