Abstract :
AGAINST flame and roar of Saturn´s huge 30-million-hp super-booster is the scientist who directs computation of test-firing results, Dr. Helmut Hoelzer, with a model of the new IBM 7090 computer that will enable his space-team associates to explore new areas of rocket engine research. Dr. Hoelzer is director of the Computation Division at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala., where this test of Saturn´s 8-engine super-booster took place recently. IBM 7090 will apply the most powerful computing ability in the United States space program to analysis of rocket vibration, heat transfer, and dozens of other elements.
