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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...WESLEY THUM Allston. Mass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 25, 1965 | 6/25/1965 | See Source »

Dangerous Quarry. The White Sands recovery force, headed by Lieut. Colonel Otto F. Thum, has 250 men and 150 widely assorted vehicles, including Jeeps, 10-ton wreckers, bulldozers, power shovels and 35 airplanes and helicopters. All are needed; the range is as big as Connecticut, and although some parts are bare desert, others are precipitous mountains and dense, hummocky tangles of thorny scrub. Finding small missiles-or fragments of small missiles-in this hairy country is a job for resourceful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Recovery at White Sands | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

...Colonel Thum gets each firing schedule in advance and deploys his forces accordingly. If a missile to be tested has heat-seeking guidance, he cannot use aircraft for fear the missile will turn on the planes. When aircraft can be used, they loiter as close as they dare. Sometimes they drop a flare to mark the impact. Sometimes the helicopters land and pick up small items, but fallen missiles are dangerous. Each carries a "destruct" charge to blow it to bits in case it heads for a place where it can do damage. Colonel Thum's recovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Recovery at White Sands | 6/29/1962 | See Source »

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