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such as Thor and Titan which used conventional aircraft-style structures and two stage setups. The lack of internal structure contributed to dozens of failed launches during its development. After watching Atlas Serial 7D explode shortly after its nighttime launch, Mercury astronaut Gus Grissom remarked "Are we really going to get on top of one of those things?" The numerous failures led to Atlas being dubbed

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