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Rocket mail – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

By Shirty | Published: February 4, 2009

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missile_Mail “Missile mail”! Exactly as half-baked as it sounds, and yet got government funding regardless (go figure): In 1959 the U.S. Navy submarine USS Barbero assisted the Post Office Department, predecessor to the United States Postal Service (USPS) in its search for faster mail transportation with the only delivery of “Missile Mail”. On 8 June […]

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