Early Start On U.S. Rocket
(N.Z. Press Association—Copyright) WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The United States Government today ordered an early start on work on ultra-powerful upper stages for the Saturn rocket designed for missions to the moon and planets. The upper stages would be powered by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, the most efficient fuel so far developed, United Press International said. The Saturn, being built by the Army ballistic missile agency at Huntsville, Alabama, generates ,500,0001 b of thrust
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Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29104, 16 January 1960, Page 16
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