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AMERICAN AFTER THE BLEEP
THEY
THE CHINA MAIL, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER
the Changed Heart of a Nation
I GO BACK TO ROCKET BEACH
And find a group of disappointed men
F
angry men... but determined to see the U.S. come
out on top
by DON
IDDON
Rocket Test Centre, Cocoa Beach, Florida.
are now firing rockets at the big Test Centre
There is
Fourth rolled into one. They are shooting off their mouths even faster than they launch the missiles.
from
Quite a change since I was last here five months ago, Then the military had little to say...."Orders from Washington. Top secret." Now the orders Washington are obviously, "Tell the world, talk about what America in doing, bang the drum."
The Russian firing of an
intercontinental ballistic ing: Cocoa, Flo Cocoa, missile and the Russian Trout Capital of tho. launching of a satellite into World." The sergeant, who space have brought about was turning out to be a this drastic reappraisal in cynic, said: "Well, there's policy and attitude.
always the fish, even if we never do produce a satel lite."
I find the officers and the mar no longer cocky and in
-"Ite-a-cinch mood-Many
I said nothing until
"Now they're having rival summit talks to keep me on my took.”
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In a warehouse in Alabama lay six genuine satellites -that could have been fired before the
Russians launched the Sputnik
of similar fonge, har
ping up. Here were a time, and the Army Jupiter group of bitter men, dis- rocitet, appointed with the poli- been lighting up the Florida sky
and the long stretch of bench. ticians, disappointed with
The new Defence Secretary, the President, and dis- Neit McElroy, hus sald: "1 want appointed, perhaps, with action or else. I'll provide the themselves.
money you provide the rockets." So things are hum-
I left and drove to the Surf ming here at Coron, and the Restaurant, past the road convicts
of coloured
scientists, the officers, the crews
Kangs working listlessly under the that man the launching pads Buns of the Stetson-hatted are doing what St Patrick base guards; past the sprouting bun- calls "heir dannedest,” galowe, lunch counters, bot-dog and hamburger stands; past the long line of matels.
Were bitter
This
The prkie has been hurt by tho-Russian-achiovomonis, but. of them are bitter and some reached the little town of
they think they can catch up if are worried by self-doubt, Cocoa Beach and stopped at
there isn't another mess up but at least they are out to
In Washington. However, every- The Sea Missile Motel make it known that they (heated swimming pool, air con fire the little ones.
conditioned rooms, cocktail The major said: "Tho his economy programme, Imed and here was a queue Atlas they vague about ultimate weapon Cocoa Bench, on Capo bar) for a drink. The bar hell with the Stock Market, so they washed off the mil- of about 30 people. The bar was which was supposed to travel at Charlie Wilson [TE- three deep. I talked to one of 16,000 milles an hour, 100 miles Canaveral, looks much the whs crowded 'and most of No one cares about that lions.
more money an ever since Hume as when I last saw the customers were Servico here, except maybe a coupla cently resigned Defence the wallers. He said: "There's above the earth, und demolish
We are in the Secretary] might have the Sputnik, They really ate its target 5,000 miles away. except that it's busier, but men from St Patrick air generals.
Atlas so far has been a flop. there has been a change of base, where the rockets are rocket business, aren't we? been wonderful at General pouring in the dough. heart.
Well, we've been made to Motors, but he didn't know place and plenty others' are
It has hardly got off the ground, rocket from a rattlesnake. cleaning up.
while the Russian Atlas In- look suckers. And the damn I drove in the hot sun- I recognised a major I shame is we could have lick- And as for the feuds among I noticed that the prices had furiatingly has soared to the town of had met before, He said: ed the Russians to the the Services, why, they gone up since I was last In heavens and vanished into the The big boom Aretic wastes, This does not. Cocoa and saw the
has come to same "Back again? Plenty's hap- punch if Washington had fought each other harder Cocoa Beach,
Missile Town. Here the Americans, It just than they fought the Ger Hers Is one place where the makes them angry. huge red and black hoard- pened since you were last fet us. ing: "This is Cocon, Gate- here." I-anid: "Do you mean
people are not worrying about the cost of Hving, unless it's long- the curious colony of haired, sping artists who have seiled here. The miss in mis-
lies isn't worrying them. price of paint and gin is.
#hine into
the
fired,
way to the Launching Site the Sputnik or the big roc "It's politics all the way of the Satellite.". No one ket of the Stock Market?" through.'
had written "What about
the Sputnik?"
or
"Oh,
yeah?" on the billboard.
'Looks silly'
THE young sergeant with
me said: "Looks a bit Hilly Now, doesn't it? Shooting line before
you've actually done a thing is bad.".
We went slowly past an
immense wooden model of a
trout painted blue und
green, and another hoard-...
mans."
SOME
The
Gates Of Hell
CHIEF missile man, Major- General Bernard Adolf Schriever, is not a happy pan today but neither is he a broken one. He accepts the Russinn He admits they are claims. "damned good," "but expects to overtake them..
With The
Disappointed Ile had to have-
OME other officers join- el in: "Want to get court martialled, Big Mouth?" and then a man in
I talked to a lot of people,
"It's civilian clothes, a member The young were bitter. of the many scientific teams Washington, not Muscow, that's here, said: "Did you know made a monkey out of us, Eisenhower should never have the army has had six satel- run again. He's a sick man,
help of British lites little ones, but He should have stayed with his genuine satellites in a golf. Anyway, we are catching scientists? No one here know warehouse in Huntsville, up. We've dred some good ones much about that, but men such as Dr Wernher von Broun, lately"
sometimes called the German Alabama, for months? We could have launched them, The Americans have. During Rocket Genius--he was respon- shat- or, anyway, one of them, the past few days there has been sible for the V2 which
some Impressive firing. The tered British eltles-says: "Ot before the Russians."
Air Force rocket, Ther, with course, we need the British and Would have, should have 1600-mile range, has been hit everyone else we can, get.".
the words kept crop- ting the bull's-eye time after
"Aren't you glad you're up here out of it?"
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LET'S TALK IT OVER-HERE'S A NICE PLACE TO
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Von'. Braun now working hord for the U.S., is a pure scientist and obviously respects the Russians, He wishes he nd done it first, but tris con- Aderze
undented, “Spobe
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