Today is the anniversary of the launch of the first American satellite, which detected the Van Allen Belts.
Explorer 1… 52 years ago today… otherwise 1 February 1958 at 0348 GMT.
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52 years – we’re in 2010. :o)
Apparently launching a satellite was much more simple then, at least according to your picture. Three men in business suits could just lift and toss and bingo!
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