News Clippings: Huge Balloon, Atomic Tests
From: "Ric Carter" <ric@sonic.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 10:01:01 -0800
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From CNN QuickNews 23 Dec 97:
* HUGE BALLOON PROPOSED TO LAUNCH ASTRONOMY INSTRUMENTS
NASA is planning to build a superballoon taller than a 30-story
building to ferry astronomy instruments to the edge of the
earth's atmosphere. The balloon would lift about 3,000 pounds to
a height of more than 22 miles. The cost will be about $1
million, much cheaper than expensive rocket launches. Plans call
for the balloon to stay aloft more than 100 days, enough time to
circle the globe if the winds are right.
-->Instruments can be reused
..... http://cnn.com/TECH/9712/22/superballoon.ap/
* U.S. RELEASES FILMS OF COLD WAR ATOMIC TESTS
Images of U.S. nuclear testing were filmed by the government
during the Cold War but had never been seen by the public until
Monday. Recently declassified, and just released by the U.S.
Department of Energy, the films from the 1950s and '60s offer
historians a ringside seat at Operation Redwing, Operation
Wigwam, Operation Knothole and Ivy Flats -- some of the country's
most dramatic Cold War experiments.
-->Animals used in testing
..... http://cnn.com/US/9712/22/nuclear.films/
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ric@sonic.net * http://www.sonic.net/~ric * yow!
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Created: Dec 23, 1997
