Making Vanguard satellites: 'Shiny Space Balls'

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Topic: Making Vanguard satellites: 'Shiny Space Balls'

Richard Easton
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From: Winnetka, IL USA
Registered: Jun 2006

posted 05-27-2016 03:47 PM

Here's an interesting blog post about the making of Vanguard satellites: Shiny Space Balls? Yes, Please, I'll Take Two. No, Four.

In terms of the Space Race, Project Vanguard was only a fair success, and it was quickly superseded. A Vanguard II satellite launched in 1958 is currently still in orbit and is the oldest man-made object in space. So that should mean that at least a couple dozen of these iridescent masterpieces still roam the earth — or are stuck in crates in NASA scientists' grandchildren's garages waiting to be liberated and exhibited. The search is joined.

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