Word: earthbound
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...soundlessly in the vacuum. Haunted and horrified that he could commit such an act Kinsman must find out what made him kill another human being without reason. Only then can he bring into space his victory of morality over military training, confrontation politics, and the squandering of resources...all earthbound evil...
...computer-enhanced Saturn pho tos taken by Pioneer were far better than any pictures of the planet shot through earthbound telescopes. More details of the famous rings were evident, and for the first time the bands formed by the yellow-and orange-hued clouds enveloping Sat urn could be clearly seen. Still, compared with the spectacular shots of Jupiter and its moons transmitted earlier this year by the twin Voyager spacecraft, the Pioneer pictures were disappointing. The difference is that Pioneer is equipped with a relatively crude camera-like instrument called an imaging photopolarimeter; the Voyagers have far more sophisticated...
...failure to record atmospheric and surface temperatures on Titan, Saturn's largest moon. Scientists have been particularly fascinated by Titan because it is slightly larger than the planet Mercury and has a thick atmosphere that may be similar to that of the primitive earth. Spectroscopic readings by earthbound astronomers showed, for example, that the atmosphere is rich in methane gas, which is believed to be one of the primary ingredients in the earth's early atmosphere. Given the right temperatures, scientists speculated, some form of life, or at least its precursors, might have evolved on Titan...
...backtrack a bit, though, twenty years ago, X-ray astronomy barely existed. Today it is at least as important as optical and radio astronomy in helping earthbound scientists study the skies...
...workaday John and Jane should not have to endure the earthbound hassles of gas rationing in order to get themselves to their underpaid jobs. Nor should they have to give up the occasional weekend trip to the beach, etc., while airlines continue to burn their gas guzzlers to accommodate myriad flights for the benefit of tourists, all in the name of keeping the U.S. economy alive. There has to be a more equitable...