Word: rocketeers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Owned up that he himself had not anticipated the psychological impact upon the world of the U.S.S.R.'s first rocket-launched satellite...
...office late in the week. Lyndon Johnson was interrupted by a telephone call from Defense Secretary Neil McElroy, with word that the Army was being authorized to proceed on a top-priority basis with work on a solid-fuel missile to replace the 200-mile, liquid-fuel Redstone rocket. It took just seconds for Johnson to convince McElroy that the announcement should be made by Major General John B. Medaris. scheduled to appear before the Johnson Subcommittee that very afternoon...
...test-fired ten Thors, five successfully, two part-successfully, has a production line going, expects to deploy well upward of 20 Thors into Europe with "initial operational capability" this year. Thor is guided by an inertial direction system backed up by an alternate method, is powered by a single rocket engine that generates a big kick of 135,000 lbs. Recently Defense Secretary Neil McElroy ordered Chrysler to get a production line set up for the Army's liquid-fuel 1,500-mile Jupiter, and hopes to deliver a dozen or so Jupiters to NATO late this year...
...light a rocket with a match. Do it by remote control behind a barricade...
...launch a rocket from a simple wooden trough or stovepipe. A much more elaborate setup is required for adequate safety...