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Since then 9,695 man-made objects have fallen from orbit, but the number that survived the atmospheric plunge to hit the earth is unknown. Shards have landed on more than a dozen nations, including Zambia, Finland and Nepal. As early as 1961, Premier Fidel Castro indignantly charged that a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: Dodging Celestial Garbage | 5/21/1984 | See Source »

The coat of arms hung on the entrance wall of QRAC 10 feet from ground level. It is approximately four feet in diameter and takes at least two people to move it, said Lach.

Author: By M. ELISABETH Bentel, | Title: Radcliffe College Coat of Arms Mysteriously Stolen From QRAC | 4/26/1984 | See Source »

The telescopes--six meters in diameter and movable on a y-shaped track to bring distant objects in space into focus--would be capable of producing previously unattained "resolution." That is, they would have the ability to visually separate close objects in space which currently appear only as a blur...

Author: By Christopher J. Georges, | Title: Harvard Scientists Plan New Telescopes | 4/21/1984 | See Source »

To gather evidence of damage, the U.S. Forest Service each decade resurveys thousands of one-acre plots, checking the diameter and height of trees and looking for portents of new growth. The ongoing survey of Southern Piedmont woodlands shows that in the past ten years the growth rate of loblolly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Puzzling Holes in the Forest | 3/19/1984 | See Source »

The final distinctive features of the launch pad are three massive flame ducts, each 50 ft. high and 70 ft. wide, that will vent the tremendous energy released during lift-offs. Seven seconds before takeoff, an underground pipe 10 ft. in diameter will flood the ducts in less than 30...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Space: New Pad for the Space Shuttle | 3/5/1984 | See Source »

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