Science Floats. / T.A. Heppenheimer.
by Heppenheimer, T. A; SIRS Publishing, Inc.
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BookSeries: SIRS Enduring Issues 2003Article 41Science. Publisher: Heppenheimer/T.A., 2002ISSN: 1522-3264;.Subject(s): Astronomy -- Observations | Balloons in astronomy | Balloons -- Research use | Cosmic background radiation | X-ray telescopesDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Two in the morning in eastern New Mexico. About 20 people have gathered at an abandoned World War II bomber training base. There's nothing here except leftover hangars. Grass grows through cracks in the pavement. Visitors are warned of rattlesnakes. On the steel siding of one building the letters 'N A S A' have been painted. The building serves as a weather station and payload preparation facility for scientists who send instruments to the very top of the atmosphere by hitching them to giant balloons." (AIR & SPACE) This article discusses how balloons are used for scientific experiments and explains why they are cheaper than satellites.
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Originally Published: Science Floats, Dec. 2001/Jan. 2002; pp. 44-51.
"Two in the morning in eastern New Mexico. About 20 people have gathered at an abandoned World War II bomber training base. There's nothing here except leftover hangars. Grass grows through cracks in the pavement. Visitors are warned of rattlesnakes. On the steel siding of one building the letters 'N A S A' have been painted. The building serves as a weather station and payload preparation facility for scientists who send instruments to the very top of the atmosphere by hitching them to giant balloons." (AIR & SPACE) This article discusses how balloons are used for scientific experiments and explains why they are cheaper than satellites.
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