Show moon rocket held feasible practical within year if enough money used HONOLULU H I 1 A guided missile officer here contends that this country could put a rocket on the moon in a year it if it had a bi billion 1 dollars for research even eve n without the money he said americas military rocket research Is so far advanced he be surprised to see a rocket touch the moon within 10 years maybe with passengers aboard the officer who asked that his name and service be anonymous talked like a premature buck rogers of retro betro rockets casual defiance of gravity and progress in rocket research with lust just hall half the money used in atomic research during the manhattan project he said we could launch a rocket to the moon in a year it if it carried passengers though the first fligh might have to wait on the moon while american scientists wrestled with the problem of carrying enough fuel for a round trip roughly the rocket would hurl itself away from the earth at miles per hour to escape the tug of gravity and enter the moons influence As for danger to passengers test pilots already shake ott off more punishment from acceleration than the rocket riders would get |