Progress of Atlas and Polaris Missiles: Hearings Before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session |
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... ground support environment of unprecedented com- plexity and magnitude . All of this is being done according to a very tight schedule which was established over 4 years ago . At the same time , we have been able to introduce highly ...
... ground support environment of unprecedented com- plexity and magnitude . All of this is being done according to a very tight schedule which was established over 4 years ago . At the same time , we have been able to introduce highly ...
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... ground , caused separation to occur some 40 seconds later . By that time the missile was out of control . After the booster and skirt separated this engine then started to gimble . It tried to get the missile back under control , but ...
... ground , caused separation to occur some 40 seconds later . By that time the missile was out of control . After the booster and skirt separated this engine then started to gimble . It tried to get the missile back under control , but ...
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... ground ? General SCHRIEVER . No ; it was in the missile . The CHAIRMAN . So you had no way of knowing in advance the false signal was given ? General SCHRIEVER . We knew from the ground that the booster engines had been shut down ; yes ...
... ground ? General SCHRIEVER . No ; it was in the missile . The CHAIRMAN . So you had no way of knowing in advance the false signal was given ? General SCHRIEVER . We knew from the ground that the booster engines had been shut down ; yes ...
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... ground failure , not a missile failure . The CHAIRMAN . The third one was a false signal ? General SCHRIEVER . Yes ; an electronic failure . Mr. MILLER . That was within the missile itself ? General SCHRIEVER . Yes . Now , the two ...
... ground failure , not a missile failure . The CHAIRMAN . The third one was a false signal ? General SCHRIEVER . Yes ; an electronic failure . Mr. MILLER . That was within the missile itself ? General SCHRIEVER . Yes . Now , the two ...
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... ground personnel to shut off the out- side liquid oxygen valve which even we amateurs seeing it know that the rocket is ready to go when that valve is shut off . You don't see the trailing white streamer . Third , it is the hydraulic ...
... ground personnel to shut off the out- side liquid oxygen valve which even we amateurs seeing it know that the rocket is ready to go when that valve is shut off . You don't see the trailing white streamer . Third , it is the hydraulic ...
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30 June 31 July 80th Congress AAFB Admiral RABORN AFMTC Air Force Base Air Force Missile amended AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS ANFUSO approval Atlas Atlas missile authorized ballistic missile booster booster engines Cape Canaveral CHAIRMAN Chrysler Building classified clause committee components Contracting Officer Contractor Contractor agrees corporation deleting determined DOLLARS Eleuthera engine equipment estimated cost failures fire fixed fee fixed overhead amount flight test vehicle Force Missile Test FULTON furnish Government Property hereby hereto hereunder ICBM instrumentation launch Letter Contract liquid oxygen MCDONOUGH MCRAE ment MILLER Missile Test Center Missile Test Range motor Notice of Termination operational PAN AMERICAN WORLD paragraph patent application Patrick Air Force payments performance period Polaris missile pursuant reimbursed REVISED TECHNICAL EXHIBIT Schedule SCHRIEVER Section ship solid propellant specific subcontract Subject Invention submarine Supplemental Agreement supplies test program thereof Thor missile tion weapons system
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