The Big Picture

[kg4kww]

This is how we beet the commies at their own game.

I remember this day well. Do you?

The big picture (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/explorer/videos/big_picture-video.php)

[kg4kww]

Radio Hams Play a Part; listen to all the audio to hear about the hams (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/podcast/sputnik20071002/)

[kg4kww]

Monday, Jan. 28 to Sunday, Feb. 3
Ham Radio Operators Dial In Explorer 1 Celebration
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Explorer 1, the JPL Amateur Radio Club will be on the air from 8 a.m. PST on Monday Jan. 28, through 8 p.m. PST on Sunday Feb. 3. A commemorative Explorer 1 QSL card is available to those ham operators who make contact with the station. For further information see JPL's Explorer 1 Events page at: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/explorer/media/.

JPL’s Explorer 1 was the beginning of a half-century of unprecedented exploration. JPL currently manages for NASA 19 spacecraft and six instruments. Four spacecraft are exploring Mars, and that number will increase by one when the Phoenix lander touches down near the Martian north pole on May 25. Other JPL missions and instruments are studying Earth and our oceans; making their way to a rendezvous with a comet; probing deep into the heart of the asteroid belt; exploring Saturn, its moons and rings; and peering into the distant universe to study stars, galaxies and planets beyond our sun. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.

For more information about JPL's Explorer 1 mission on the Internet, visit www.jpl.nasa.gov/explorer. The site includes a history on the mission as well as links to archival images and video, and animations.

[kg4kww]

This subject must be to deep for you

[G0GQK]

There's only one little problem, the Russians beat the US into space !

Seems like they'll do it a second time, they've got more oil and gas than the US, a smaller population and fewer cars.

[ad4mg]

Sputnik 1: Launched October 4, 1957

Explorer 1: Launched January 31, 1958

Just how old were you on 01/31/1958, Greg? I was 1-1/2 years old.

Our first attempt to launch a satellite, in December of 1957, was a failure. Do you recall what happened on that attempt?

[AE6IP]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Jan. 20 2008,21:19)]This is how we beet the commies at their own game.

I remember this day well. Do you?

The big picture (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/explorer/videos/big_picture-video.php)
You mean the day our Nazis beat their Nazis.

You wanna talk about illegal aliens? Let's talk about project paperclip.

[N7RJD]

Quote[/b] (AE6IP @ Jan. 21 2008,10:09)]You wanna talk about illegal aliens? Let's talk about project paperclip.
Is that where Clippie, Microsoft's help dude for their Office package (now retired) came into play? Although I never knew he was an illegal alien. http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/laugh.gif

[kf4vgx]

Commies , Nazis http://www.qrz.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/rock.gif.

I wonder , perhaps in centuries to come , man will just become known as mankind ?
I guess some of us are far more advanced when it comes to that subject.

Perhaps Neil knew all along.

Neil Alden Armstrong,

That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind .


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Armstrong

[kg4kww]

ad4mg I was in 1st grade.

[ad4mg]

Quote[/b] (kg4kww @ Jan. 21 2008,19:56)]ad4mg I was in 1st grade.
Cool. You should be pondering your retirement options! I hope that goes well for you!

The first big newsworthy event that I remember details of was the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963.