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... is spent on space... . Our number of launches per year has steadily declined from a peak of something like almost 80 in 1966, down to . . . the order of 30 or 35 ... , the number of their launches has steadily climbed . . . and is now higher than even our peak. In 1971, they launched over 80 spacecraft, whereas our launches were down to less than ...

... , 4/17/72, 24)'' Astronaut John W. Young had not had "command pilot syndrome"- fastest peak heart rate of crew at launching-when Apollo 16 was launched, Dr. Charles A. Berry ... fastest rate." During Apollo 16 launch lunar module pilot Charles M. Duke , Jr., had fastest peak rate, 130 beats per min. Command module pilot Thomas K. Mattingly II registered 115 beats ...

... as it ever was." He described black mounds like volcanic craters with white central peaks and said central peak of Tsiolkovsky Crater looked like "a white marshmallow in a sea of hot ...

... 1974 and 1978." It would take another Sputnik to accelerate U.S. space program to peak force, "but I don't see that it's necessary. . . . I honestly think that we ... also be a decade in which we will consciously seek to avoid the large funding peaks that characterized the Apollo era." Number of achievements possible within limited budgeting would be limited ...

... "very close behind" but its plan to build up its work force to early manpower peak had been seen by NASA as threat of "premature commitment of resources during the course ... 1.6%. By June 1973 estimated 157 000 scientists and engineers would be employed; 1967 peak had been 235 000. ''(Text)'' Large 1793 penny secreted aboard Gemini 7 earth orbiting mission ...

... within 42 000 km of the planet at 12:22 am EST 3 Dec., its peak speed of 171 000 km per hr and the trajectory's high latitude prevented serious ... the surface. Less than 12 hrs before the spacecraft passed behind Jupiter, an in-tense peak of electron radiation built up a 4000-v electric charge within the spacecraft. The charge ...

... 000 times more intense than those in earth's Van Allen belts. Pioneer had experienced peak intensities of high-energy electrons that were moderately higher than those found by Pioneer 10 , encountering 10 times as many electrons as predicted by earth-based studies. Peak intensities of very high-energy protons were 100 times stronger than predicted but concentrated in ...

... of $20.1 billion; however, constant-dollar levels stood at $15 billion, 18% below the peak reached in 1967. National spending for basic research' in current dollars had climbed substantially since ... 1976 had advanced only about 2% above the 1975 level, remaining nearly 11 % below the peak year of 1968. The federal government was the source of most support for basic research ...

... U.S. Forest Service, and Lewis Research Center LeRC had gathered atop a 2392m (7684ft) peak to dedicate a pioneer solar-cell-powered lookout tower that would demonstrate applications of solar-electric technology in the foreseeable future. The lookout tower, on Antelope Peak in Calif.'s Lassen National Forest, would use a 300w solar-cell system to power ...

... reported that the Space Environment Services Center at Boulder, Colo., was predicting an 11-year peak in sunspots; solar outbursts in coming months could raise magnetic storms on Earth, foul up ... circuit in Canada that automatically put radio stations in an alert mode. The upcoming flare peak might be the second most active since the record of 1957. (W Star, Feb 25 ...

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