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Satellite vehicles represent a rather fearsome foresight of future wars of nerves, in which aggressive nations could put their pilotless missiles into frictionless satellite motion round the earth for all to see and fear, with the constant threat of guiding them down to a target.

   ---W F Hilton, 1952


Philips
 

Dr Robert Ward Philips American Payload Specialist Astronaut. Born 21 January 1929.

Personal: Male, Married, Four children. Born in Peoria, Illinois, USA. Degree: MD.

Astronaut Career

Astronaut Group: Payload Specialist. Status: Inactive. Entered space service: 1 January 1984. Left space service: 14 June 1991.

 
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