Word: atlases
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Despite Holaday's belief that the Atlas program is in pretty good shape, a more realistic estimate came in a letter to the subcommittee from a man with more knowledge of Atlas than any that William Holaday had displayed. Wrote James R. Dempsey, manager of the Atlas program for Convair: "The present planning of the Government for ... the Atlas as currently known to us is less than it could be, and if we correctly understand the Soviet accomplishments in the ballistic missile field, the present Atlas program will tend to widen rather than close the gap between...
...flop-nik. With perhaps half a dozen exceptions, the press corps at Cape Canaveral had no grounding in the infinitely complex mechanics of missilery. In any event, since word of a scheduled firing spreads fast on the missile beat-postponement of last week's scheduled Atlas test was known to the press within a few hours-most of the newsmen who blanketed the Vanguard shoot would have been there with no prodding from the Pentagon...
...straight dope on just how the firing went, and stop them guessing. Their guesses are pretty wild sometimes, and what comes out in the papers is apt to be more damaging to security than the truth. A LIFE photographer [Stan Wayman] awhile back zeroed in so close on an Atlas you could almost see the rivets on it. If we had photographers on the base, they could develop their film right here and submit it for clearance through security channels on the spot. They'd have better pictures-and we would be able to airbrush classified details. This...
...Force comment on the launching, first successful one for the Atlas, said success came "on a limited range." "The missile flew its prescribed course and landed in the pre-selected impact area, officials stated...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 17--The Air Force successfully launched an Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile today. "Atlas" travelled several hundred miles and landed in a pre-selected target area...