Word: moone
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reader who doesn't care a hoot who gets first to the moon, I nominate the U.S. scientists who have done most in 1960 to improve man's condition here...
...from its launching pad and for 68 seconds cut a brilliant, steady swath through the Florida sky. Then, suddenly, the rocket's nose lurched, and an instant later a red-orange mushroom blast shattered the sixth U.S. attempt to put a paddle-wheel satellite in orbit around the moon. If the feat had succeeded, it would have rivaled even the Russian successes of hitting the moon and photographing its backside...
...last week's failure put an ignominious end to the $40 million hurried-up Atlas-Able lunar probe program. Rather than try again with Atlas-Able, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration last week called off future moon shots until next summer, when more powerful rockets are due to be available: the Centaur and Agena B which, atop the Atlas booster, will provide more efficient thrust in the upper stages, should be able to carry payloads of up to 700 lbs. to the moon. But with the U.S. out of the running now for at least six months...
Second, Melman said, is the possibility of human error, of "wrongly estimating the intentions of others." He cited a recent incident where radar signals bouncing off the moon were mistaken for incoming Russian missiles...
Though trains and dolls are still selling strong, some past Christmas favorites are lading The junior cowboy is riding off into the sunset. With the exception of ideal's hot-selling Astro Base, which simulates a landing on the moon, space-age toys are far out. Not science fiction but science do-it-yourself kits, which may baffle father but delight junior, are now the big sellers. Science Kit Maker A. C. Gilbert says that do-it-yourself kits have jumped from ⅓ to ⅔ of Gilbert's total sales, with sales of astronomy kits alone...