Possible Challenger To Sputnik, manhole first manmade object in space? |
Possible Challenger To Sputnik, manhole first manmade object in space? |
Jan 3 2006, 03:42 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 18-April 05 Member No.: 250 |
I was browsing around and found some intresting articles about there is some debate whether or not a metal cover for a underground nuke test a few months before Sputnik made it to space or not. Pictures from the test (launch??) give a lower bound of its velocity at 56km/s. the main argument agianst is that it would have blead off the speed in the atmosphere. anyways, kinda cool
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/...ob.html#PascalB http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Usa/Tests/Brownlee.html what do you think? m |
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Jan 3 2006, 05:46 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8785 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
I don't see any way at all for the plate to survive the friction on the way up, unfortunately. Steel is an excellent conductor, so it was undoubtedly isothermal throughout its brief ascent before abruptly turning into a small cloud of plasma...
...but what red-blooded guy wouldn't have given his back teeth to be there on that day with the grill fired up and a couple of coolers chock-filled with brewskis? "It blowed up REAL good, Vern!!!!!!" -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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