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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 ...

... world . . . .” ''(Sat. Review, 1/12/63, 46)'' USN launched its 16th Polaris -carrying submarine, ''Nathan Hale'', equipped to fire Polaris A3 now being developed. ''(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 1/12/63)'' January 1963 ...

... Laymen's First Friday Club in Washington D.C. ''(Wash. Eve, Star, 12/4/65, A3)'' Secretary of Washington, Robert S. McNamara directed USAF to proceed with development of a ... lb. spacesuit, becoming first U.S. astronaut to fly in undergarment. The astronauts visually tracked Polaris A-3 missile fired from USS Benjamin Franklin, submerged nuclear submarine off Cape Kennedy , and ...

... the Stellar Acquisition Feasibility Flight (Staff) program from Eastern Test Range aboard a USN-supplied Polaris A-1 was termed an unqualified success by USAF and General Precision, Inc. GPI made ... Stellar Inertial Guidance System (Stings). During the flight, guidance equipment sequentially acquired both the star Polaris and second star of less magnitude. Ability to move through a two-star sequence would ... but would be instructed "far more broadly in depth." ''(Wash, Sun, Star, 11/14/65, A3)'' USAF Hound Dog missile fired from B-52 bomber crashed near Ft. Wingate, N. Mex ...

... the bones might eventually become plastic or elastic.” ''(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 2/7/63, A3)'' Senator Howard Cannon, speaking on Senate floor, said: “. . . It is my personal belief - and a ... . Roberts would be primarily for scientific and engineering research. ''(Wash. Eve. Star, 2/7/63,A3)'' At banquet of “Lectures in Aerospace Medicine,” School of Aerospace Medicine, San Antonio, Southwest Research ... . Each one of us must act as a catalyst in this diffusion of ideas . . . .” (Text) Polaris A-3 missile successfully test-flown 1,800 mi. down the AMR, first full success ...

... , 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 ...

... successful underground test of a major component of its own nuclear warhead for American-supplied Polaris missiles, it was disclosed. Prime Minister Harold Wilson told the House of Commons the test ... spacecraft scheduled to fly by Venus in 1967. ‘‘(Texts; Wash. Eve. Star, 1/27/66, A3; Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 1/28/66, A4; Weil, Wash. Post, 1/27/66, A2 ...

... to be 226,970.9 mi at that time. ''(AP, W Star, 8/21/69, A3)'' U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCXCIV from Plesetsk into orbit with 343-km (213 ... president for product development with Boeing Co. Lee, retired USN captain who had served in Polaris missile program and in Directorate of Research and Engineering in Office of Secretary of Defense ...

... , 5/11/71, 53)'' Nonexplosive Sprint missile guided by Safeguard radar system success-fully intercepted Polaris missile warhead over Pacific Ocean during DOD test. DOD spokesman later said Sprint, launched from ... commercial transport aircraft by 14 000, to 76 000. ''(AP, W Star, 5/7/71, A3)'' Wallops Station announced selection of Lockheed Aircraft Service Co. to receive $300 000, cost-plus ...

... infinite." ''(O'Toole, W Post, 12/4/73, Al; W Star-News, 12/4/73, A3)'' The Skylab Saturn IB /Apollo rescue vehicle, readied for rescue of Skylab 4 astronauts (launched ... there are now more ships and a stronger Navy, but that superb breakthrough in technology-Polaris, Poseidon, Trident. No one can ever speak of these breakthroughs without thinking of Admiral Rickover ...

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