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Identity Poetry has presented an issue of prose, and it leads one to wish the magazine would veer from verse more often. Although the issue is short, it contains two pieces of high quality and only one that might better have been left...
...autopilot on Electras must not be used until modified. FAA found that it did not work properly, made the plane "porpoise," i.e., jump sharply up and down and veer from side to side. ¶ Ground crews were ordered to be more careful in refueling the plane, since there has been "at least one incident in which serious damage to the wing structure resulted from malfunctioning of fuel-system components, and failure of servicing personnel" to do their job properly...
...Russian space vehicle skimmed past the moon at a distance of 4,300 miles, then moved on into space, gradually slowing down. As it passed. Lunik III was deflected by the moon's gravity, which made it veer in the moon's direction, like a child swinging on a gatepost. But the tug was not enough to make it curve sharply and start right back. Instead, it swung out 67,000 miles beyond the moon's orbit (and 292,000 miles from the earth); then it started slowly back. By this time the moon, traveling...
Such claims have stirred up an angry argument. Ford contends that a rear-engine car tends to oversteer and veer out on curves because the greater part of its weight is in the rear. It has less luggage space-only 15.6 cu. ft. in the Corvair v. 24.5 cu. ft. for the Falcon and 24.9 cu. ft. for the Valiant. (But the Corvair has an optional folding rear seat, for $32.50 extra, that provides another 13.3 cu. ft. of luggage room in the back.) Many engineers insist that a rear engine is not practical on the basis of present knowledge...
...spaceships that NASA plans to toss into space will use clusters of rocket engines. If they are solid fueled and equipped with whistles, they could be used to steer the ship; a slight reduction of sound level in one of the outside engines would make the whole ship veer in its direction...