Xref: utzoo sci.space:31879 sci.astro:13913 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!sequent!muncher.sequent.com!szabo From: szabo@sequent.com Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro Subject: Re: IGY and the dawn of the Space Age Message-ID: <1991Jun18.192120.27711@sequent.com> Date: 18 Jun 91 19:21:20 GMT References: <1991Jun17.235158.16273@sequent.com> <1991Jun18.171337.4347@convex.com> Sender: news@sequent.com (News on Muncher) Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Inc. Lines: 17 In article <1991Jun18.171337.4347@convex.com> dodson@convex.COM (Dave Dodson) writes: >There is a major error in this article. Explorer was von Braun's satellite, Explorer was a JPL satellite with James Van Allen's instruments. It was launched on Von Braun's Jupiter C. At that time both Huntsville and JPL were part of the U.S. Army. Huntsville's mission was building IRBM's and ICBM's. There is a famous photo of Von Braun, Van Allen, and William Pickering of JPL holding aloft a model of the first U.S. satellite in triumph. The teamwork between explorers and rocket builders has gone downhill since then.... -- Nick Szabo szabo@sequent.com Embrace Change... Keep the Values... Hold Dear the Laughter... These views are my own, and do not represent any organization.