Word: test
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rival moon shot is off for another month at least. The Atlas ICBM that was especially rigged to boost a 375-Ib. payload around the moon in early October blew up last week at Cape Canaveral during a static test of its engines. It not only destroyed itself but also the second-stage rocket perched on its nose, and wrecked the launching...
...dealing with forces and conditions no man had dreamed of only a few years ago. This week it unveiled a new wind tunnel that pushes the air at the fantastic rate of Mach 9 (6,670 m.p.h. at 32° F.). It will be used to test the shape of future rockets...
Million-Mile Radio. Since rocket test shots are almost useless unless the rocket sends information about its performance, J.P.L. was forced to explore the electronic labyrinth of telemetering. One electronic job led to another, and now J.P.L. products ride in nearly all U.S. satellites, reporting the magnetism, heat and cosmic rays encountered in the unknown reaches of space. Such information has grown so voluminous that J.P.L. has its own computer to interpret it. For tracking space vehicles far out in the solar system, J.P.L. has built a radio telescope 85 ft. in diameter in the Mojave Desert, which can track...
...produced a prototype power plant and suspension, he disguised it with a German Porsche body shell. One of Cole's friends recalls the scene that day at the Chevy Engineering Center. "Ed jumped in the car as if his pants were on fire. The speed limit at the test center is 25 m.p.h., but Ed sped around at 80. We kept closing our eyes and praying. Then he pulled up, and he could barely talk. He said three words: 'This...
...just 15 weeks Cole and his crew designed a V-8 that cut the weight of the basic Chevy engine from 550 Ibs. to 506 Ibs., but increased power from 123 h.p. to 162 h.p. "We did not build a test model because there was not time to experiment," Cole recalls. "That's how crazy and confident we were." The engine proved to have bugs. But it also had zip, and when the bugs were eliminated, the zip gave Chevy sales a push...