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...remotely connected with the President. Its personal vendetta against Richard Nixon is so malicious that it might even destroy the presidency in order to destroy him. The real threat to this country is the unchecked monopolistic power of the press, as well as the TV dictators, who have supreme command of the air waves. (MRS.) GRACE A. COREY Sun City, Ariz...
...sunlight glinted off the object looming larger in the command module window, and Astronaut Charles ("Pete") Conrad Jr.'s exuberant voice came crackling across space: "Tallyho! Skylab!" As he maneuvered the Apollo spaceship closer to the windmill-shaped orbiting laboratory, Conrad gave crewmates Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz-and millions watching their TV screens on earth-a closeup look at the damaged Skylab...
...worked feverishly to put together the assortment of gear and tools that was needed to repair Skylab. The astronauts themselves practiced the various repair possibilities. Indeed, these activities continued until the very eve of last week's launch; so many new and untried procedures were involved that the command module was not fully loaded until four hours before Friday's liftoff...
...that plan into operation, the astronauts will maneuver their Apollo command ship within a few feet of the crippled space lab, circle it to inspect the damage, and transmit TV pictures down to earth. Then, after a respite, the astronauts will don their pressure suits and Kerwin will emerge part way from the command-module hatch. Using a pole with cutting shears at its far end (hastily being designed and built at Huntsville), he will try to trim away any debris around the root of the ripped-off solar wing or elsewhere. He will also attempt to swing...
...Tries. Attaching the sunshade will be even more difficult. In the first option open to the astronauts, Conrad (who practiced the delicate maneuver on simulators in Houston) will edge the command ship alongside Skylab (see diagram). As he does this, Kerwin or Weitz will lean out of the hatch and attach three newly designed clamps to the ship-two near Skylab's base, one on the telescope mount. The clamps will be used to anchor lines running to the trapezoid-shaped covering. As the lines are tightened, the shade will be pulled into its proper position like the spinnaker...