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...shuttle may serve some auxiliary role in the space program, but the thrust of the program should be to further scientific knowledge of space. Even sending astronauts beyond earth orbit would be a welcome break from the cargo-hauler routine of the shuttle, for it would at least appeal to the imaginatior of the average person. Clearly, however the greatest scientific returns come from increased use of spacecraft. Although the shuttle is back in service, the United States still lacks a successful space program...
...under considerable danger. Miami-based Southern Air Transport is under contract to the U.N. to fly in maize from Uganda. The S.P.L.A. has vowed to shoot relief planes out of the sky. In October the first planeload of maize actually made it into Juba. Crewmen aboard the C-130 cargo plane peered anxiously through an open escape hatch as their aircraft corkscrewed down to the airstrip, on the lookout for rebel rockets. But even such daring trips cannot begin to save the town from starvation. "This amount of food will feed only a fraction of those in need," said Gordon...
Think of the classic convertible cars: long, sleek, sporty, maybe even a bit impractical. All in all, not the kind of vehicle that would lend itself to a gun rack behind the driver's seat or a load of cargo bouncing around in the back. Think again: Chrysler, the No. 3 U.S. automaker, plans to introduce in early 1989 a Dodge Dakota pickup truck with a removable, manually operated vinyl...
...looking forward to the next four days," he said. "We have a lot to do, and we're going to have a lot of fun doing it." Several hours later, astronauts Mike Lounge and David Hilmers, manipulating controls in the cabin, raised and tilted the TDRS package in the cargo bay, and activated springs that pushed it out of the open doors into space. After Hauck and pilot Dick Covey had maneuvered the shuttle to a safe 45 miles away, the TDRS rocket ignited, sending the satellite farther away from earth. Later that night, the TDRS rocket's second stage...
Basler's business has more to do with economics than nostalgia. A modern small cargo jet or a commuter plane, like the Fokker F-27, commands $5 million to $8 million. But Basler can deliver his converted DC-3s for less than $3 million. Furthermore, a DC-3 averages 18 minutes of maintenance for every hour of flying time, less than the 55 minutes of work needed to keep an F-27 aloft for an hour...