Word: schrievers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Major General Bernard Schriever, 48, who organized and built up the Air Force's Ballistic Missile Division, will get a third star and be named chief of the Air Research and Development Command, B.M.D.'s parent group. German-born Ben Schriever (TIME, cover. April 1, 1957) grew up in Texas, took an engineering degree at Texas A. & M., got his wings in 1933. He worked as a test pilot, studied at Wright Field's Air Corps Engineering School, took time out to get a master's degree in mechanical engineering at Stanford University...
...military significance of SCORE lost on the world. For one thing, the firing indicated that a missile, guided into orbit, could also be guided to intercept an enemy satellite or missile. For another, it proved that the Air Force's Ballistic Missile Division, under Major General Bernard Schriever, had been solidly on the right track in missile development. Said Schriever: "Project SCORE shows that we have a booster capable of putting something the size of a capsule and a man into space. We're making the progress that we thought was possible when we started the program...
EIGHTEEN months ago (April i, L. 1957), in a cover story on Air Force Missileman Bernard Schriever, TIME reported that Air Force scientists con sidered sending an unmanned rocket to the moon a worthwhile project, and estimated that they could be ready to shoot in 1 8 months. Last week tireless, punctual Major General Schriever and his men sent their rocket - Pioneer -far out into space. For the story of their hopes, disappointments and accomplishments, see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
Major General Bernard A. Schriever, Air Force missile chief . . .Sc.D...
...also been aware that long-countdown liquid-fuel missiles were not weapons of true instant retaliation. Barred by the Defense Department temporarily from solid-fuel development, the Air Force was impressed by the rapid progress and strategic potential of the Navy's solid-fuel Polaris. Months ago Schriever's men got down to work adapting the Polaris' developments to Air Force concepts...