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R: (meteorobs) Fwd: First object in space



From: Lew Gramer <lew@upstreamdot net>
To: meteorobs <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Cc: Captain Brian Noe <Brian.Noe@vandenberg.af.mil>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:01 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Fwd: First object in space


> Slightly off-topic for our list, but very interesting nonetheless.
>
> NOTE: Brian is not a current 'meteorobs' reader. If you follow up,
> please be sure to reply directly to 'Brian.Noe@vandenberg.af.mil'.
>
> Clear skies!
> Lew Gramer <owner-meteorobs@meteorobs.org>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Noe Brian Capt 381TRSS/TSF <Brian.Noe@vandenberg.af.mil>
> To: "'meteorobs@atmob.org'" <meteorobs@atmob.org>
> Subject: First object in space
> Date: Thu, 1 May 2003 20:38:16 -0000
>
> Wayne,
>
> I happened to read your message asking about the first object in space -
> whether it was really Sputnik or the lid blown from an underground nuclear
> test.  I have heard that rumor about the 1947 nuclear test, but the
problem
> is that nobody was tracking it, so it's really conjecture.
> What I CAN tell you, however, is that Sputnik was definitely NOT the first
> man-made object in space.  In fact, in 1949, the Army launched a modified
> V-2 rocket (WAC corporal second stage) to an altitude of 250 miles.
> Additionally, in 1954, the Army launched two rockets, one an Aerobee
> (modified WAC Corporal); the other a Viking to altitudes of 80 miles and
158
> miles respectively.  Space is conventionally considered to begin at 50
> miles, placing all three vehicles well outside of the boundary.  As much
as
> I might have hoped it would be an Air Force bird :-), the AF was
> surprisingly short-sided in its embrace of space.  I got this information
> from Beyond Horizons: A Half-Century of Air Force Space Leadership by
David
> N. Spires (Air University Press) page 17.
>
> Hope this is helpful.
> Very Respectfully,
> Brian J. Noe, Capt USAF
> Commander, Faculty Development Flight
> 381 TRSS/TSF
> 1472 Nevada Ave St 228
> VAFB, CA 93437
> (805)606-0101 / DSN 276-0101
> brian.noe@vandenberg.af.mil

Sorry for the bad English.

As I know Sputnik was the first artificial satellite of the Earth
(minimum one orbit around it) the question of the first man-made
object in space it's an other matter, problably Noe it's right.
Roberto Gorelli




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