[DeTomaso] NPC: on this day

[Himes, Terry (397C)]

Thanks Larry!!  

Yesterday JPL (and Caltech where NASA began) we had celebrations.  Some excellent DVD’s have been produced
which are probably on YouTube by now;

Explorer 1
Explorer and X minus 80 Days

Dr. Henry L. Richter gave a story lecture yesterday about those days.  He has a book out also “America’s Leap Into Space”
He had some great inside stories. The transceiver he developed is now in the Smithsonian. 

When they launched Explorer 1 there was no NASA then.  Just JPL and Caltech. The stories (1936-1958) leading up to that 
day are equaling fun to hear.  I give a history presentation (and movies) about those years.  I recently put some stuff on 
Facebook as well.   https://www.facebook.com/terry.w.himes

Also, some stuff on JPL website. 
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

For anyone (Space Nets) in the Seattle area, I will be giving a talk about “How We Fly Deep Space Missions” at the Seattle Museum of Flight
on March 10th.


Fun Fun!

Terry



"A Purple Heart proves you were smart enough to hatch a plan,
 stupid enough to try it and lucky enough to survive!"
 
Terry W. Himes 
JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Dawn Spacecraft Team
Rosetta Sequence Team Lead
Phone: (818) 393-6261
Cell:     (818) 653-8213
thimes at jpl.nasa.gov
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On 2/1/18, 9:53 AM, "DeTomaso on behalf of Larry-Ohio Time Corp" <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com on behalf of Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:

    On this day 60 years ago, America became the second country to send a
    human-made object into low-Earth orbit, with the successful launch of its
    first satellite - Explorer 1. The launch of Explorer 1 took place against
    the backdrop of the Cold War between the United States and its adversary,
    the Soviet Union, which had shocked the world by launching Sputnik 1 into
    orbit in October of 1957.
    
     
    
     
    
    Larry (was a young pup) - Cleveland