Space shot (Re: (meteorobs) 50th Anniversary of the Space Age!)

[George Gliba]

Lew.Gramer at noaa.gov wrote:
> 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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Happy Birthday Lew!

GWG