Early American Missiles

Who created the first liquid fuel rocket?

• Theodore von Karman

• Robert Esnault-Pelterie

• Robert Goddard

• Werner Von Braun

What was the first American ballistic missile?

• Juno

• PGM-11 Redstone

• PGM-19 Jupiter

• Thor

Who manufactured the Redstone Missile?

• Chevrolet

• Rolls-Royce

• Ford

• Chrysler

The PGM-11 Redstone used the A-7 engine developed by this company.

• Lockheed

• Martin Marietta

• Rocketdyne

• Grumman

What unusual technology used on the first Atlas rockets can still be found on Centaur today?

• Balloon fuel tanks

• Aerospike Engines

• Vernier Thrusters

• Hydrogen Fuel

This was the first nuclear missile of the United States.

• MGM-29 Sergeant

• MGR-1 Honest John

• MGR-3 Little John

• Nike-Ajax

The MGR-1 Honest John was developed at what location?

• Camp Cooke

• Redstone Arsenal

• Kennedy Space Center

• Aberdeen Proving Ground

Who created the Nike Missiles?

• NASA

• Rocketdyne

• Lockheed

• Bell Labs

The MGR-1 Honest John was still used by countries around the world until this decade:

• 90s

• 80s

• 70s

• 60s

Answer explanation

Greece, Turkey, and South Korea had active Honest John missiles until the late 1990s.

Convair used this product to protect the outer skin of the SM-65 Atlas

• SOFI

• Rusteze

• WD-40

• Duct Tape