Space shot (Re: (meteorobs) 50th Anniversary of the Space Age!)
Lew.Gramer at noaa.gov
Lew.Gramer at noaa.gov
Thu Oct 4 09:12:07 EDT 2007
Yes, it was 41 years ago today that the Space Age began... No, wait a minute - that was my birth day! You're right, George, Sputnik was launched almost exactly nine years earlier than I was. :)
Clear skies all,
"Old Man" Gramer
----- Original Message -----
From: George Gliba <gliba at milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: Thursday, October 4, 2007 8:59 am
Subject: (meteorobs) 50th Anniversary of the Space Age!
>
> Greetings,
>
> Today is the 50th anniversary of the Dawn of the Space Age!
> With all
> the attention
> that is on the Project Moonwatch teams, it would be interesting to
> know
> if many telescopic
> meteors were recorded in the hundreds of hours of logged observing
> times
> with RFT
> Moonwatch telescopes. Below are a couple links to Spitnick-1
> related
> articles.
>
> http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
>
> http://gewa.gsfc.nasa.gov/clubs/astronomy/Nebula/nebula.htm
>
> The second link has an article with an actual recording of
> Sputnick-1. Pause and reflect
> on the significance of this day,
>
> Clear Skies,
> GWG
>
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