Progress of Atlas and Polaris Missiles: Hearings Before the Committee on Science and Astronautics, U. S. House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session. July 28 and 29, 1959 |
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... failures of the latest Atlas test prior to a recent successful firing . In addition , we have been disturbed by the ... failures and what is being done to correct these failures . Ac- tually , we are as much concerned with the effect ...
... failures of the latest Atlas test prior to a recent successful firing . In addition , we have been disturbed by the ... failures and what is being done to correct these failures . Ac- tually , we are as much concerned with the effect ...
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... failures and what steps are being taken to correct these failures . The committee is not conducting these hearings with the intent of criticizing the Air Force , the Navy , or anybody else . We are not here merely to find fault , but ...
... failures and what steps are being taken to correct these failures . The committee is not conducting these hearings with the intent of criticizing the Air Force , the Navy , or anybody else . We are not here merely to find fault , but ...
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... failures . The following excerpts are from their findings : After a detailed study of the entire Atlas flight test history , the group strong . ly affirms its conviction that the overall record gives confidence in the attain- ment of ...
... failures . The following excerpts are from their findings : After a detailed study of the entire Atlas flight test history , the group strong . ly affirms its conviction that the overall record gives confidence in the attain- ment of ...
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... failures of this missile . Now , is there any particular difficulty which seems to run through the whole five series of failures that you could point out to us this morning in open session ? General SCHRIEVER . Well , as I pointed out ...
... failures of this missile . Now , is there any particular difficulty which seems to run through the whole five series of failures that you could point out to us this morning in open session ? General SCHRIEVER . Well , as I pointed out ...
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... failure ? General SCHRIEVER . No. I am giving you the three which were not duplicated . A second one occurred because of an open liquid oxygen fill and drain valve . This pipe right here [ indicating ] goes into the liquid oxygen tank ...
... failure ? General SCHRIEVER . No. I am giving you the three which were not duplicated . A second one occurred because of an open liquid oxygen fill and drain valve . This pipe right here [ indicating ] goes into the liquid oxygen tank ...
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30 June 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 CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Contracting Officer Contractor Contractor agrees corporation deleting determined DOLLARS engine equipment estimated cost failures fire fixed fee flight test vehicle Force Missile Test FULTON furnish Government Property hereby hereto hereunder ICBM instrumentation launch Letter Contract LIBRARY OF CONGRESS liquid oxygen maintenance 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 personnel Polaris missile pursuant REDSTONE MISSILE reimbursed REVISED TECHNICAL EXHIBIT Schedule SCHRIEVER Section solid propellant specific subcontract Subject Invention submarine Supplemental Agreement supplies test program thereof Thor missile tion weapons system
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