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... two rubber balls connected by a rubber band. “A green ball represents the phytoplankton. A red one represents all the things that eat or kill the phytoplankton,” he said. “Take the ... paddle. As long as that green ball accelerates, the rubber band will stretch and the red ball won’t catch the green ball. As soon as the green ball stops accelerating, the tension in the rubber band will pull that red ball up to it and the red ball will catch the green ball.” NASA’s Cloud-Aerosol LIdar with ...

... sighting Oct. 29 lasted 20 min.). Both sightings were near crater Aristarchus, both were ruby red, and both were seen when moon was in the same phase (sunlight returning to this surface area). Previous sighting was of three red spots, but this sighting was of single red area 12 mi. long and 11/2 mi. wide, inside crater ...

... termed "very successful." ''(AP, Wash. Post, 10/28/64; M&R, 11/2/64, 8)'' Red spot on the moon was observed from 12:18 a.m. to about 1:00 ... in Port Tobacco, Md. Using 16-in. telescope, the astronomers described the spot as a "red, pinkish glow" which was "located on the base of the central peak in the Crater ... with Trident Engineer Associates of Annapolis, Md., were using equipment specially developed for detecting the red spots, in lunar observation project for NASA. ''(Wash. Sun. Star, 11/1/64; NASA Release ...

... U.S. Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara 's estimates of Red Chinese nuclear potential were probably conservative, citing increasing appropriations by Red China for scientific research as indication of rapid progress that ... ; it was estimated that $2 billion had been spent since 1960. It was calculated that Red China should have a minimum arsenal of between 150 and 200 atomic bombs by the ...

... old as the universe-8 billion yrs. Astronomers believed that the quasars’ “red shifts” in light-changes toward red end of the light spectrum as objects speed away-were caused by extremely ... compact, exerting a strong gravitational attraction for their size which could shift wavelengths to produce ‘‘red shifts.” ‘‘(Science, 3/11/66; Weil, Wash. Post, 3/12/66,2; Sullivan, W T ...

... man's immunological and hematological systems. Program would use complete electron microscopy facility to examine red blood cells for structural changes and x-ray analysis to detect alterations of internal electrolyte composition. Red cell represented model system to evaluate functional state of other body tissues and processes. Laboratory ...

... quarters of the planetary material in the solar system-included discovery that Jupiter's Great Red Spot, three times the size of earth, was not the only such spot; several smaller ... atmospheric flow around Jupiter moved in and out of the area occupied by the Great Red Spot without losing their own identity. Pioneer measurements of Jupiter properties internal heat, composition of ... that of a failed star: it went from a gas cloud to a body heated red-hot by gravitational contraction, then to a 4.5-billion-yr cooling, still in process ...

... to exist there but also provided new explanations of visible features such as the Great Red Spot and' horizontal stripes, as well as' revealing a 4-yr cycle of heat transfer ... ...." Circulation patterns producing eddies in the planet's atmosphere seem to be stable; the Great Red Spot had been apparent since the 17th century, when it was first sighted. The researchers ... is like Jupiter, but we don't know," said Dr. Williams. "Maybe it has a red spot." ( NOAA Release 76-170) Because supersonic aircraft are inherently dirtier than those flying slower ...

... had made the award for development and implementation in 1977 of the Red Flag combat-simulation flight-training program. Red Flag, designed to enhance combat readiness of U.S. air crews, had been regarded as a significant contribution to national defense. Encounters in Red Flag, consisting of missions against simulated surface to-air missiles, had been the most realistic ...

... -C would carry the first of two experiments to investigate effects of different diseases on red blood cell aggregation and blood viscosity. The experiment was originally scheduled for mission STS STS51 ... ), the experiment would determine rate of formation (kinetics) and internal structure and organization (morphology) of red cells and the thickness (viscosity) of whole blood at high- and low-flow rates. Healthy ...

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