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...Venus, which found itself subjected to close-up Soviet inspection. See SCIENCE...
...Venus," murmured Mrs. J. E. Thomson in San Francisco, as she gazed out the window at the night sky. "You don't know what's coming to you." Said Anthony Balestreri, a Milwaukee artist: "There's been a kind of awakening. I hope to God it continues. I noticed it in church a couple of weeks ago, when the priest mentioned Cuba. What we need is more of it. Instead of announcing from the pulpit that the bowling league will meet at such and such a time, let's hear how the news may affect...
Politely, in the week of the Congo, the President of the U.S. congratulated the Premier of the Soviet Union on launching a "space vehicle" to Venus (see SCIENCE). Politely, Nikita Khrushchev thanked John Kennedy, and hoped that the two nations could some day explore space together. Nonetheless, the Russians touched off their newest giant skyrocket with a propaganda torch, highlighting the sad fact that the U.S. has no rocket engines to match the feat-and is not likely to have them for four or five years. Even the orbiting last week of two relatively pint-sized Discoverer satellites...
...huge satellite. The satellite separated into three parts, and one of them moved outward, leaving the earth's environs forever. Then Moscow announced triumphantly that "an automatic interplanetary station'' weighing 1,419 lbs., emblazoned with the Soviet coat of arms, was on its way to Venus-or thereabouts...
...well and, from the Russian viewpoint, better than good. Even if the Soviet probe never comes anywhere near Venus, the U.S.S.R. can still claim another successful space first: launching an interplanetary vehicle from a circling earth-satellite. Although never before tried, the trick has long been discussed by satellite scientists, who agree that it has important advantages. If an interplanetary vehicle is carried piggyback on a satellite, its speed and direction can be measured accurately and unhurriedly while it is still on a "parking'' orbit. Then, far in advance, a point can be selected that will be best...