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...film (about 45? per picture). Flicking out of the camera only 1.2 sec. after exposure, the pictures at first are a mass of opaque blue-gray, then slowly develop within four minutes in full view of the photographer. Sheathed in unscratchable plastic and backed by a thin coating of titanium, they are dry to the touch even while developing, in welcome contrast to the sticky prints and paper wrappers that have always before been part of Polaroid photography. There are no chemical-laden negatives to throw away; this is a "garbage-free" process. Finally, the new film produces brilliant color...
...steel, glass and electronics manufacturers. This week the biggest industrial combine of all ($2.7 billion in sales) will be formed when a new stock issue unites two companies-Pechiney and Ugine Kuhlmann-that dominate Europe in the production of aluminum, stainless steel, specialty steels and nonferrous metals such as titanium, zirconium and tantalum...
...first swing-wing supersonic strategic bomber ever produced, Backfire is believed to have been designed by Andrei N. Tupolev, 82, who also developed the Soviet Union's TU-144 supersonic transport. Aerodynamicists believe that the 131-ft.-long, 250,000-lb. Backfire is made of stainless steel with titanium to resist the heat stress of supersonic flight, and has an airframe skin bonding (instead of riveting). The plane's wings are in a forward position for long-range cruising and are jackknifed back about 40° for speeds of Mach 2.1 (about 1,400 m.p.h...
President Nixon, mourning the death of the Russian spacemen, said that they had contributed greatly to "the widening of man's horizons." Pope Paul interrupted an audience to announce the sad news. In Geneva, officials postponed the dedication of a gleaming titanium space monument that had been donated by Russia to the Palais des Nations. There was particular gloom in the U.S. space community, especially among the astronauts. Beyond their sorrow for the dead cosmonauts, they felt that the accident-coming as it did on the eve of the Apollo 15 moon shot-might well diminish public enthusiasm...
...history of the moon is revealed by the different types of rock found there. Most of the rocks brought back from the lunar seas by Apollo 11 and 12 are titanium-rich basalt and gabbro. They appear to be once-molten lava from inside the moon which broke through the crust made of lighter anorthosite and crystallized to form the seas about 3.5 billion years...