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. deadlines were really very short today no one would be able to accomplish anything in such a short time. but because of the ongoing competition with the americans and the enthusiasm with which we worked it was possible back then it was working. as the rocket was taken along the one point five kilometer route to the launch pad to chief constructor carli off walked alongside and. the final launch preparations were made on the morning of october fourth as the final countdown to the statistical probabilities of success were determined to be relatively small until that time only one r seven rocke...

That the u.s. satellite would be launched in the coming year. and it seemed absolutely certain that no one would put up another craft ahead of that. even though there were clear indicators that the soviets were in the race. secret cia information that you two surveillance flights had picked up wasn't being taken all that seriously in the white house in fact about as seriously as official test reports after all they were used to soviet games of bluff and deception. this time however the soviets were right on schedule nevertheless carli off had to rearrange his plans unlike the rocket that would...

Short time before that at the end of september the u.s. suddenly started testing the global flight control system for its vanguard satellite it wasn't supposed to be launched until nine hundred fifty eight. carli off was alarmed he pressured his team for speed and pulled the launch date forward by two days. ago was that after consulting with his minister karoly off independently he made the decision to not the rocket and sputnik without a decision from the police bureau or khrushchev sanction. that showed he was ready to take an enormous risk here. there was no official party decision saying w...

A nuclear warhead or hydrogen bomb. khrushchev was really excited he understood he'd been handed a rubber baton which he could now use to make threats or go for blow over my. tests proudly trumpeted that the intercontinental missile could hit any target on earth. that was the truth it was just rather vague the missile could hit any targets on earth just not with a bomb. the heat shield specifications for the atomic bomb had been miscalculated it would have melted going through the atmosphere. carli off needed to come up with an idea quickly and showed himself to be a skilled technician. he sug...