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...weighed a mere 220 Ibs. The remaining bulk of the 3,428-lb. craft that the Russians fired into space consisted large ly of fuel and the retrorockets that slowed Luna 9's final descent. In addition, the payload was detached from its rocket engines just before impact and hurled to one side, well away from the area that was disturbed by the fiery blasts of the descending retrorockets...
...persuade him to undergo a spinal fusion operation. He refused, and last summer he began competing again-shunning practice sessions as a pointless risk. To protect his spine from "jamming," he now lands flat on his back instead of on his feet, uses his elbows to soften the impact. How much longer he can keep on, Pennel does not know. One thing he does know: "I want that outdoor record back, and I'm going...
Ordinarily, a steering column is rigidly clamped at two points by collar-shaped steel brackets. In the G.M. design, the brackets are lined with plastic, which gives way on impact. Thus freed, the steering column collapses: one section of the column, made of steel mesh, crumples, while the gearshift tube and steering rod are telescoped, thereby shortening the column's length a total of 81 in. Presumably the auto companies will pass the added cost of the new safety features-about $15 for the column and $5 for the brakes-directly on to the customers...
...impact, aerospace profits remain low: 3.1% of sales against 5.5% for all U.S. manufacturers. One reason: in a little-noted change of vast consequence, cost-conscious Robert McNamara has switched Pentagon buying away from lax, cost-plus contracts toward fixed-price, incentive awards. Increasingly, defense contractors must sharpen both their engineering and their bids to win business. Efficient operators who trim costs or beat delivery schedules are rewarded with higher profits; fumblers are being winnowed out. Says Northrop Chairman Tom Jones: "It's a sporty course...
...past and present have chosen to do. He could easily have read the reports filed by past Fellows at the end of their stay at Harvard. If he had done so, he would have discovered the diversity in courses and experiences which have marked the Nieman program's impact on each participant. For Tony Lewis, there has also been a Tom Wicker of the same paper, whose experience and advice involved sampling widely of all Harvard has to offer. It is simply a misstatement of fact to say that "most of the Fellows use Harvard as a trade school...