en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/634189 Comments by ICBMfreak http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1763/1#IDComment128180828 That is a great story, Craig, and thank you for sharing it with us. I have a number of 1960s/70s AW&ST which I treasure for some of the articles. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:21:41 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1763/1#IDComment128180828 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1774/1#IDComment126816705 Kodak had plenty of photo paper competition in 1965 when I worked in a Hollywood camera store. DuPont and Agfa were the two other major brands we carried but of course Kodak had more variety of papers. Agfa did have a unique grade 6 paper and the Agfa paper blacks were a good selling point over Kodak. Agfa color slides had very vivid greens. Ektachrome was a good seller due to the E-6 process which allowed pushing. I miss all the stocking of those items to this day. art7020@sbcglobal.net Wed, 9 Feb 2011 02:33:55 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1774/1#IDComment126816705 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126067922 Wayne: I love your failure articles. I have followed US missile launchings since 1958 and failures always fascinated me as to cause and the effect on flight (or non-flight). Hope you have more in the pipeline for us. Sat, 5 Feb 2011 04:03:17 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126067922 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126066194 Supposedly the S-1C stage required 14 pounds reduction to gain 1 pound into orbit. I am not sure the S-II stage was as robust as the first stage as it went through a tough period of weight reduction being the last stage to be developed. Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:55:44 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126066194 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126065544 Adding to straight up VAFB incidents was Titan II N-7 in February 1963. Any others? The only ones at the Cape I know of were the first Polaris 1958 and Mercury-Atlas 3 in 1961. Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:50:11 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126065544 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126064932 it seems like you are saying someone was correctly pushing on the pitch axis but was told to push on the yaw axis to verify. I thought there were quadrant markings on these vehicles. Just incredible that such a mistake could be made and was made. A similar error occurred on the one and only Mercury-Scout in 1961 - wrong connections to pitch and yaw. Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:44:49 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126064932 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126064220 The incorrectly wired console incident was the second Thor # 102. The incorrect software failure occurred on Mariner 1 but after the normal radio guidance failed due to noise in the Atlas receiving antenna. Sat, 5 Feb 2011 03:39:03 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1768/1#IDComment126064220 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1763/1#IDComment123588020 Long shadows revealed broad structure details and heights............ Tue, 25 Jan 2011 04:55:40 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1763/1#IDComment123588020 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1761/1#IDComment122012109 Super informative article on the transition to KH-9. Many inside moves and people creating the future. Looking forward to future articles. Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:44:50 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1761/1#IDComment122012109 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1761/1#IDComment121951864 C had an upper stage Transtage............and probably other West Coast differences. And all 22 flights of the 3D were successful. Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:28:05 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1761/1#IDComment121951864 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment116756240 After launch vehicle failures sytmied US lunar efforts initially the trend then went to the spacecraft. Real trial and tribulations for Ranger people who were burdened with science weights and power, little redundancy and, of course, the damnable heat sterilization. Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:58:24 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment116756240 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment116755352 What might have been: Atlas-Able (9C boosted) had a launch window on October 3rd which was the launch date for Luna (Lunik) 3. I believe the times were to be 12 hours apart. Seemingly the USA lucked out by the preflight accident which was largely a non public event. Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:49:11 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment116755352 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment115779906 Since I have a Convair report I will add and summarize additional data on this "event" for all interested parties. Ignition at 10:12 AM Helium injected into sustainer fuel pump line (configuration error) causing cavitation and overspeed. Shutdown by overspeed sensor at 2.136 seconds. Sustainer LOX line bellows duct ruptured allowing a fire to develop and continue until structural weakening. No elapsed time is given for fallover. Test was scheduled for 20 seconds. I am fortunate to have some photos of the debris about the pad. A real shocker to lose a LV in that manner. Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:59:37 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment115779906 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment115546313 I agree that deployed does have multiple meanings. To my eyes deployed as an ICBM implied a weapons system missile on alert. Perhaps PRODUCED AND ALLOCATED to flight tests and static firings at several sites would have made me think that is what you had in mind. I do stand corrected as to your intent and I did mistakenly insert the word operational. As to the failed FRF there are two sources I have: Spacecraft Films DVD LIFTOFF which has several very good views of the ignition, fire and subsequent fall over and I have the Convair report on the mishap. Unfortunately Chuck Walker's book did have that one error which was discouraging for me to read. Great article - hope to see more in the future. if you have time I would be interested in the deployed term in DoD contract language. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 22:19:36 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment115546313 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment115505770 Excellent overview of the early lunar probes which I followed in the news media of the times. Very frustrating to wait and then have the failures. It definitely was exciting to watch. I did note two errors in the article: Atlas C was never operational and the FRF of Sept 24, 1959 was not successful as the engines shut down upon ignition due to cavitation. The 1960 Atlases were D ICBM series instead D SLV so they were probably re-allocated from the ICBM program for NASA. Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:45:40 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1741/1#IDComment115505770 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1709/1#IDComment103977392 The January 1998 SPACEFLIGHT has a nice easy read on the development of the 8K78 launch vehicle. Similar porgress was done in the US with the Atlas-Agena and the restartable Agena B second stage in 1961.. Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:13:32 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1709/1#IDComment103977392 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1709/1#IDComment103519003 I remember the January 1960 8K78 testing that ended in the Pacific Ocean. The Soviets implied these were for a new long range missile ie an ICBM and notified nations about the tests regarding shipping lanes. Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:59:20 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1709/1#IDComment103519003 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1636/1#IDComment78078029 My comment was on the early programs when military and space necessities were high priority and had ample funding despite the new technologies and unknowns. This year's cancellation appears to be political rather than technical. A new concept of commercial LV is now the goal and hence the "quitting". There are examples of quitting due to funding and advancing technologies such as those that doomed Navaho and Regulus II. Tue, 1 Jun 2010 19:32:03 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1636/1#IDComment78078029 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1636/1#IDComment78069114 I will not be surprised a by failure but I expect SpaceX to continue testing. Even a full out first success does not guarantee follow on successes. I am concerned at the "no quit" theme of this article. It is almost rewriting history to imply quitting was a likely scenario due to early failures when in fact all the programs named were moving ahead with funding, scheduling and facilities. Tue, 1 Jun 2010 18:08:24 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1636/1#IDComment78069114 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1326/1#IDComment31587158 I have a copy of an e-mail sent by test conductor Curt Johnson to his Convair colleagues concerning the Atlas-Agena incident. A large bubble in the lox propellant loading line damaged the fill and drain valve. The lox and the lox tank pressurizing gas( GN2) then drained/escaped form the tank after replenishment stopped. The pad damage was mostly a cracked steel beam caused by lox but this was quickly repaired in two days. I would like to thank Joel Powell for his relentless solving of Atlas "mysteries" and Dwayne Day for publishing this story. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 17:15:10 +0000 http://www.thespacereview.com/article/1326/1#IDComment31587158