Word: reac
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...missile's first flights are generally made on a calculating machine, such as the REAC (Reeves Instrument Corp.) analogue computer used by CalTech at the Army's Jet Propulsion Laboratory near Pasadena. The performance characteristics of the missile's components go into this brainy machine in the form of dial settings; the results come out as curves drawn on paper. A simulated flight takes only a few seconds and costs almost nothing. Between flights, adjustments can be made to see if the missile can be improved by altered tail surfaces or controls. To test such details...