Word: launch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ironic Issue. By last week, with the help of the Harris group, Morgenthau was far enough in the lead for other candidates to launch a "stop Morgenthau" movement in an effort to block his nomination at the Democratic state convention in Syracuse two weeks hence. Their main charge against him, ironically, is that he is the candidate of the party's "bosses"-like Pollster Harris...
...make a start in military spacecraft, the Air Force hopes for a 1964 launch of the Dyna-Soar, the manned space glider, which will be the forerunner of more sophisticated vehicles that will be able to maneuver while in orbit...
...give an immediate warning of enemy missile firings, the Air Force is banking on Midas satellites, which will detect the launch by sensing the infra-red glow given off by the booster exhausts. To date, however, the Air Force has still not been able to develop reliable infra-red sensors...
...launch window" (margin of time in which a missile can be launched to fulfill its mission) of a second rocket trying to match the orbit of a vehicle already in space is only a very few minutes. Yet the Russians scored a virtual bull's-eye. "The Russians must have multiple launch pads, because you can't refurbish a pad in 24 hours and then check out another rocket for launching in the same place," said one top U.S. space scientist. The extra pads serve Russia well in the event that a rocket malfunctions during countdown...
...three pads here, with three crews working on three boosters and capsules, we could speed up Project Mercury by a year." But the U.S. has only one launch complex available, since Project Mercury does not seek space rendezvous...