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...ship itself also suffered a recurrence of an old ailment: during lift-off it lost several dozen heat-shielding tiles. As Columbia whirled 150 miles above the earth, still other things began to go wrong-two television cameras failed, the $1.2 million toilet clogged, a latch on the cargo-bay doors temporarily jammed, mysterious static rang in the astronauts' ears, and a teleprinter spilled paper wildly. The most serious failure came when gremlins knocked out some of the shuttle's radio links, briefly raising fears that there might be a premature halt to the mission...
...Canadian-built, remote-controlled arm that reached 50 ft. outside the shuttle. When the TV camera at the far end of the arm malfunctioned, the astronauts skillfully used binoculars to guide the giant limb, even getting it to lift an experimental package out of Columbia 's cavernous cargo bay. They also maneuvered the ship so different parts faced the sun, exposing them to temperatures as high as 200° F and as low as -200° F for up to 80 hrs. at a time. That served as a vital test of the ship's ability to survive...
Fullerton began guiding the remote-controlled arm, essential for retrieving satellites in the future, through various maneuvers, extending it and flexing its joints, only to discover that a TV camera on its "wrist" had failed. Another camera at the rear of the cargo bay succumbed as well. Even so, the remaining camera at the arm's "elbow" was providing clear pictures, including shots of the nose showing where tiles had been damaged or lost. While reviewing films of the launch, technicians discovered that still other tiles had fallen off the top surface of the shuttle's big body...
...thing can't carry both. Change it.' " The vehicles ended up indeed carrying both, and costing $1.4 million apiece. Another problem: the Army decided that it wanted more armor for the IFV. But the extra plating made the vehicle too wide to fit into the C-141 cargo plane, which is supposed to haul it. So the vehicle must be partly dismantled to be carried by the C-141, and would have to be reassembled on the scene. The first 100 IFVs were purchased in 1980, and the Pentagon has budgeted $840 million next year for 600 more...
...1960s. In a paper for an economics course, Smith proposed the idea of an airline that would carry small packages overnight from city to city. The airline would have its own aircraft and truck fleet, operate independently of the commercial schedules and routes and deliver its cargo anywhere in the U.S. between dusk and dawn...