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Whipple said that the rocket has slowly been nearing the earth's atmosphere, and now comes within 105 miles of the earth on its orbit...
There is a good possibility that the shell might land in the United States. Its orbit carries it over the country six times each day. If its parts can with stand the tremendous heat of air friction it could pass through the atmosphere and land substantially intact...
...have a doghouse in orbit, but we've got one in Washington...
...Federal Government "decree the study of science." In Washington, the National Student Association warned that if the nation fails to improve not only the scientific but all aspects of education, the U.S. educational system might be "reduced to a satellite of the Russian system, spinning in an orbit dictated by Russian scientists...
...announced plans to build a 65-million-dollar missile site near Cheyenne, Wyo, apparently to launch 5000-mile American intercontinental ballistic missiles when such devices are ready. Dr. John Hagen, director of Project Vanguard, also told reporters that his scientists expect to put a sin-inch test satellite into orbit next month, and to follow it with a fully instrumented, 20-inch sphere in March. Preliminary tests have been successful, Hagen said. "All we have to do now is to set it up and light the fuse," he stated...