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... POLARIS: THE CONCEPT AND CREATION OF A NEW AND MIGHTY WEAPON''' by Baar, J. and W. ... : Harcourt, Brace and Co., 245 pages, $4.50'' The history of the development of the Polaris fleet ballistic missile and the story of its creators are given in this book. Included are descriptions of various Polaris test vehicles, and the lengthy flight test program that was beset by many early failures ...

... , Davey David G. Hoag. They were really fantastic. The role they had played in the Polaris guidance system was totally new to me. The Navy had given them the system responsibility ... the integration responsibility and the system engineering and everything. They wanted everything, whereas on the Polaris, the Navy had gone to one company for gyros, another company for computers, another company ...

... of two in the near vicinity of Polaris, is approximately 3.2 billion kilometers (2 billion miles) from Polaris and hundreds of times fainter. Polaris is Earth’s nearest example of a Cepheid ... the expansion rate of the universe. Imaging its companion star had enabled scientists to estimate Polaris’s mass at 4.3 times that of the Sun, but future measurements of the ... during its 30-year orbit would enable scientists to make a more accurate determination of Polaris’s mass. Knowledge of mass size is critical to understanding the composition and evolution of ...

... he would settle for the sea-launched, highly mobile, and considerably more expensive Polaris missile. The first Polaris launch from a U.S. submarine had taken place in the summer of 1960 ... later reported that MacMillan looked like ''"the cat that had swallowed the canary"'' when discussing Polaris. ref 7 However, Diefenbaker's conversation with Kennedy seems to have been brief; after discussing ...

... necessary.”'' U.S. State Department Press Release Meanwhile, MacMillan returned to England and announced the Polaris deal on the very same day that Diefenbaker recalled his Ambassador from Washington. Diefenbaker then ... months after Diefenbaker had lost his job, MacMillan quit his. Despite his resounding success acquiring Polaris many observers felt that his handling of the defence portfolio and specifically Blue Streak/Skybolt ...

... de Gaulle, speaking in press conference in Paris, referred to President Kennedy’s offer of Polaris missiles as joint defensive weapons for NATO: “Nobody in the world, especially nobody in America ... us integration is unthinkable in this case. . . . "We have neither the submarines to launch them ( Polaris missiles) nor the nuclear warheads to arm them. By the time we have them, what good will the Polaris be? Without doubt, by then we will have our own missiles. For us, this matter ...

... its objective the deployment of additional submarines carrying the Polaris A-2 missiles and the deployment in 1964 of FBM submarines carrying Polaris A-3 missiles. Thirty-five SSBN's and four tenders were authorized with long lead time items authorized for an additional six SSBN's. ''(Polaris Chronology, 1955-63)'' Media:SID1963-07-01.pdf Space Technical Information Digest Jul 1 1963 ...

... (Staff) flights planned by USAF failed 73 sec, after launch of the experiment aboard a Polaris A-1 booster. The experiment's Stellar Inertial Guidance System (Stings) was operating open-loop ... to be destroyed when it veered off course. Stings had been locked onto the star Polaris and had tracked properly through the first 54 sec, of flight until time of second ... test a telescope-like device intended to allow a Stings to take a reading from Polaris after piercing the earth's cloud cover and to plot an exact trajectory to a ...

... "designed to further test the missile's propulsion and guidance system in flight," announcement said. Polaris A-2 missile, modified to carry guidance system for advanced A-3 model, was launched ... -21: President Kennedy and Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, meeting in Nassau, reached defense agreement designating Polaris missile to replace the Skybolt air-launched missiles as Britain's primary nuclear deterrent weapon ...

... was awarded a master of science degree from Harvard University in 1946. He joined the Polaris development program as head of the Missile Branch in the Navy’s Special Project Office ... Washington, D.C., and was awarded the Legion of Merit for his role in the Polaris project in 1961. He held a number of command posts, including that as Commanding Officer of the USS Observation Island, Polaris missile test ship, before being assigned to NASA in October 1965. :Category:Scientist

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