Word: vacuum
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cabin: Carpenter picked it out of midair. Approaching Guaymas, Mexico, on his first orbit, Carpenter tried one of the major experiments of his flight: he deployed a 30-in. balloon from his capsule on a nylon line to see what kind of drag it would have in the near vacuum of space. But the experiment was ruined when the multi-colored balloon inflated only partially...
...film industry." Founded by dapper Jules Stein 38 years ago, MCA has long dictated casting to producers with "package deals" in which a buyer takes a mixed bag of stars and shows in order to get a few good ones. In 1949, MCA moved into television to "fill the vacuum" created by Hollywood's lack of interest. It formed the superefficient Revue Studios which now controls 14 hours of network television each week and is the world's biggest single TV producer...
Several of the tests, including at least one in the megaton range, will be exploded in space, as high as 100 miles above the earth. The purpose will be partly to observe the little-known behavior of nuclear explosions in a virtual vacuum, partly to test the effect of neutrons, X rays and other radiation on radio communication, missiles and satellites. The Air Force already has several satellites orbiting over the test area. The Russians may send observation satellites of their own, but the tests can probably be timed so that such foreign space snoopers will get no close look...
...stage missile's Aerojet engines burn solid fuel, and not much of it. When Skybolt is fired, it already has the respectable forward speed of 600 m.p.h., and most of the atmosphere is already far below. With little fuss, by land-launched rocket standards, it climbs into the vacuum of space and arches...
...appeal to all these groups and find support almost everywhere in the state--Orvil Faubus. Even a sharp critic admits that he is "the most successful politician who has ever come out of the state of Arkansas"; and with his retirement, announced two weeks ago, a real power vacuum has been created...