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Another control problem is how to supply small bursts of power to alter the course of a rocket deep in space, to land it softly on the moon or swing it around Mars. Fuel systems now in use do not operate efficiently at low throttle, and once the fuel is turned off they cannot be re-ignited easily. Last week the Naval Ordnance Test Station at China Lake, Calif, unveiled a fuel system that could solve this problem. It uses hypergolic fuel, i.e., two fluids that ignite as soon as they come in contact. A feed mechanism (using...
...works for the group. "That's the mystery of my life," says Craft. "I still don't know why he did it." At Stravinsky's invitation, Craft returned with him to Los Angeles as a music secretary, gradually became Stravinsky's professional alter...
Schlesinger regretted that individuals like FDR have disappeared from government, noting that "all public statements today sound alike." During the early days of the New Deal, there were real personalities, men who "made a difference in history," even if they did not literally alter the course of events, he added...
...result is an immature son or daughter. What is maturity? "It is the ability to see a job through, to give more than is asked for or required in any given situation . . . dependability . . . independence of thought and action . . . the capacity to cooperate. The mature person is pliable and can alter his own desires according to time, persons and circumstances. He is tolerant, he is patient, he is adaptable...
Since Nov. 5, the day alter the 1958 elections, President Eisenhower had stayed mostly out of public view, vacationing at Augusta, working on his State of the Union message and on the budget for the next fiscal year. Nearly 250 newsmen therefore looked sharply, listened closely to the President last week at his 145th White House news conference. They found him looking well, shedding even-toned but sometimes less than brilliant light on a dozen or so subjects before the nation. Among them...