Word: atlas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...were thinking about little else but the feasibility of a nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missile. Yet because of the arguments-like Bush's-against it, it was not until May 1954, just ten years ago next week, that the Air Force launched a crash program to develop the Atlas ICBM...
Flock of Birds. In the span of the ensuing decade of strategic missilery, the U.S. has accomplished one of the greatest scientific, engineering and construction feats in history. It has produced and deployed a versatile flock of big birds: the pioneering Atlas, the more powerful two-stage Titan, the stopgap IRBMs Thor and Jupiter, and those truly pushbutton solid-fueled mainstays of the nuclear arsenal, the mass-produced Minuteman and the elusive, submarine-borne Polaris...
Lowest Apogee. U.S. missiles, meanwhile, mainly blew up or fizzled like soggy Roman candles. The first Thor simply fell off its pad. In its second test, it rose ten inches, collapsed. "It must have had the lowest apogee of any missile ever fired," recalls Schriever ruefully. The first Atlas flight in 1957 failed. At one point in 1959, five consecutive Atlas firings were flops...
...Atlas, as the largest maker of the private-brand tires mentioned in your article, strongly protests. Our lines are comparable in quality to any brand, are built for unlimited use, and are backed by one of the strongest guarantees in the industry...
...Atlas Supply...