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Keep Watching the Skies The Story of Operation Moonwatch ~ In Keep Watching the Skies W Patrick McCray has done a masterful job of bringing back to life an important period of time at the dawn of the Space Age The book focuses on Operation Moonwatch moon referring to artificial moons satellites a program developed during the 1950s by Harvard astronomer Fred L Whipple
Keep Watching the Skies Princeton University Press ~ In Keep Watching the Skies Patrick McCray tells the story of this network of pioneers who fueled by civic pride and exhilarated by space exploration took part in the twentieth century’s biggest scientific endeavor Around the world thousands of teenagers homemakers teachers amateur astronomers and other citizens joined Moonwatch teams
Keep Watching the Skies The Story of Operation Moonwatch ~ Keep Watching the Skies The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age When the Soviets launched Sputnik in 1957 thousands of ordinary people across the globe seized the opportunity to participate in the start of the Space Age
W Patrick McCray Keep Watching the Skies The Story of ~ Steven J Dick W Patrick McCray Keep Watching the Skies The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age Isis 100 no 3 September 2009 685686
Project MUSE Keep Watching the Skies The Story of ~ W Patrick McCray’s Keep Watching the Skies tells the story of Operation Moonwatch an extensive network of amateur observers and space enthusiasts dedicated to spotting and tracking artificial satellites This ambitious project was proposed and implemented by Fred Whipple the Harvard astronomer and director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory as part of the American plan for the International Geophysical Year 1957–58
Project MUSE Keep Watching the Skies The Story of ~ While the title of W Patrick McCrays book invites readers to keep watching the skies the authors interest lies at the other end of the telescope with the participants administrators and detractors of Operation Moonwatch
Other books Operation Moonwatch Patrick McCray ~ Keep Watching the Skies The Story of Operation Moonwatch and the Dawn of the Space Age Fifty years ago Sputnik’s launch – part of the International Geophysical Year – started the Space Age
Keep Watching the Skies The Story of Operation Moonwatch ~ No the subject of Keep Watching the Skies is the story of the worldwide effort mainly by amateur astronomers although it was suggested by Fred Whipple a famous professional comet watcher to monitor the artificial moon Sputnik 1 launched by the Soviet space programme
Customer reviews Keep Watching the Skies ~ In Keep Watching the Skies W Patrick McCray has done a masterful job of bringing back to life an important period of time at the dawn of the Space Age The book focuses on Operation Moonwatch moon referring to artificial moons satellites a program developed during the 1950s by Harvard astronomer Fred L Whipple
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