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Presents information on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) which concluded to develop a relatively simple and fully reusable launch vehicle. Identification of the industry team NASA picked; Information on the team; Construction of the X-33 prototype; Description of the X-33. INSET: An inside-out rocket..

Focuses on the Crystal Palace in Hyde Park in London, England, designed by Joseph Paxton, a gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. Architectural design of the building; Role of the building in the modern fields of architecture and art history; History of the building; Engineering specifications of the building.

The article informs on the past issues of the periodical. Topics discussed include Charles Darwin argued that since man had evolved from lower animals, human behaviors must have parallels in the behaviors of lower forms; Abbe Moigno is a scientific authority and is at the same time a Catholic of unquestioned orthodoxy; and social cohesion enables people to produce physical testaments to individuals and monumental buildings.

Reports on the shake testing of homes at the Powell Structural Research Laboratory in San Diego, California. Use of simulated earthquakes on wood-frame houses; Procedure of the test, including use of a shake table and a hydraulic ram; Statement that a large number of homes were built prior to the introduction of modern construction codes; Inadequacy of foundation anchoring and shear-resistant elements; Danger earthquakes pose to the structure known as the tuck-under apartment building.

Focuses on the static and dynamic design of most surviving antique structures. Shift from skill to statistics; Failure ancient architects; Collapse of the Cathedral of Beauvais.

Discusses several Web sites related to terrorism, in light of terrorist attacks on the United States. Vulnerabilities of tall buildings; Use of robots to seek out bombs or other weapons in buildings; Idea to post risk management plans on the Internet; Others.

The article presents information about the developments that took place in 1932 and 1882. An attack was made by the physicists on the atom that led to discoveries which altered the whole concept of chemistry and engineering. According to a news of August 1882, there is an iron-front building that has been put up for commercial use. The building is located on Pearl Street in New York. It is under construction for the development of a central electric lighting station with Edison system.