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But U.S. satellites have long since made up in quantity and quality what they lacked, until Midas II, in size. As of last week, Russia had successfully launched four earth satellites and three space probes. Against that, the U.S. has put 19 satellites into earth orbit, fired two successful deep...
The "Use" Systems. The basic research phase of the U.S. space program is well along, and the "use" systems are just now beginning to come breathtakingly into their own. Midas II is the forerunner of a system whose functional value as a deterrent against war is obvious. The Navy'...
Scheduled to take its place within three or four years as Midas' sophisticated sister system is Samos (which, although NASA officials deny that it was named for anything in particular, might easily stand for Satellite and Missile Observation System). Planned as a true "eye in the sky," Samos will...
They have already begun to flower. Midas profited from the "capability" lessons taught by Discoverer. Samos will certainly profit. And so will some of the most elegant of the other systems now being developed.
This bit of fantasy is the work of George Robert Newhart, 30, the most successful new comedian since Shelley Berman. His record. The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart, is climbing steadily up Variety's LP bestseller charts, standing fifth last week, topped only by such formidably publicized competition...