[meteorite-list] NPA, 09-1946 Army Proposed Release of Made Meteorites
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:47 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV150kl894nUT0000b87b_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0021_01C40366.786F15B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Paper: Berkshire Evening Eagle City: Pittsfield, Massachusetts Date: Friday, September 6, 1946 Page: 12 Army Proposed Release of 'Made' Meteorites PASADENA, Cal. (UP) - Artificial meteorites will be released 75 miles abo= ve the Army Ordnance proving grounds at White Sands, N.M. It was revealed= here today, to aid study in inter-planetary rocket ships. The meteorites, enclosed in the head of a German V-2 rocket, will be shot= into space above the earth's gravitational field by a new type of propel= lant known only as "shaped charges,". Plans for the experiment, until now= listed as "classified information," were revealed by Dr. Josef Johnson o= f the California Institute of Technology, which will conduct the tests in= co-operation with the Army. "The meteorites will be composed of two types of small solid bodies, cont= aining certain chemicals," Dr. Johnson explained, "Some of them may spin = out with velocities exceeding seven miles a second and escape into outer = space from the earth's gravity. Others may go out with a velocity suffici= ent to equalize the earth's gravity and continue in a circle around the e= arth like a tiny moon." Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0021_01C40366.786F15B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV><FONT size=3D2= > <P>Paper: Berkshire Evening Eagle</P> <P>City: Pittsfield, Massachusett= s</P> <P>Date: Friday, September 6, 1946</P> <P>Page: 12</P> <P> </P= > <P>Army Proposed Release of 'Made' Meteorites</P> <P>PASADENA, Cal. (UP= ) - Artificial meteorites will be released 75 miles above the Army Ordnan= ce proving grounds at White Sands, N.M. It was revealed here today, to ai= d study in inter-planetary rocket ships.</P> <P>The meteorites, enclosed = in the head of a German V-2 rocket, will be shot into space above the ear= th's gravitational field by a new type of propellant known only as "shape= d charges,". Plans for the experiment, until now listed as "classified in= formation," were revealed by Dr. Josef Johnson of the California Institut= e of Technology, which will conduct the tests in co-operation with the Ar= my.</P> <P>"The meteorites will be composed of two types of small solid b= odies, containing certain chemicals," Dr. Johnson explained, "Some of the= m may spin out with velocities exceeding seven miles a second and escape = into outer space from the earth's gravity. Others may go out with a veloc= ity sufficient to equalize the earth's gravity and continue in a circle a= round the earth like a tiny moon."</P></FONT><BR><BR>Please visit, www.Me= teoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor and meteorite artic= les.</DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0021_01C40366.786F15B0-- Received on Sat 06 Mar 2004 11:33:31 AM PST |
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