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...last the lake burst upon us, a noble sheet of blue water . . . walled in by a rim of snow-clad mountain peaks that towered aloft full 3,000 feet higher still. As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface, I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords...
...principle is probably military. Aware that modern detection svstems and ground-to-air missiles are too effective to let many ordinary bombers get close to important targets, the Pentagon is hopefully looking forward to flying missile platforms. And an ideal platform would be a plane, loitering aloft, just beyond reach of enemy interceptors, ready to launch long-range air-to-ground missiles at targets deep in enemy territory. Existing bombers have small talent for loitering; the big B-52s, backbone of the Strategic Air Command, can stay in the air little more than 20 hours. Even if drastically rebuilt with...
Buenos Aires was still half asleep one morning last week when the military men who run the country made a crucial political move. From hot, muggy Martin Garcia Island in the River Plate 30 miles north of the capital, a military transport buzzed aloft carrying ousted President Arturo Frondizi, his daughter, his private secretary and 2½ tons of Frondizi's belongings, mostly books. A few hours later Frondizi alighted at San Carlos de Bariloche, a summer fishing and winter ski resort in the Argentine Andes, 850 miles southwest of Buenos Aires...
Below the gossamer-thin plastic bag that climbed over Palestine, Texas, dangled a 6,300-lb. L-shaped package as bulky as two Cadillacs. It was surely one of the most ungainly-looking loads ever hefted aloft. Designed and built by PerkinElmer Corp. of Norwalk, Conn., it contained a 36-in. mirror that would be a respectable size even for a solid-ground observatory, but that mirror was only the beginning. The telescope was suspended so that it could swing in all directions, under precise control by ground radio. It carried a coarse-vision television camera...
...earth's inhabited areas. To find out, the scientists will launch a stream of highflying balloons, fire volleys of rockets into the upper atmosphere. One picturesque Iksee project will loose unmanned weather balloons into the eddy of wind that circulates around the North Pole. If the balloons stay aloft for a week, they should make at least one circuit, reporting to an international string of radio receivers...