Word: wringer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...series of tethered propulsion tests at Edwards Air Force Base that it decided last year to bypass the normal flight tests of components. The first Minuteman fired all three stages, put its brand new inertial guidance system, its nose cone and its flaring steering nozzles through the wringer in one bold gamble.* The stunning bull's-eye meant that the test program would be cut by months...