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Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) OT Fwd: First
object in space
For those who might be interested i remember the following item which I
read as a kid in Sky and Telescope:
On October 16, 1957 the USAF successfully
launched pellets at a speed faster than 15 km/sec (some 3.5 km/sec faster than
the velocity necessary to escape from the earth) with an Aerobee rocket. The
nose section of the rocket ascended to a height of 87 km where shaped charges
blasted the pellets into space. It is claimed that the Superschmidt Telescope
at Sacremento Peak photographed the trajectory with a rotating shutter. These
little metal pellets would therefore be the first objects to be shot into
interplanetary space, months before the first launch to escape velocity (Luna
1, January 1959).
Clear skies,
TRR
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To all,
Of course that it is not the case. However, I remember when I was
a young boy, it was around 60's, I read on a news magazine about a very
interesting subject which by the date and by my age at that moment it is
hard for me to supply you with appropriated bibliography. So, I sustain
here just my memories understanding that you (once interested) will get the
sources as well as the name of the researcher involved. Is this: the first
MAN, not a man-made rocket that ever flew over *high altitudes* was an
American. For this, the researches were for obtain data on how a man
would support himself in outter space. It was in the beginning of
man space running so it had served alright for its purposes. The project
was to provide data in order to obtain revelevant subjects on how a human
being would face high altitudes among many. So, the project contemplated the
following: After being out in a balloonn, the researcher would have to jump
out in a free space. The altitude and the name of the pilot I do not
remember either. My apologies. Nice results!Marco Valois. Clear
skies