Castles in the Air Space Factories May Rise in Orbit
Scientists and engineers outline space fabrication, solar power satellites, and lunar mining as the shuttle era nears. NASA backs beam fabrication, mass drivers, and orbital factories with Grumman Raytheon and Spectrolab involvement.
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Grumman Aerospace Corp
Bethpage
N.Y
Nasa-Msfc
Richard L. Kline
Grumman
Princeton University
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Econ Inc
Peter E. Glaser
Arthur D. Little
Cambridge
Mass
Raytheon Co
Spectrolab Inc
Space energy stations debated by experts and critics
Glaser proposes power satellites costing about 44 billion dollars with 60 units by 2014 to repay the investment. Rapp calls him a dreamer while Zinn labels it a boondoggle. Proponents cite space factories for purer tissues and devices, with wide ranges of benefits and technical hurdles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaser
Donald Rapp
University of Texas At Dallas
John Zinn
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Earth
Donald M. Waltz
TRW
Defense and Space Systems Group
Waltz
MIT
Technology Review
Right To Read program aids adults with severe literacy gap
In Area X the Right To Read initiative targets adults who never learned to read or read poorly. A Maybanks estimate cites up to 30,000 in seven counties may have reading deficits, with Kirkwood's program serving about 400 adults over three years. Tutors meet 1–2 times weekly. students progress through Frank Laubach materials toward a GED. The project, funded by a $70,000 federal grant, offers free education and coordinator-led training across Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, and Monticello.
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Kirkwood
Area X
Maybanks
Seven County
Gul
Tom
Frank Laubach
Evi
Dence
Lincoln
Cedar Rapids
Linn
Benton
LaVelle James
Iowa City
Johnson
Iowa
Cedar
Washington
Larry Crow
Anamosa Reformatory
Monticello
Jones County
Lincoln Center
Children Need Pro Eye Exam
New York report cites that over three million of nearly 50 million returning students are visually handicapped and that 80 percent of learning relies on vision. Dr Nathan Flax warns screenings miss many problems while Bausch and Lomb urge thorough eye doctor exams and note more younger children are fitted with contact lenses.
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New York
UPI
Nathan Flax
New York State College of Optometry
Bausch and Lomb
Fifth King Arthur Work Found Publication Plans
Researchers at the University of Texas uncovered T H White's long lost fifth book The Book Of Merlyn which scholars say completes The Once and Future King. UT Press will publish the work this fall reflecting an antiwar philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
Arthur
T.H. White
University of Texas
White
Merlyn
UT Press
Minorities Music Program produces two new California orchestra posts
Two graduates of the Orchestral Training Program for Minority Students sponsored by the Los Angeles Philharmonic earned seats in California orchestras. Rufus Olivier, 21, is second bassoon with the San Francisco Symphony and Oscar Meza, 21, secures a string bass chair in the San Diego Symphony. The program started in 1972 and selects about 50 students yearly, with an average age of 18, and mentors each musician with a Philharmonic member to refine orchestral techniques. A 20 year ago note recalls President Eisenhower's Newport visit for an extended naval vacation.
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LOS Angeles
Los Angeles Philharmonic
California
Rufus Olivier
San Francisco Symphony
Oscar Meza
San Diego Symphony
The
Philharmonic
Did You Know Highlights Sled Dogs and Pigeon Feats
The article notes Eskimo sled dogs named after deceased family members, chromium thickness measured in millionths of an inch, and that polished chromium must be thick to avoid flaking. It mentions sausage making as ancient meat preservation and homing pigeons covering 1500 miles in three days.
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Boeing Aerospace Co
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
General Dynamics Convair Division
San Diego
NASA
Rockwell International
Space Division
Downey
Calif
Princeton-American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Gerald K. O'Neill
O’neill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton
Gerald W. Driggers
Southern Research Institute
Bir
Mingham, Ala
Brian O’leary
University of California At
Moon
Lunar
Peter Glaser
Arthur Little
Space
Boeing
Boondoggle
Spacelab
Tom Kipping
Sis
Ters
Wilson Junior High
David Laird
Laird
Chance
U.S. Office of Education
King Arthur
Eisenhower
Newport
R.I
Navy
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