Word: thrusting
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...spacecraft that will cruise at 100 miles a second. At that speed you will get to Mars in 10 days, to Pluto in 16 months. We can imagine a spacecraft carrying a big area of thin film to collect solar energy, with an ion-jet engine to produce thrust powerful enough to boost a spacecraft to a speed of 100 miles a second. It is also possible to build a nuclear-powered jet to do the same job, if the political objections to nuclear spacecraft can be overcome. The quantity of energy available from sunlight or from a nuclear reactor...
...then it happened: Crowley spotted Roger Ebert. "You're going to show it to me right now?" Ebert, still in his coat, asked as two of the aliens thrust speakers on either side of his face. They started the trailer, but Ebert was far more concerned with the dwindling battery power of the digital camera he was using to record this spectacle for his own website. Finally, mercifully, the trailer ended. Ebert congratulated the happy aliens, who spent the next 15 minutes beaming. "This is a new high," Ebert said under his breath as he walked away...
...These players were thrust straight into the fire this season, and performed admirably, helping the Crimson overcome preseason expectations to finish in a tie with Penn for second place in the Ivy League...
Harvard's offensive strength proved too much for Sacred Heart. Two consecutive kills by Micomonaco thrust the Crimson's lead to 9, and the score...
After needing only one more vote on the first two ballots to gain the mayor's seat, Kathleen L. Born was hoping to finally triumph. But the third vote last Monday night ended Born's ambitions as her star faded and Kenneth E. Reeves '72 thrust himself into the spotlight...