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...airborne missiles can be launched 1,000 nautical miles away from their targets; the two-stage missile's Aerojet engines burn solid fuel, and not much of it. When Skybolt is fired, it already has the respectable forward speed of 600 m.p.h., and most of the atmosphere is already far below. With little fuss, by land-launched rocket standards, it climbs into the vacuum of space and arches...
Titan II is far more than just an improved model of the much criticized Titan I. During the development of Titan I, Aerojet-General, which built Titan II's engines; stored up dozens of new ideas for an advanced missile; instead of dribbling them into the Titan I, it saved them for a brand-new missile. Titan II is considerably bigger (102 ft. high) than Titan I or Atlas, has greater thrust (430,000 Ibs. v. the Atlas' 360,000 Ibs.) and has far fewer gadgets that can go wrong. Says Aerojet-General's A. L. Feldman...
...small jet-propulsion unit for planing hulls up to 22 ft. in length is Aerojet-Generals Hydrocket. This device scoops water through an intake duct and feeds it into an engine-driven impeller. Centrifugal force shoots the water through perforations in the impeller at high speed, driving the boat forward. Aerojet-General claims speeds of 40 m.p.h. for an 18-ft. hull. Price...
...Aerojet-General Corp., a subsidiary of General Tire & Rubber Co., builds solid-and liquid-fueled rocket engines for a host of missiles. It also produces infra-red sensors and missile support gear. 1960 sales: $425 million...
...What will be done," asked scientists of Aerojet-General Corp., "with the body of a man who dies on a space voyage?" Answering their own question, they pointed out that "there will be no 'ground' in which to bury the man. The coldest scientific efficiency would be to place the corpse in the spaceship's 'digester' system. However, the digester system will be one that receives all of the astronauts' waste materials and regenerates them as food and water. So disposing of the cadaver in this way would simply be too revolting because...