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From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:27:45 2004
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Paper: Times Recorder =20
City: Zanesville, Ohio =20
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1954
Page: 13

First Nation Building Space Station Rules, Says Scientist

ALBUQUERQUE, March 23 - The United States "better get on the ball quickly=
" if it is not already working on a "station in space." says Dr. Lincoln =
La Paz.
La Paz, director of the University of New Mexico's Institute of Meteoriti=
cs, published a mathematical discussion on nearby earth satellites natura=
l and artificial in the January - February, 1954, issue of The Publicatio=
ns Of The Astronomical Society of The Pacific.
He wrote on employing such satellites to test Einstein's theory of relati=
vity.

Military Use

But La Paz is concerned with military use of such bodies. In dead earnest=
ness, he declares:
"The nation first establishing a station in space will win absolute contr=
ol of the earth.
"If the Russians do it first, we and the rest of the world will become ju=
st as tractable as they want us to be."
La Paz called "Mr. Fireball of Albuquerque," is an expert on meteors and =
meteorites. He has spent his scientific life searching for and studying t=
he cosmic masses which survive flight through the atmosphere and crash in=
to the earth.
La Paz brought Clyde Tombaugh who discovered Pluto, the ninth major plane=
t, in 1930, to the University of New Mexico in 1946 but soon lost him to =
White Sands proving Ground.

Search For Moons

At White Sands Tombaugh has since organized a search for small near-by mo=
ons which may be orbiting undetected about the earth.
If Timbaugh's search for a small near-by satellite - say 1,000 miles up -=
is successful. La Paz, believes it can be manned as a station i space."
"Using such natural stations would save many billions of dollars of taxpa=
yer's money which would otherwise have to be spent building an artificial=
satellite vehicle.

"An Ideal Site"

"Hauling materials a thousand miles up in rocket-powered missiles would c=
ost more than boondoggling,"
How would a space station achieve absolute military domination of the ear=
th?
"First," La Paz answers, "by providing an ideal site from which to keep h=
ostile areas under telescopic and radar scrutiny. Such a station would sp=
eed around the earth every two hours.
"Second, if retaliation becomes necessary, by employing the station in sp=
ace as a site from which to lauch missiles armed with atomic or hydrogen =
warheads."
La Paz takes issue with those who regard as premature considering making =
military bases out of any moons that may be found in Tombaught's hunt for=
natural satellites.
Dr. Ervin Bramball, Army Ordnance research chief, in comment on Tombaugh'=
s satellite search, said. "It's a little premature to be talking about sp=
ace stations...although maybe we'd be thinking of such things in about fi=
ve years."

Stations In Space

La Paz says:
"As long ago as the 1920's Hermann Oberth in Germany clearly pointed out =
the military potential of stations in space. Other nations have been thin=
king of occupying such states for 25 years."
The United States, he said, got Wernher von Braun, under whom the V-2 roc=
ket was developed at the Nazis' Peenemunde center. But the Russians captu=
red the great majority of the Peenemunde rocket experts and have long had=
control of the German rocket bases along the Baltic.
"We simply cannot safely discount the progress that German rocket and spa=
ce scientists may have made." says La Paz.
"Also," he declares, "Russia study of meteoritics is much better systemat=
ized and far better finances than here.
Co Operation "Essential"

"The Meteorite Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. has t=
he backing of the Russian Goverment. The Russians, profiting from the gre=
atest meteorite fall in recent times - that of 1947, near Viadivostok - h=
ave been extraordinarily successful in getting wholehearted co-operation =
in its publications.
"Such co-operation is essential to the meteoriticist, for he must find th=
e meteorites he studies wherever they may happen to fall."
At White Sands, which missile research makes the spot on earth closest to=
space, the acknowledged rocket altitude record is only 250 miles. This w=
as achieved by a two-stage rocket - a V-2 from which a smaller rocket was=
launched near the peak of the V-2's straight up flight.
La Paz concedes there are many separate problems to solve before real spa=
ce flight is possible.

Cites Hazards

Such hazards as space dust, meteorite impact, and cosmic ray bombardment =
must be overcome. These and the problems of mere existence in zero gravit=
y are not to taken lightly, he says.
Fuels producing necessary power and metals able to resist almost incredib=
le temperatures much be produced.
No one man or group of men should attempt to solve the many obstacles blo=
cking the road to space. But La Paz contends that organzied direction, as=
in the Manhattan Project which produced the atom bomb, will achieve the =
step-by-step progress required.
"We should be working in the same carefully organized way to establish th=
e first station in space.
"Such a station - providing us excelled observation and armed with atomic=
or hydrogen missiles - could be a modern sword of Damocles, forever thre=
atening but forever insuring peace on earth." =20

Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor=
and meteorite articles.

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<HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> Paper: Times Recorder City: Zanesville, Ohio Date: =
Tuesday, March 23, 1954 Page: 13   First Nation=
Building Space Station Rules, Says Scientist   AL=
BUQUERQUE, March 23 - The United States "better get on the ball quickly" =
if it is not already working on a "station in space." says Dr. Lincoln La=
Paz. La Paz, director of the University of New Mexico's Institute=
of Meteoritics, published a mathematical discussion on nearby earth sate=
llites natural and artificial in the January - February, 1954, issue of T=
he Publications Of The Astronomical Society of The Pacific. He wro=
te on employing such satellites to test Einstein's theory of relativity.<=
/P>   Military Use   But La Paz =
is concerned with military use of such bodies. In dead earnestness, he de=
clares: "The nation first establishing a station in space will win=
absolute control of the earth. "If the Russians do it first, we a=
nd the rest of the world will become just as tractable as they want us to=
be." La Paz called "Mr. Fireball of Albuquerque," is an expert on=
meteors and meteorites. He has spent his scientific life searching for a=
nd studying the cosmic masses which survive flight through the atmosphere=
and crash into the earth. La Paz brought Clyde Tombaugh who disco=
vered Pluto, the ninth major planet, in 1930, to the University of New Me=
xico in 1946 but soon lost him to White Sands proving Ground. &nbs=
p; Search For Moons   At White Sands Tom=
baugh has since organized a search for small near-by moons which may be o=
rbiting undetected about the earth. If Timbaugh's search for a sma=
ll near-by satellite - say 1,000 miles up - is successful. La Paz, believ=
es it can be manned as a station i space." "Using such natural sta=
tions would save many billions of dollars of taxpayer's money which would=
otherwise have to be spent building an artificial satellite vehicle.=
  "An Ideal Site"   "Hauling ma=
terials a thousand miles up in rocket-powered missiles would cost more th=
an boondoggling," How would a space station achieve absolute milit=
ary domination of the earth? "First," La Paz answers, "by providin=
g an ideal site from which to keep hostile areas under telescopic and rad=
ar scrutiny. Such a station would speed around the earth every two hours.=
 "Second, if retaliation becomes necessary, by employing the stati=
on in space as a site from which to lauch missiles armed with atomic or h=
ydrogen warheads." La Paz takes issue with those who regard as pre=
mature considering making military bases out of any moons that may be fou=
nd in Tombaught's hunt for natural satellites. Dr. Ervin Bramball,=
Army Ordnance research chief, in comment on Tombaugh's satellite search,=
said. "It's a little premature to be talking about space stations...alth=
ough maybe we'd be thinking of such things in about five years." &=
nbsp; Stations In Space   La Paz says:</=
P> "As long ago as the 1920's Hermann Oberth in Germany clearly pointe=
d out the military potential of stations in space. Other nations have bee=
n thinking of occupying such states for 25 years." The United Stat=
es, he said, got Wernher von Braun, under whom the V-2 rocket was develop=
ed at the Nazis' Peenemunde center. But the Russians captured the great m=
ajority of the Peenemunde rocket experts and have long had control of the=
German rocket bases along the Baltic. "We simply cannot safely di=
scount the progress that German rocket and space scientists may have made=
." says La Paz. "Also," he declares, "Russia study of meteoritics =
is much better systematized and far better finances than here. </P=
> Co Operation "Essential"   "The Meteorite =
Committee of the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R. has the backing of t=
he Russian Goverment. The Russians, profiting from the greatest meteorite=
fall in recent times - that of 1947, near Viadivostok - have been extrao=
rdinarily successful in getting wholehearted co-operation in its publicat=
ions. "Such co-operation is essential to the meteoriticist, for he=
must find the meteorites he studies wherever they may happen to fall."</=
P> At White Sands, which missile research makes the spot on earth clos=
est to space, the acknowledged rocket altitude record is only 250 miles. =
This was achieved by a two-stage rocket - a V-2 from which a smaller rock=
et was launched near the peak of the V-2's straight up flight. La =
Paz concedes there are many separate problems to solve before real space =
flight is possible.   Cites Hazards &nbs=
p; Such hazards as space dust, meteorite impact, and cosmic ray bo=
mbardment must be overcome. These and the problems of mere existence in z=
ero gravity are not to taken lightly, he says. Fuels producing nec=
essary power and metals able to resist almost incredible temperatures muc=
h be produced. No one man or group of men should attempt to solve =
the many obstacles blocking the road to space. But La Paz contends that o=
rganzied direction, as in the Manhattan Project which produced the atom b=
omb, will achieve the step-by-step progress required. "We should b=
e working in the same carefully organized way to establish the first stat=
ion in space. "Such a station - providing us excelled observation =
and armed with atomic or hydrogen missiles - could be a modern sword of D=
amocles, forever threatening but forever insuring peace on earth." </=
FONT> Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line arch=
ive of meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></BODY></HTML>

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