Atlas Missile

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1959, the Atlas missile was the US's 1st ICBM. Its use of balloon tanks for fuel, made of very thin stainless steel with no rigid support, pressure in the tanks provides the rigidity required for flight.

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wait im not sure what im seeing here did it explode or did it lift off

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  The early years of the space program had a lot of very spectacular launch failures. This is one of many rockets that blew up on the launch pad.
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