Re: 50th anniversary of first Atlas launch

"james_powers" (james_powers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) writes:
"Jim Oberg" <joberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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50th anniversary of first Atlas launch

I remember that launch (I was 12 and already a 'space nut') -- the car
radio we were listening to, on our way to the beach, broke into the music
program to breathlessly announce the blastoff. A few minutes later, they
broke in again to announce it had exploded. And later in the days, there
was a flurry of radio rumors that the explosion was only a cover story
and that the missile had reached 'outer space' and was drifting there,
"orbiting". In those days, anything was thought possible.

Here:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20070611-9999-1n11atlas.html

The race to space kept the company busy, as well. Atlas rockets boosted
four of the Mercury 7 astronauts into orbit and played a crucial role in
the Gemini program into the mid-1960s.

Gemini? I thought Titan boosters were used for the entire program.

What do you think launched the Agena docking targets used by G. 8,
10, 11, and 12, and desired to have been used by G. 6 & 9 ?

Andre


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