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...rendezvous (EOR)-an effort that will require two advanced Saturn boosters, each with 6,600,000 Ibs. of thrust. One rocket will carry the crew and its Apollo capsule and place it in an orbit around the earth. The second will bring up the fuel, rocket engines and other gear needed for the remainder of the earth-moon trip. The two payloads will rendezvous on orbit and prepare for departure for the moon. If preliminary tests make this system look too difficult. Webb proposes to fall back on direct ascent, using a giant Nova booster with 12 million...
...that our energetic leader has "this country moving again," it would be nice to try a forward gear...
...mines in Canada promise cheaper ores for U.S. steelmen, and new oxygen processes pioneered in Austria should spur great advances in productivity. And in the short run, steelmen look forward to increased sales in August or September as the production of the '63 autos swings into high gear and appliance manufacturers step up output in preparation for the Christmas selling season...
investor bid stock prices up to giddy highs, concentrating particularly on producers of the new scientific wonders-transistors, computers and space-age gear...
...drive for re-election was in high gear. "Bush for Senate" stickers studded walls at Republican headquarters. From Hartford's Bond Hotel, his campaign staff passed out buttons and bumper strips, ordered placards for his triumphal renomination at the Connecticut G.O.P...