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... their bets. Before they would consider an all-British space program they would test British experiments using rented space on American Atlas and Thor missiles; in essence following Canada's lead. ref ... 002 Avro Gordon.jpg thumb right '''Announcement that Canada was buying F-104G from Lockheed (July 1959)''' The parliamentary opposition accused the government of buying an untested aircraft which ...

... law specifically precluded it. This situation had festered until, just two days before the Cuban Missile Crisis, Kennedy wrote to Diefenbaker. A vote was pending in the United Nations for a ... been responsible for purchasing the F-104G from Lockheed for the German Air Force with the same catastrophic results, agreed to a European space program but wanted to buy "proven" American rockets ...

... Lockheed, General Electronics and Matra. In April 1988 Britain's Thatcher government officially pulled out from Radarsat while in the midst of a spat with the rest of Europe regarding future space ... as a partner, Blue Streak could have become a competitive alternative to the multitude of missiles available elsewhere. The incredibly reliable Gamma engines built for Black Arrow were much easier ...

... :1959-08-31_F104_Dronesmall.jpg thumb right '''Announcement that Lockheed F-104G converted to drone for target practice (August 1959)''' ... Boeing B-47 (circa 1958)''' Even the Velvet Glove missiles the Arrow would have carried would have used propellant ... 8 - The Empire Strikes Out - Canada's Defence & The Commonwealth Space Program - Part 9 by Robert Godwin 9 Footnotes note ...

Image:Lockheed_astro.jpg 300px Lockheed Astrocommuter concept art (1964) designed by Saunders Kramer Category:Spacecraft

... Missiles & Rockets Jan 11 1960 Media:MAR-1960-01-18.pdf Missiles & Rockets Jan 18 1960 Media:MAR-1960-01-25.pdf Missiles & Rockets Jan 25 1960 Media:MAR-1960-02-01.pdf Missiles ... .pdf Missiles & Rockets Dec 5 1960 Media:MAR-1960-12-12.pdf Missiles & Rockets Dec 12 1960 Media:MAR-1960-12-19.pdf Missiles & Rockets Dec 19 1960 Media:MAR-1960-Guide.pdf Missiles ...

... -1959-01-12.pdf Missiles and Rockets Jan 12 1959 Media:MAR-1959-01-19.pdf Missiles and Rockets Jan 19 1959 Media:MAR-1959-01-26.pdf Missiles and Rockets Jan 26 ... -1959-03-16.pdf Missiles and Rockets Mar 16 1959 Media:MAR-1959-03-23.pdf Missiles and Rockets Mar 23 1959 Media:MAR-1959-03-30.pdf Missiles and Rockets Mar 30 ... -1959-04-13.pdf Missiles and Rockets Apr 13 1959 Media:MAR-1959-04-20.pdf Missiles and Rockets Apr 20 1959 Media:MAR-1959-04-27.pdf Missiles and Rockets Apr 27 ...

... .pdf Missiles and Rockets March 1958 Media:MAR-1958-04.pdf Missiles and Rockets April 1958 Media:MAR-1958-04_Dir.pdf Missiles and Rockets Mid April 1958 Media:MAR-1958-05.pdf Missiles and Rockets May 1958 Media:MAR-1958-06.pdf Missiles ...

... a "Guide to Modern World Missiles and Spacecraft." Part 1 provides a chronology of missile, rocket, and spacecraft progress (with firing tables of major military missiles, artificial satellites, and space probes, as well as ... surface-to-surface missiles; surface-to-air missiles; air-to-surface missiles; air-to-air missiles; rocket airplanes, manned missiles and spacecraft; test missiles, drones and special vehicles; upper atmosphere research rockets; and space research vehicles. At ...

... of airfields, is passed; the ballistic missiles and space vehicles are to-day specifically designed to be integral with their launching facilities. Every different ballistic missile to date has a different means of ... of participation in space flight, and so to start with in this discussion you will see that the first stage of our space vehicle is a substantially unaltered Blue Streak missile. It is ...

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