Word: atlases
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Brobdingnagian Cartridge. Conceived in 1955 as a backstop to the Atlas ICBM, which is a surface or "soft-base" missile, the Titan program began with a one-year handicap, has since lost ground as the lion's share of money, engineers and steam poured into Atlas. But Titan shows signs of becoming a system with superior potential range, invincibility and kill...
...Unlike Atlas, whose three engines ignite on the ground, Titan is a two-stage missile, resembling a Brobdingnagian rifle cartridge. About 130 seconds up-where Atlas sloughs off its twin booster engines -Titan sheds its first stage, 53 ft. of 10-ft.-thick shell and both booster engines. Thus unburdened, the 37-ft. second stage is expected to reach out beyond 9,500 statute miles-3,000 miles farther than Atlas-to deliver a massive warhead weighing better than three tons...
...longer have to replace dogs as often. Dr. Morris' line of prescription foods now sustains almost 50,000 dogs, extends their lives as much as six years. Competitors have sprung up, all selling foods specifically designed for dogs suffering many afflictions of civilization. For overweight dogs Atlas Canine Products, Inc. (a Laddie Boy affiliate) offers Obesodiet, which cuts calories per meal to a Spartan 300. Atlas also has Geriodiet for older dogs, Nephrodiet for kidney sufferers, Protodiet for protein-hungry mothers...
...Cape Canaveral. Fla., the Air Force's first attempt to send an Atlas ICBM its full intercontinental range-more than 6,000 miles-ended in failure when the giant rocket exploded 60,000 ft. in the air. only So seconds after leaving the launching...
...Three engines burning furiously, an Air Force Atlas missile shot into the sky on a successful but limited (3,000 miles) test flight. It was the third fully powered (360,000-lb. thrust) flight for the 6,000-mile-plus ICBM. In preparation: a full-range shot, early this fall...