¶With earth satellites already relegated to the category of "accomplished," Army and Air Force are racing to be first to try the next logical step into space: a shot at the moon. By later summer the Army will fire from Cape Canaveral a Jupiter-C or hopped-up Jupiter that Army Spaceman Wernher von Braun believes will hit the moon. Less optimistic Army missileers expect their missile will either graze the moonand message back valuable readings on gases around itor make a lunar orbit. But the Air Force will probably be able to try an orbiting moonshot first. Ready for launching within...
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