In October 1953 an Assistant Secretary of Defense, Trevor Gardner, created a committee to consider the future of guided missiles.
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The Atlas would go on to serve as the launch vehicle for NASA’s Project Mercury orbital flights, starting with John Glenn in Friendship 7.
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