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...window of a parked B-47. The damage could very well spread under the stress of flight. And when a window blows out at 46,000 feet, pilot and copilot alike might just possibly be too stunned to nose down to safety. Granted those coincidences, the rest of Operation Intercept was a neat exercise in airborne shock...
Neither was the military significance of SCORE lost on the world. For one thing, the firing indicated that a missile, guided into orbit, could also be guided to intercept an enemy satellite or missile. For another, it proved that the Air Force's Ballistic Missile Division, under Major General Bernard Schriever, had been solidly on the right track in missile development. Said Schriever: "Project SCORE shows that we have a booster capable of putting something the size of a capsule and a man into space. We're making the progress that we thought was possible when we started...
...White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico the Army rocketed a Nike-Hercules into the sky to intercept an XQ-5 jet drone target traveling 14 miles up at more than 2,000 m.p.h. The Nike released a spotting charge near the drone that was close enough to be scored as a kill...
...light is extremely small-9X10-5 dynes per square centimeter, or about the weight of four cigarettes per acre of surface at the distance of the earth. But it is free and unfailing, and in the weightless, placid vacuum of space, large, frail sails might be spread to intercept it. For a starter, Dr. Cotter would like to try a 50-lb. space sailer. Once launched in the usual way to an orbit around the earth, the satellite would sprout a circular sail of thin plastic coated with shiny aluminum. If the satellite is spinning, the sail would spread itself...
...could do. Oscar dumped in 45 points, grabbed 19 rebounds. On offense he threaded nimbly through opposing players, shooting when free, passing off to teammates when hemmed in. On defense he rebounded beautifully, flicked his long arms out with lightning speed to break up N.Y.U. plays, steal the ball, intercept passes. Through it all he drew only one personal foul, though he played all but the final 45 seconds. If he had not been suffering from an injured back, Robertson might have eclipsed his own Madison Square Garden scoring record of 56 points, made last year against Seton Hall. Said...