He knew little about the technical details of the space program, and was put off by the massive financial commitment required by a manned Moon landing.

When the Soviet Union was the only member state which refused to sign, the U. S. embarked on a massive nuclear weapons testing, development, and deployment program.

Thereafter, he began a massive program of monumental construction, paradigmatic for which was the state temple called the Bayon.

In rockets, such as the F1 used in the Saturn V program, instabilities led to massive damage of the combustion chamber and surrounding components.

As Emperor, Domitian strengthened the economy by revaluing the Roman coinage, expanded the border defenses of the Empire, and initiated a massive building program to restore the damaged city of Rome.

In Immigration, Holt continued and expanded the massive immigration program initiated by his ALP predecessor, Arthur Calwell.

Jefferson ’ s letter went on with the same heat to a much quoted passage about “ the day that France takes possession of New Orleans .” Not only did he say that day would be a low point in France ’ s history, for it would seal America ’ s marriage with the British fleet and nation, but he added, astonishingly, that it would start a massive shipbuilding program.

There being no doubt, and the exact hour and minute of " Boil Away " being confirmed daily, the world's leaders decide to commit themselves to a massive building program for the creation of as many spaceships as possible, more or less suitable for rescuing a small percentage of Earth's population.

Damage was extensive, and the government's program of massive spending to repair the infrastructure destroyed its anti-inflation measures.

As oil revenues increased, the ruler of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, undertook a massive construction program, building schools, housing, hospitals and roads.

The construction works on the locks have been stalled for many years due to lack of funding, but it is possible that they will be included in a massive development program launched by the Brazilian government in 2007, in which case they could be operational within about four years.

Under the stabilization program, the government let most prices float, raised interest rates to record highs, raised heavy new taxes, sharply cut back on government subsidies to industry and construction, and made massive cuts in state welfare spending.

To ensure that a united Jerusalem remained in Israeli hands, he advocated a massive Jewish settlement program for the Old City and the hills surrounding the city, as well as the establishment of large industries in the Jerusalem area to attract Jewish migrants.

In September 2008, the Delta commission presided by Dutch politician Cees Veerman advised in a report that the Netherlands would need a massive new building program to strengthen the country's water defenses against the anticipated effects of global warming for the next 190 years.

For example, his support of the Collier-Burns Act in 1947 raised gasoline taxes that funded a massive program of freeway construction.

* Pericles proposes a " Congress Decree " allowing the use of 9, 000 talents to finance the massive rebuilding program of Athenian temples.

On 6 March 2009, however, as part of a massive new public works program, Silvio Berlusconi's government announced that plans to construct the Messina Bridge had been fully revived, pledging EUR 1. 3 billion as a contribution to its estimated cost of EUR 6. 1 billion Some 3. 3 km long and 60 m wide, the bridge would be supported by two 382 m pillars, each higher than the Empire State Building, and accommodate six freeway lanes, a railway ( for up to 200 trains a day ), and two walkways.

In the 1970s SKF embarked on a massive production rationalization program in Europe.

Altan Khan had Thegchen Chonkhor, Mongolia's first monastery, built, and a massive program of translating Tibetan texts into Mongolian was commenced.

They intend to achieve this superbeing through a massive human breeding program, which they have conducted for countless generations ; using careful manipulations of relationships and breeding sisters to " collect " key genes, the Bene Gesserit have controlled and finessed bloodlines through the ages.

In the 1970s and the 1980s, the city saw a massive building program.

The town began to take on its present form in the 1890s with the coming of a railroad to the area and the start of a massive state-funded drainage program in the St. Francis River basin.

Changes were required within the Division to accommodate the massive wartime Air Corps expansion program.

The British Commonwealth Air Training Plan ( BCATP ; " The Plan "), known in some countries as the Empire Air Training Scheme ( EATS ), was a massive, joint military aircrew training program created by the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, during the Second World War.

An adobe wall can serve as a significant heat reservoir due to the thermal properties inherent in the massive walls typical in adobe construction.

The final Big Dig plan, then, combined several projects — the depression and improvement of the Central Artery, the construction of a third Harbor tunnel ( now known as the Ted Williams Tunnel ), and massive interchange improvements to the Massachusetts Turnpike and several other major routes in the area.

However, Chiang Kai-shek's subordinates refused to take airbase construction seriously until enough capital had been delivered to permit embezzlement on a massive scale.

Recent years have once again brought a new construction boom to the Fairfax campus, which is currently undergoing a massive, $ 900 million construction campaign ( between 2002 – 2012 ) based on the 2002 University Master Plan.

Granite is nearly always massive ( lacking internal structures ), hard and tough, and therefore it has gained widespread use as a construction stone.

In the 1940s construction had ground to a near-halt as workers, fuel, rubber and transport were pulled away from civilian use for the war effort, but the post-war 1950s would usher in a building boom on a massive scale.

Airports, roads, and railway construction will provide a massive employment boost in China over the next decade.

This resulted in the later construction of fortress works across Europe such as the massive fortifications at Verdun.

At its peak in 2007, construction had expanded to a massive 16 % of the total gross domestic product of the country and 12 % of total employment.

This theory suggests that the massive amount of labour involved in the construction of Stonehenge necessitated the inter-regional cooperation.

A massive construction boom, an expanding manufacturing base, and a thriving services sector are helping the UAE diversify its economy.

From 2001 through 2008, the East Front of the Capitol ( site of most presidential inaugurations until Ronald Reagan began a new tradition in 1981 ) was the site of construction for this massive underground complex, designed to facilitate a more orderly entrance for visitors to the Capitol.

In the early 21st century, Milan underwent a series of massive redevelopments, with the moving of its exhibition center to a much larger site in the satellite town of Rho, and the construction of a new financial district in Porta Nuova.

These massive construction projects exhausted resources and labor.

To protect the city from future floods, the Manitoba government undertook the construction of a massive system of diversions, dikes, and floodways ( including the Red River Floodway and the Portage Diversion ).

He was appointed as France's Inspector of Naval Shipbuilding in 1784, and with the assistance of the naval architect Jacques-Noël Sané in 1786 introduced a massive construction programme to revitalise the French navy based on the standard designs of Sané.

Three New Urbanism communities are under construction, including Crown Farm, Watkins Mill Town Center ( Casey East and West ), and the massive " Science City ".

Even natural geologic features such as the massive basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Northern Ireland were attributed to construction by giants.

The government sponsored massive shipbuilding and harbor improvement projects, and the construction of beacons and seaport warehouses in order to support maritime trade abroad and the major international seaports, such as Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Xiamen, that were sustaining China's commerce.

The Myriad Gardens will undergo a massive renovation in conjunction with construction of the Devon Tower directly north of it.