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...role in U.S. missile development. At the Air Force's Air Research and Development Command in Baltimore, their Schlidenruler influence has inspired ein Jokenskribbler to write an "English-German" glossary in Katzenjammer style "for use with Technical Literature." Among the definitions suitably mimeographed and distributed last week among ARDC...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Ein Kleines Jokenskribbling | 9/2/1957 | See Source »

...Beyond. Theoretically, highly responsible U.S. scientists and military officers believe that man is ready to fire an unmanned missile through space to the moon. Rocket motors, guidance systems and air frames needed for such a shot can almost be picked up off the shelf for assembly. ARDC has considered setting up an eleventh division for space and space technology. "We have the know-how to hit the moon right now," Schriever says flatly. "The ballistic missile program has established the resources to move into space. Man is inquisitive. He's going to keep pushing at the frontiers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Bird & the Watcher | 4/1/1957 | See Source »

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