Word: backups
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Dates: during 1961-1961
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...Conference. NASA officials reported that almost everything on the capsule had worked perfectly. One electrical part (an alternator) had misbehaved, but its functions were taken over by a backup duplicate. The oxygen system leaked a little, but not enough to matter. The "man" on board survived the trip, exactly as a human would have, but since he was only a simulated astronaut, he could not hold a press conference...
...limited-war headquarters" that would cut across service lines. Wrote he: "There is no single headquarters anywhere which supervises the planning for overseas movements or verifies readiness for movement. The cost would be negligible, but the advantage gained very considerable." Taylor would also give ground forces a nuclear backup punch as a further deterrent...