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February 11, 1960

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Headlines from February 11, 1960

AIR FORCE HOLDS MISSILE-GAP VIEW IS TOO OPTlMISTIC; Dissents From Estimates of National Intelligence Panel on Progress in Soviet SYMINGTON IS ATTACKED G.O.P. Scores His Threat to Give Data -- Gain Cited on Minuteman ICBM AIR FORCE FINDS BIG MISSILE GAP

By Jack Raymondspecial To the New York Times

USAF reptdly holds intelligence estimates of US position too optimistic; Repub Natl Com pub Battle Line scores Symington threat to divulge percentage rise inUSSR output; charges US program lagged during Symington term as USAF Sec; Symington reply

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Richard Mastracchio

1960Richard Mastracchio, American engineer and astronaut[†]

Richard Alan Mastracchio is an American engineer and former NASA astronaut. He has flown on three NASA Space Shuttle missions as a mission specialist in addition to serving as a flight engineer on the Soyuz TMA-11M long-duration mission aboard the International Space Station. He is currently the senior director of operations for commercial resupply services at Orbital ATK.

Historical Context for February 11, 1960

In 1960, the world population was approximately 3,015,470,894 people[†]