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...flight, and the one officially designated to take U.S. astronauts on their first flight as far out as the moon, passed its second test in a row with a perfect score. Its cluster of eight liquid-fuel engines lifted the 20-story, 927,000-lb. missile off the launch pad in a spectacular display of steam and ear-shattering sound. And since the test was concerned only with Saturn's first-stage booster, scientists were free to use the dummy upper stages for an ingenious experiment. Stored in Saturn's snout as ballast were...
Since B-525 can take off from any of many fields and fly in a few hours to within easy reach of enemy centers, they are far more versatile than any fixed launching pad. Their Skybolts can approach targets from any direction, forcing an enemy to watch the whole sky rather than concentrate on already computed missile routes. And no effective defense is likely against the Skybolt's nuclear warhead, which will plunge out of space like an ICBM that has come from the far side of the earth...
...lobat (jazzman). One's own tachka (literally, wheelbarrow), or car. All firmennye (gone guys) and any klevaya chuvikha (classy chick). Anyone with a kusok (one G in rubles) or enough bashli (dough) for a zhelezny (terrific) night on the town and a motor (taxi) back to the khata (pad...
...suddenly had a new hero: the Titan II, a radically new missile that moves the U.S. a giant step forward in space and nuclear effectiveness. Resigned to a series of test failures before they get a success, U.S. missilemen were jubilant when the giant Titan II climbed off its pad at Cape Canaveral on the very first try, lit its second stage exactly on schedule and flew a flawless course to the target 5,000 miles away. No big liquid-fuel rocket has ever scored such an immediate triumph...
...with a man atop it, explodes in a blossom of flame. The odds against such a mishap are small, but there is always a chance that an unintended signal perhaps from a badly adjusted ham radio, may destruct a missile that is flying properly or still on its launching pad...