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Then the bed of the trailer reared slowly upward like the body of a dump truck, carrying the X-13 to a vertical position. It was now hanging by an undernose hook from a short length of cable strung between two movable arms at the top of the vertical trailer bed. Its engine roared louder, and slowly the Vertijet rose, standing on an invisible column of hot racing gases. Its hook now free from the cable, it rose higher. Then it curved gracefully into normal, horizontal flying position and roared away out of sight...
When the X-13 returned from a brief horizontal joy ride, it slowed down and tilted its nose upward. Then it backed down toward earth, standing on its column of gas, and walked steadily toward the platform. A man was waiting at the top of the platform to help Pilot Girard during the critical operation of engaging the hook. He watched the X-13 approach until its hook was above the cable. Then he pressed a control that raised the supporting arms, slipping the cable under the hook. That was the end of the flight. The platform was cranked down...
...rocket that flies upward just as a rocket should-and then comes back to earth too fast for its own good. See SCIENCE, Man-Made Meteor...
...handful of executives of the major corporations who fix prices to maximize their profits rather than production and employment." Even ex-Socialist Reuther knew better than that. But what was encouraging in the hassle was that both management and labor-each understandably edgy about the rising criticism of the upward spiral-were so anxious to defend their positions before the public. From such edginess could come a new caution which ultimately should benefit management, labor and the U.S. economy in general...
Speed Going Down. The X-17 is a three-stage missile powered by solid-propellant rocket motors built by Thiokol Chemical Corp. While the large, first-stage motor is burning, it climbs upward like any other missile. After coasting without power to an undisclosed but probably moderate altitude, it turns nose downward and starts to fall back to earth. Then the second-and third-stage rockets fire. Aided instead of opposed by gravity, they drive it to enormous speed...