Word: apollos
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...unmanned flight would be necessary before the rocket could be trusted to carry astronauts into space. Now, after a careful review of the troubles that cropped up in flight, NASA has decided that it can probably correct them all and make Saturn 5 safe enough to carry a manned Apollo spacecraft into orbit this November or December. By eliminating another unmanned test of the huge rocket, NASA would save about $280 million and avoid further delays in its program to place U.S. astronauts on the moon...
...decide whether or not it will fly a manned circumlunar orbit before attempting to land a man on the moon. Some NASA officials believe that such a preparatory flight would improve the chances for a trouble-free descent to the lunar surface. Others oppose it. Once an Apollo is in orbit around the moon with all its equipment functioning, runs the argument, why not go for broke...
Russian Planets? The U.S. moon program has been delayed for more than a year by the Apollo launching-pad fire. But despite the holocaust, and the flawed performance of the Saturn 5 moon rocket three weeks ago, it is still ahead of the Soviet Union's. Engineers now blame the Saturn 5 failures on what appear to be a pair of rare flukes-a leak in a secondary fuel line and crossed cut-off signal wires that shut down the wrong rocket engine. The Russians have no moon rocket to compare with the Saturn 5, which is capable...
After spending $20 million to develop a miniaturized on-board TV camera for the Apollo spacecraft and equip tracking stations to receive its signals, NASA officials last month decided to limit its use to only two brief transmissions - one during the third manned orbital flight, the other while astronauts are actually walking on the surface of the moon. NASA's official reason for the curtailed use of in-flight TV was that the camera (which weighs only 71 Ibs.) pushed Apollo too close to its weight limitations...
After the real reason for the $20 million cancellation leaked out, NASA quietly rescinded its blackout order. Thus, during the first manned Apollo orbital flight-possibly late this summer-the U.S. will finally get its first live TV glimpse of astronauts in space...