Word: frostproof
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...keep the temperature of the skin below 140° F. The sensitive instruments inside will be comfortable at about 120° F. When the satellite passes into the shadow of the earth, its temperature will drop suddenly to below zero Fahrenheit, but since it will be inhabited only by frostproof instruments, the Navymen do not care how cold it gets...