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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