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...would have burned -destroying millions of dollars worth of equipment and a priceless treasury of new information. More important, if less tangible, was the fact that neither a perfectly trained chimpanzee nor a perfectly tuned machine could have swelled men's hearts as did the success of Astronaut Cooper. President Kennedy put it well: "This was one of the great victories for the human spirit...
...that victory, Cooper made man's future in space brighter than ever before. Already, there was excited speculation at Cape Canaveral about another Project Mercury flight. Although the program was meant to be ended after Faith 7, there were hints that there might next be an "open end" trip that could last up to six days...
...there remains cause for U.S. pondering. Despite Cooper's feat, Russia still owns the most spectacular space achievements. Last year two cosmonauts simultaneously swirled in space in a fine exhibition of launch timing-and both orbited longer than Cooper. Almost certainly, another Soviet space extravaganza is ahead. But Russia has never done much more than tell the world of its space successes-via verbal reports-and last week's Cape Canaveral launching was seen by millions overseas via Telstar television. It was a display of free world candor and confidence that undercut the post facto reports of Soviet...
...nation's space program by the Kennedy Administration. California's Democratic Representative Chet Holifield diagnosed the expenditure as national "moon madness." Such criticism will, of course, continue, even though the costly adventure will work to man's great gain. Yet after Gordon Cooper's flight last week, it appears all but impossible for anyone to stop the U.S.'s ever-longer leaps into space. Billions will be spent, and possibly billions will be wasted. But the performance of men in U.S. space capsules of the future will be measured not only in money. If they...
...hours, the flight was flawless. Streaking through space at 17,157 m.p.h.. Air Force Major Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. ate, slept, exchanged banter with ground-bound fellow astronauts, coolly conducted scientific experiments. But now there was trouble. Just as Cooper prepared for the searing plunge through the earth's atmosphere, his autopilot system went...