This New Ocean Quotes

“NASA News Release, "MA-5 News Conference," Nov. 29, 1961. Williams, in interview Aug. 23, 1965, recalled that communications with California had been disrupted momentarily by a tractor somewhere in Arizona that plowed up a telephone cable.”
― Loyd S. Swenson Jr., This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury

“Communications with the tracking stations were very good during countdown, and there was little interference. Curiously, however, there was a brief period of interference from Radio Moscow just before liftoff. "Debriefing-Test 1810," anon., Nov. 29, 1961.”
― Loyd S. Swenson Jr., This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury

“For a convenient overview of the Manhigh, Excelsior, and Strato-Lab projects, see "Report on Manned Space Flight," session VII of Proceedings of the Second National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space, Seattle, Washington, May 8-10, 1962, NASA SP-8 (Washington, 1962), 241-261.”
― Loyd S. Swenson Jr., This New Ocean: A History of Project Mercury