These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Monday, October 1, 2018
To the Edge of Space
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the first launch from Cape Canaveral in 1950. Project Bumper combined "liberated" V-2 rockets with the U.S. Army's WAC Corporal to create a two-stage vehicle to touch the edge of space.
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