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1959
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FLIGHT, 3 April 1959 455 Martin missile training (1): a Mace tactical missile caravan seen during exercises in the U.S.A. Mace is powered by an Allison 133 turbojet Missiles and Spaceflight ... THOR CAPABILITY Answering a question by Mr. Geoffrey de Freitas in the Houseof Commons on March 18, Mr. Airey Neave, Under-secretary of State for Air, said that the Thor missiles in Britain were ex-pected to become operational "after the successful completion of proving trials in the United States"; they would be manned 24 hrper day; and the annual running cost should be "about £3 million to £4 million, most on pay."Mr. de Freitas called attention to the statement by the Chief of Stalf of the U.S. Air Force that these missiles were already opera-tional and ready to be fired. He later asked "Is it not more and more obvious that these missiles are not satisfactory, that theyhave not passed their tests and that we should not proceed further in wasting public money on the installation and building of thesebases?" Mr. Neave said he did not agree; the tests were going extremely well. TOO MANY COOKS ? An investigation into "wasteful rivalry and duplication" in U.S.space programmes will begin this month. Hearings will take place before a new sub-committee of the Senate space committeeunder the chairmanship of Senator Stuart Symington. Announc- ing the formation of the new group, the chairman of the spacecommittee, Senator Lyndon Johnson, said there were 14 U.S. agencies and commissions with diverse authority or responsibilityconcerning space programmes. SATELLITES ON FILM The British Interplanetary Society has produced an instructionalfilm strip on the subject of artificial satellites. Edited by E. T. B. Smith, this is the third in the Society's series, the first two havingbeen devoted to Rockets and Spaceflight and The Viking Rocket. Now in course of preparation are two further strips concernedwith medical aspects of spaceflight, and high-altitude research. Martin missile training (2): practice firing, from a standard 254-ton U.S. Army truck, of a Lacrosse field artillery missile. Controlled in ftight from a forward guidance station, Lacrosse missiles are equipped to deliver a variety of warheads and are used for all-weather support A test tiring in the Project Argus programme which, as reported last week, included the explosion of three nuclear warheads at an altitude of 300 miles. The rockets used were modified Lockheed X 77 test vehicles fired from U£S. "Norton Sound" in the South Atlantic
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