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[William R Thompson]

J3 wrote:

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The Mercury-Redstone Booster Development flight. I'd
forgotten about that one. Von Braun wanted a test of
the Redtsone after some problems on Ham's flight. Hence
the boilerplate capsule and the MR 5 numbering on the
boster Thanks for clearing that up.

--Bill Thompson