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...intercontinental ballistic missile (SICBM) that would have a range comparable to the 7,500 miles covered by the 71-ft. MX. Its single warhead would probably carry a 500-kiloton punch, in contrast to MX's ten warheads, each with a 330-kiloton, independently targeted payload. Some Pentagon experts contend that a design breakthrough will permit the small missile to be moved about on a heavily armored vehicle dubbed the Armadillo. This launcher would be anchored when firing and be stable enough to handle the missile's blast-off force, yet light enough to be transported by helicopters...
...Texas last week was not very long (37 ft.) or, by modern standards, very fancy. The flight of Conestoga I, an arc 192 miles up and 326 miles out over the Gulf of Mexico, was perfect but fleeting, less than eleven minutes from blastoff to splashdown. The dummy payload was just a 1,100-lb. tank of water. Said Donald ("Deke") Slayton, the former astronaut who was flight director for the launch: "We didn't have a single anomaly in flight...
Designated OSTA 1, for NASA's office of space terrestrial applications, the payload contained several instruments to help scientists refine their techniques for observing the earth from space, and for identifying untapped mineral, gas and oil deposits...
...test that was eliminated from the mission was a rehearsal for an emergency space walk, which would have been performed if automatic devices to close the four payload-bay doors failed to work, or if the robot arm had malfunctioned...
...curtailed mision, White said, will "probably not affect" planning for the third orbital test flight, scheduled to be launched next March on a seven-day mission. A more extensive test of the manipulator arm is planned for the third flight, which will carry a payload of astronomical sensors. After a fourth flight in June, the shuttle will begin operational flights in which the primary mission objective will be to carry payloads, rather than to test the capablities of the vehicle...