Gemini pace and peril of the early flights
Gus Grissom recounts the Gemini program’s brisk seven month span from Gemini 3 in March 1965 to Gemini 11 in September 1966. He highlights rapid development, types of flights, and the intense teamwork at Cape Kennedy that enabled near routine spaceflight and dramatic orbital maneuvers.
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Hovercraft travel promises fast cross channel ferries
A 1968 Junior Scientist feature explains hovercrafts moving on a cushion of air over land and water. It notes possible Dover to Boulogne trips at 70 mph, no runways needed, and Alaska bush use, with an arithmetic puzzle on the skirt yielding the trip time in minutes.
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