Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...considerable weight, the 184.3 lbs. announced by the Russians, is enough for elaborate equipment. Either it or its successors can report on cosmic rays and solar radiation above the atmosphere. They can observe the density of the fringe of the atmosphere, its temperature and composition. They can judge the danger of meteors, the reefs and shoals of space navigation. They can observe the earth's gravitation, its magnetic field, its electric charge, and the cloud patterns of its weather in ways that are impossible for earth-bound humans. Some of these jobs might be difficult for a light satellite...
...orbit, they can probably hit the moon with a lighter object. The speed of the Sputnik, 18,000 m.p.h., is not a great deal less than the speed (about 25,000 m.p.h.) needed to move from an orbit to the moon. If a good part of its weight is invested in additional fuel, the remainder should reach the moon without much trouble. The Russians are rumored to be scheduling a shot at the moon for Nov. 7, and they may try to mark its bright face with a visible splash of red powder. U.S. experts believe that the Russians...
Many imaginative military planners have dreamed of satellite fortresses armed with nuclear missiles to shoot at the earth below. All space vehicles must be lightly built to conserve weight. They would therefore be vulnerable, and since they are forced to move on predictable orbits, they should not be too hard to shoot down. One suggested method of dealing with a hostile satellite is to shoot a modest rocket into its orbit, but moving in the opposite direction. The warhead would burst and fill the orbit with millions of small particles. Any one of these, hitting the satellite with twice...
...weighing souls with the Devil, before a splendid red background decorated with gold stars. Michael has caught the Devil cheating by tipping the scales, and sadly points a shaming finger. Yet to be discovered is the lesser devil compounding the crime by tugging on the weight devil's tail. In an age of crusades and pilgrimages, when Christians intensely fought the struggle between the legions of Christ and the forces of evil from the age of reason until the very moment of death, the note of humor in the scene probably was lost on most of the people...
American monetary and technical assistance has been largely responsible for the maintenance of this strong counter-weight on Russia's southern borders, providing heavy subsidies for road building, harbor developments, and industrial construction as well as for strict military needs. But American help has been more than matched by the eagerness of the Turks themselves to develop a military force capable of restraining the Russians, for whom they bear an ingrained contempt. The Turks have been so eager to fight Communists, in fact, that they volunteered a highly effective brigade of troops for duty in Korea under the United Nations...