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...that Army Spaceman Wernher von Braun believes will hit the moon. Less optimistic Army missileers expect their missile will either graze the moon-and message back valuable readings on gases around it-or make a lunar orbit. But the Air Force will probably be able to try an orbiting moonshot first. Ready for launching within a matter of weeks will be a Thor-Vanguard hybrid similar to the lost missile fired from the Cape last week in a nose-cone configuration test...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BEHIND THE SCENES: Outward Bound | 5/5/1958 | See Source »

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